MDRUNNERS.COM 2006 All-State Selections

MDRUNNERS.COM is pleased to announce the selections for the 2006 All-State Teams for cross country.

The 70 selected athletes were chosen based on their performance this season that has qualified them as the very best high school runners in the state of Maryland.

The selections for the second, third, fourth and fifth All-State teams are displayed below. Each team's athletes are listed alphabetically.

The selections for First Team All-State, including the selections for Runner of the Year and "Runner-Up" of the Year will be revealed in selection order, ascending from the No. 7 runner to No. 1. One selection will be named a day from Tuesday November 14 to Monday November 20.

Congratulations MD Runners!

Girls
First Team

Second Team
Elyse Borisko, Sophomore
Howard
The athlete had an impressive state championship race, in which she was the last of just 8 girls to clock under 20:00. She was the 2A State Runner-Up, second to Alison Smith, defeating Kristen Malloy.

Louise Hanallah, Junior
Winston Churchill
Hanallah leads the Second Team All-State girls roster, thanks to a superb ending to an already solid season. The junior often gets overlooked in the influx of talent that comes from Montgomery County, but her finishing time of 19:31.70, although still only the third best from Montgomery County, was the fifth best in the state.

Liya Kasimova, Junior
Severna Park
Severna Park's best had a bumpy season, but had several impressive showings, the most notable being her win at the Anne Arundel County Championships.

Katie Ogden, Senior
Northern
The Calvert County runner finally found the winner's circle this year, winning the SMAC and Region 3A South titles, on top of her regular-season win at the Brunswick Invitational.

Teshika Rivers, Sophomore
Eleanor Roosevelt
Although suspension from her squad prevented Rivers from competing in any championship races, her strong performances at the Maymount and Manhattan Invitationals secures her a spot on second team.

Halsey Sinclair, Senior
Blair
The 7x championship titleist had a surprisingly strong season, despite dissapointing losses at the Montgomery County and State Championships. She clocked at 19:25 at the Bull Run Invitational, second there only to Kristen Malloy's record-breaking run.

Angeli Sivaraman, Senior
Centennial
Sivaraman had a great senior season, culminating with her 2nd and 4th place finishes in the Region 3A East and State Championships.

Third Team
Emma Eckerstrom, Junior
Northwest

Mary Fromme, Sophomore
South River

Katie Harman, Sophomore
River Hill

Hillary Lee, Freshman
South River

Dominique Lockhart, Junior
Eleanor Roosevelt

Jennifer Redman, Senior
Eleanor Roosevelt

Erika Stasakova, Sophomore
John Carroll

Fourth Team
Kathy Aherne, Junior (Northwest);
Tyreka Arrington, Sophomore (Eleanor Roosevelt);
Nicole Clarke, Junior (John Carroll);
Taylor Colbert, Sophomore (Damascus);
Debbie Isen, Junior (Walt Whitman)
Nora McCall, Senior (Good Counsel);
Lindsay Wilson, Senior (Seton Keough)

Fifth Team
Sara Bailey, Junior (C. Milton Wright);
Lauren Childs, Senior (Bryn Mawr);
Angelica Dinucci, Junior (Dulaney);
Kelsey Hill, Sophomore (Severna Park);
Kelly Rush, Junior (Dulaney);
Veronica Salcido, Junior (Wootton);
Ashlyn Sinclair, Senior (Blair)

Boys
First Team