Updating State Championship Meet Outlooks: Boys

Oct 24, 2017

3A Boys

Northern's Greg Oldham owns the top three mile time among 3A runners this season after his 15:27 effort at the Frank Keyser Invitational. (Photo by Craig Amoss)

RANK	TIME	ATHLETE/TEAM	GRADE	MEET DATEPLACE
1	15:33.00	KIERAN MCDERMOTT Bel Air High School	2018	Lehigh University's Paul Short Run7th Sep 29, 2017
2	15:51.00	NATHANIEL NEELY North Hagerstown High School	2019	25th Annual Carlisle Invitational1st Sep 30, 2017
3	15:55.20	MICHAEL BELMAGGIO Linganore High School	2019	Hood College HS Invitational1st Sep 16, 2017
4	16:06.94	GREG OLDHAM Northern-Calvert High School	2018	McDonough, Northern, Westlake @ Thomas Stone1st Sep 6, 2017
5	16:08.00	BRANDON GASAWAY North Hagerstown High School	2018	25th Annual Carlisle Invitational5th Sep 30, 2017
6	16:08.90	BRANDON CRUZ C. Milton Wright High School	2018	Harford County Championships2nd Oct 17, 2017
7	16:15.10	KAI MUNIZ Reservoir High School	2018	Spiked Shoe Invitational5th Sep 23, 2017
8	16:31.50	EVAN POLLACK James Hubert Blake High School	2018	Montgomery County Championships21st Oct 21, 2017
9	16:32.30	TYLER MODRZEJEWSKI Chopticon High School	2019	Spiked Shoe Invitational1st Sep 23, 2017
10	16:32.43	ABLEL GEBRESELASE Digital Harbor High School	2018	Spiked Shoe Invitational2nd Sep 23, 2017

Dalton Hengst might have stolen the show late in September at the Paul Short Invitational but Bel Air junior Kieran McDermott was not far behind him with a personal best of 15:33. After finishing fourth at the 4A state meet as a sophomore, McDermott could benefit from a move down to the 3A classification where he is the fastest returnee from last year's state championships. Behind him, Linganore's Michael Belmaggio came out on top in a showdown with North Hagerstown's Nate Neely at the CMC Championships last Friday - they will match up again at the 3A West Regionals next week. Northern's Greg Oldham, meanwhile, ran a faster time on the Boonsboro course at the Frank Keyser Invitational than Belmaggio did at the CMC Championships.

1	C. Milton Wright High School (MD)		132
	1) Brandon Cruz	16:08.90	6
	2) Peter Capozzoli	16:40.80	15
	3) James Miller	17:08.00	28
	4) Greg Roden	17:14.80	33
	5) Jayden Slotnick	17:31.50	50
	Average Time: 16:56.80 Total Time: 1:24:44.00 1-5 Split: 1:22.60
	6) Tanner Cummins	17:34.60	52
	7) Travis Hruz	17:47.00	67
2	Linganore High School (MD)		138
	1) Michael Belmaggio	15:55.20	3
	2) Kyle Guinn	16:43.30	16
	3) Spencer Askine	17:11.50	31
	4) Gunnar Eklund	17:25.00	42
	5) Will Cioffi	17:27.20	46
	Average Time: 16:56.44 Total Time: 1:24:42.20 1-5 Split: 1:32.00
	6) Ben Dill	17:53.30	72
	7) Jeremy Carter	17:54.50	73
3	Atholton High School (MD)		157
	1) Jake Perret	16:56.00	21
	2) Nick Weber	17:00.00	23
	3) Javon Daniel	17:10.00	29
	4) Eric Becker	17:19.00	35
	5) Elijah Smith	17:30.00	49
	Average Time: 17:11.00 Total Time: 1:25:55.00 1-5 Split: 34.00
	6) Jacob Estrada	17:46.00	66
	7) Josh Geesaman	17:48.00	68
4	Mt. Hebron High School (MD)		164
	1) Sahil Sardesai	16:34.33	12
	2) Michael Schlining	17:14.40	32
	3) Eric Vaughan	17:21.40	37
	4) Jacob Ververs	17:23.35	39
	5) Bryce Kampert	17:26.70	44
	Average Time: 17:12.04 Total Time: 1:26:00.18 1-5 Split: 52.37
	6) William Jones	17:32.70	51
	7) Sam Iseman	18:04.00	84
5	Westminster High School (MD)		187
	1) Brandon Arbaugh	16:32.80	11
	2) Noah Griffin	16:38.00	13
	3) Charlie Ferguson	16:39.40	14
	4) Kyle Cotoia	17:49.10	69
	5) Shane Wagner	18:01.80	80
	Average Time: 17:08.22 Total Time: 1:25:41.10 1-5 Split: 1:29.00
	6) Austin Foote	18:37.53	120
	7) Andrew Howery	18:40.50	124
6	Centennial High School (MD)		200
	1) Greg Costello	16:50.14	18
	2) Daniel Gao	17:23.51	40
	3) Steven Mitchell	17:25.42	43
	4) Zach Deming	17:26.80	45
	5) Jacob Cole	17:36.51	54
	Average Time: 17:20.48 Total Time: 1:26:42.38 1-5 Split: 46.37
	6) David Riina	17:37.25	57
	7) Justin Ziegler	17:43.25	63
7	Towson High School (MD)		201
	1) Cory Parts	17:01.30	25
	2) Samuel Fields	17:05.90	26
	3) Peter Sorensen	17:06.50	27
	4) Matthew McShane	17:42.20	61
	5) Drew Conboy	17:42.50	62
	Average Time: 17:19.68 Total Time: 1:26:38.40 1-5 Split: 41.20
	6) Colin Parry	17:43.96	64
	7) Daniel McShane	17:53.10	71
8	Bel Air High School (MD)		203
	1) Kieran McDermott	15:33.00	1
	2) Ethan Gray	16:55.20	20
	3) Andrew Plowman	17:21.00	36
	4) Brenton Duvall	17:42.00	60
	5) Cameron Sylvester	18:07.00	86
	Average Time: 17:07.64 Total Time: 1:25:38.20 1-5 Split: 2:34.00
	6) Nick Hammond	18:08.00	88
	7) Taylor Farnsworth	18:43.00	128
9	Reservoir High School (MD)		266
	1) Kai Muniz	16:15.10	7
	2) Noah Kim	16:49.50	17
	3) Alvaro Hernandez	17:35.88	53
	4) Dominic Cinotti	18:14.87	94
	5) Elliott Pochettino	18:15.76	95
	Average Time: 17:26.22 Total Time: 1:27:11.11 1-5 Split: 2:00.66
	6) Logan Kim	18:31.40	112
	7) Josh Krutz	18:31.55	113
10	North Hagerstown High School (MD)		299
	1) Nathaniel Neely	15:51.00	2
	2) Brandon Gasaway	16:08.00	5
	3) Ben Gazzola	18:02.00	81
	4) Zachary Berg	18:10.00	90
	5) Saige Vipond	18:37.60	121
	Average Time: 17:21.72 Total Time: 1:26:48.60 1-5 Split: 2:46.60
	6) Zahir Scott	18:47.00	132
	7) David Butts	18:50.00	135

The 3A boys' team battle might be the most unpredictable at this point in the season. The C. Milton Wright boys posted some fast times at the Harford County Championships to vault them atop the team rankings, while both Westminster and Centennial have looked very good in taking down some other state contenders in invitationals this year. Both Bel Air and Linganore can also benefit from a low score and could also be in the mix, and the 3A regionals will hopefully give some better insight as to the top teams heading into the state meet.