All-MileSplit Maryland Indoor Team: Girls 1600
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1st Team Selection
Hayley Jackson (Patuxent, 2017)
The state's most dominant runner with her only loss of the season coming on tired legs as part of a state meet triple in the 800 to Mountain Ridge's Molly Offsein, Hayley Jackson had another banner season establishing herself as one of Maryland's elite athletes. Jackson won major mile/1600 meter races at the Montgomery Invite and Virginia Tech Invitational including a sub 5 mile win against Foot Locker finalist Maria Coffin at the Moco Invite. She had another one of the state's best in Brit Lang to deal with her at her regional and state meet, but was able to win the 1600 decisively in both races.
Season Bests:
Honors:
- Maryland 2A State Champion
- 2A East Regional Champion
- Virginia Tech Invitational Champion
- Montgomery Invitational Mile Champion
2nd Team Selection
Haley Wright (Boonsboro, 2016)
The Boonsboro senior Haley Wright went undefeated at the 1600 meter distance indoors including a handful of sub 5:10 performances despite rarely having great competition to push her in most of her races this season including a distance triple of state titles in the 1A State Meet. The University of Alabama commit Wright topped out with a 5:06 season best and will be looking for sub 5 minute times come spring time.
Season Bests:
Honors:
- Maryland 1A State Champion
- 1A West Regional Champion
- Washington County Champion
- Warrior Knight Invitational Champion
- Frostbite Invitational Champion
- Boonsboro Warrior Invitational Champion
3rd Team Selection
Brit Lang (Oakland Mills, 2016)
The second state title may have still eluded Brit Lang this indoor season, but the Oakland Mills senior showcased impressive range and was a consistent top performer in the state. She was a state runner-up in not only the 1600, but 500 as well in 2A. She ran her season best 1600 meter time of 5:04.52 in a runner-up finish to Hayley Jackson and ran a 5:07 full mile earlier in the season at the New York Armory for the Hispanic Games.
Seasons Bests:
Honors:
- Maryland 2A State Runner-up
- 2A East Regional Runner-up
- 10th @ Hispanic Games Mile
- Howard County Winter Festival
MileSplit Maryland is staggering out announcing our All-MileSplit Maryland Indoor Track over the next week as we select the top 3 performers in each event from the past season. Below can find our selections for the girls distance events.
Note: No athlete will be selected more than once to allow for more athletes to be represented and recognized on the All-MileSplit Maryland team.