2016
Photo by Brandon Miles
The Winners - Individuals
Large School Boys: Dalton Hengst (McDonogh)
Small School Boys: William Jones (St. Maria Goretti)
Large School Girls: Page Lester (National Cathedral)
Small School Girls: Natalie Sokol-Snyder (Edmund Burke High School)
The Winners - Teams
Large School Boys: Mount St. Joseph High School
Small School Boys: The Heights School
Large School Girls: Georgetown Day School
Small School Girls: St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Top runners who did not compete:
Harry Monroe (Gonzaga) - 15:57 5K, WCAC champion
Lucas Wright (McDonogh) - 15:50 5K, second at MIAA Championships
Devon Strozyk (Calvert Hall) - 16:20 5K, fifth at MIAA Championships
Max Barbour (Loyola-Blakefield) - 16:08 5K, sixth at MIAA Championships
Timmy Barrick (Park) - 16:38 5K, won B conference at MIAA Championships
Lacey Eden (Archbishop Spalding) - 19:02 5K, IAAM champion
Emily Craig (Maryvale Prep) - 19:10 5K, second at IAAM Championships
Allysa Combs (Archbishop Spalding) - 19:10 5K, third at IAAM Championships
Megan Lynch (Georgetown Visitation) - 19:01 5K, second at ISL Championships
Cady Hyde (St. John's) - 19:28 5K, WCAC champion
2016 was the final year of the combined Maryland and DC private school state championships. Two sub-16 conference champions did not compete after running (along with their teams) a year before, allowing Mount St. Joseph to pile in the finishers after Dalton Hengst and dominate the large school team standings. Park School senior Timmy Barrick could have been right in the mix for the second spot in the small school team race behind Goretti's William Jones - his 16:38 performance at the MIAA championships was one of the seven fastest times at the meet across all classifications. A rematch between Good Counsel and Gonzaga in a battle for the second spot behind Mount St. Joseph would have been a fascinating race as well.
The girls side? National Cathedral's Page Lester ran away from the rest of the group in clocking a 17:59 season best, but there were plenty of girls from both Maryland and DC that could have battled for that second spot. It was one of the best freshman classes in DC area history, as Lacey Eden, Allysa Combs, Megan Lynch and Cady Hyde (who all either won a conference title or ran at least 19:10) could have really given the cross-border state meet the sendoff it deserved.