Photos by Lisa McArthur
MileSplit was on-site with coverage from the Woodsboro Park in Woodsboro for the 2015 Mountain Run hosted by Oakdale High School. Meet recap, race videos, photo gallery, and interviews to be posted below.
More Coverage From 2015 Mountain Run:
- Meet Page
- Meet Recap
- Results: Varsity Girls - Varsity Boys - JV Boys - JV Girls
- Race Videos: Varsity Girls - Varsity Boys - JV Boys - JV Girls
- Photo Gallery by Lisa McArthur: Varsity Girls - Varsity Boys - JV Boys - JV Girls
- Interviews: Charlotte Kowalk (Oakdale) - Julien Webster (Catoctin) - Nick Tilson (Liberty)
- Virtual Meet Preview
- Last Year's Results
- Course Map
Liberty junior Nick Tilson, the #1 ranked runner in 2A classification, opened his season with a victory at the Mountain Run on Wednesday pulling away from a chase pack in the final two miles for a 17:51 victory. A basketball player during the indoor season, Tilson might not have the flashy track times as many of the state's top returning cross country runners but is looking forward to running on faster courses against greater competition from 3A and 4A schools in upcoming weekend invitationals including the Howard County Invite this Saturday.
Interview with boys race champion Nick Tilson
Oakdale senior Charlotte Kowalk went up the mountain in second place behind Boonsboro's Haley Wright and came down from the mountain first place after Wright dropped out of the race. The 2A state indoor champion half miler Kowalk flew on the downhills and after holding off a final hill challenge from Catoctin's Julien Webster, pulled away for an 18 second victory in 20:52.
Interview with girls race champion Charlotte Kowalk
The Clarksburg girls may have not had a single individual finisher among the top 10 places, but thrived on their pack running and 46 second spread for their top 5 to win the team title by 18 points (78 total points) over the runners-up from Century (91 pts). Clarksburg senior Holly Mordoff and freshmen Kayla Sadd came across the line nearly identical times of 23:22 for 12th and 13th place as the team's top finishers.
The host school Oakdale made their competition run up a steep hill twice and then their boys team beat all of the other squads led by two top six finishers in Jake Hooper (4th, 18:11) and Evan Kowalk (6th, 18:28). With a team score of 62 points, Oakdale was clear ahead of the runner-up squad in Westminster with 92 points, who saw their #1 runner in sophomore Brandon Arbaugh edge out the chase pack trailing Tilson for individual runner-up honors in 18:09.
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Time Schedule
Course Opens: 3:00 PM
Coaches Meeting: 3:15 PM
Girls Varsity: 4:00 PM
Boys Varsity: 4:40 PM
Boys JV: 5:15 PM
Girls JV: 5:20 PM
Awards: After last race
Course Map
