2019
Photo by Craig Amoss
The Winners - Individuals
Large School Boys: Nicholas Karayianis (Bullis)
Small School Boys: Ryan Rasco (St. Maria Goretti)
Large School Girls: Francesca Cetta (Holton-Arms)
Small School Girls: Allison Mitchell (St. Andrew's Episcopal)
The Winners - Teams
Large School Boys: Gilman School
Small School Boys: St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Large School Girls: Holton-Arms School
Small School Girls: St. Andrew's Episcopal School
Top runners who did not compete (including D.C. runners):
Owen Johnson (Calvert Hall) - 15:24 5K, MIAA champion
Ryan Miller (Archbishop Spalding) - 15:45 5K, second at MIAA Championships
Henry Hardart (Archbishop Spalding) - 15:57 5K
Andrew Myers (Calvert Hall) - 16:00 5K, fifth at MIAA Championships
Cullen Capuano (Gonzaga) - 15:45 5K, WCAC champion
Damian Hackett (St. Albans) - 15:53 5K, second at IAC Championships
Patrick Donnelly (Gonzaga) - 15:57 5K, second at WCAC Championships
Storrie Kulynych-Irvin (Key) - 18:01 5K, IAAM B conference champion
Juliette Whittaker (Mount de Sales) - 17:16 5K, IAAM A conference champion
Zoe Benitez (Key) - 19:23 5K, second in B conference at IAAM Championships
Meredith Gotzman (St. John's) - 18:22 5K, WCAC champion
Lili Grant (Georgetown Visitation) - 18:39 5K, third at ISL Championships
Katie Hirsch (Edmund Burke) - 19:30 5K
Karayianis won last year's state title with much more room to spare, putting almost 45 seconds between him and the field. The race, however, would have been far more interesting had it included St. Albans' Damian Hackett and Calvert Hall's Owen Johnson. The two finished 12th and 13th, respectively, at the Foot Locker Northeast regional meet, nearly representing the area at nationals. And how about a meeting between the MIAA champions from Calvert Hall and the WCAC champions from Gonzaga?
Was there any race more exciting than the IAAM matchup between Key freshman Storrie Kulynych-Irvin and Mount de Sales sophomore Juliette Whittaker? Whittaker owned the faster personal best heading into the race, but Kulynych-Irvin dominated (although they both won titles as they were competing in separate conferences). Would Whittaker, an eventual national qualifier, have bounced back in a hypothetical rematch at the private school state meet? And how would the DC underclassman duo of Meredith Gotzman and Lili Grant have fit in to the field? Gotzman and the St. John's girls (four girls at 19:45 or faster at the Team Nationals southeast regional meet) would have likely been a favorite for the girls team title as well.