The Walter Johnson girls start the 2015 cross country season in the same spot as they finished the 2014 cross country season. Best in the state of Maryland. Check out our interview with head coach Tom Martin!
The Severna Park boys have a streak of state titles that they'd like to keep. The Dulaney boys have a mission that they'd like to finish in knocking off Severna Park for the state title. Only one will meet their goal.
The Walter Johnson girls were the state's dominant program last fall in cross country winning the 4A state title by a decisive margin of 40 points.
We are as anxious as you all are for the start of the cross country season with the first big weekend of invitational meets only one week away. Let's look ahead to the September 5th meets' virtual meet previews!
Dulaney boys and girls made it a complete sweep of the team and individual titles at the 2014 Baltimore County XC Championships. Can they do it again in 2015?
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase graduated their top three runners from their 2014 Class 4A state runner-up squad, but still return four runners with state meet experience who made some gains over the track season.
The Severna Park boys perfect scored last year's Anne Arundel County Championships taking the top 5 places individually. Can they do it again while keeping their active streak of county titles going strong?
The Dulaney boys will start the season as Maryland #1 ranked in MileSplit's preseason composite cross country team rankings.
Behind every great varsity top 7 is a next 7 of JV runners pushing them to hold onto those varsity spots. Check out the top 25 returning JV girls squad (returnees #8-14) in the state of Maryland.
Any runner can run fast times at any meet of the season, but who can run their best race and step up when it matters the most? At the state championship meet! MileSplit shows who exactly did just that last fall.
The MileSplit stats database is deep! We can go as far as back 1000 athletes to bring you an incredibly long list of returning boys cross country runners in the state of Maryland! Where do you rank?
MileSplit added up the personal best times of the state's top boys returning distance runners at 5K, 3200m, & 1600m to compile a total time ranking among the rest of the best cross country runners in the state.
MileSplit added up the personal best times of the state's top girls returning distance runners at 5K, 3200m, and 1600m to compile a total time ranking among the rest of the best cross country runners in the state.
Strength in numbers. The Hereford girls have great depth on their cross country squad to make them the preseason favorites to win the 2A state title. It does not hurt that the state meet is also held on their home course.
Joey Navario and the Oakland Mills boys are looking to make the jump from 9th in last year's state meet to 1st in this year's state meet returning four varsity finishers from Hereford.
Excellent video self-produced by Good Counsel of their cross country squads heading into this season including interviews and footage from a recent August practice.
Mallory Moholt and the Smithsburg girls look to dominate the 1A classification again this fall. Their squad only graduated one in the #6 runner from the 2014 state champion squad.
After failing to qualify their team to the state meet one year ago in 2A, the Boonsboro boys should thrive this year in their new classification of 1A & challenge several of the perennial powerhouse small school programs.
The Good Counsel cross country teams enter the 2015 cross country season with two of their better squads in recent history. That might be because neither lost a single varsity runner due to graduation from 2014!
Top returnees in each region for 1A for the upcoming cross country season based on last year's season best 5K times. Boonsboro's Haley Wright might be in a class of her own this fall in class 1A.
A list of the top 100 fastest returning boys and girls cross country runners in the 2A West Regional. Reilly Caldwell of Middletown is one to not overlook in this region after running 11:18 indoors for 3200.
A list of the top 100 fastest returning boys and girls cross country runners in the 2A South Regional. Westlake's Jay Hall had an outstanding first year of high school running as a freshmen.
Top 100 fastest returning boys and girls cross country runners in the 2A North Regional. Hereford's Ethan Batchelor comes back for his senior year as the region's fastest after challenging for sub 17 last fall.
Top 100 fastest returning cross country runners in the 2A East Regional. The Fallston boys have the top 3 fastest returnees in the region including seniors Eric Baranoski (16:47) and Andrew Park (17:25).
MileSplit Maryland is on-site with coverage, photos, and interviews from the 2015 All-RunWashington Preseason XC Team pep rally on Sunday at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria.
A list of the top 100 fastest returning girls cross country runners in the 3A West Regional. Urbana's Maria Carberry is one of the state's best back with her 18:26 5K best from last year's NXN Southeast Regional.
Top 100 fastest returning boys cross country runners in the 3A West Regional. South Hagerstown's Darren Harman may appear 5th fastest on the list, but recently clocked a sub 16 time in a 5K road race.
Top 100 fastest returning girls cross country runners in the 3A North Regional. Last year, Wheaton's Gelila Hailemariam had one of the best state cross country meet finishes in years by a runner from her high school.
Top 100 fastest returning boys cross country runners in the 3A North Regional. Matt Bennett will a be favorite to win the regional cross country title after winning the outdoor 1600 and 3200 regional titles.
A list of the top 100 fastest returning girls cross country runners in the 3A North Regional.