MDXC MEET PREVIEW: Analysis and Breakdown For Each Race.

Maryland XC Invitational
Zack Dickerson


Boys Black and Gold Team Preview

Notable Teams: #1 Calvert Hall, #2 Severna Park, #3 Towson, #6 Winston Churchill, #7 Chopticon, #9 Richard Montgomery, #10 Howard High. Honorable Mention teams Walt Whitman, and Dematha.

Calvert Hall comes in as the pre-race favorite. They easily won the Barnhart Invitational and the Bull Run invitational earlier this year. It would have been nice to see them go up against some national caliber teams last week at Great American in NC, however, Hurricane Ian had other plans. With a 5k average in the low 16's, they have the ability to put 5 in the top 20 and distance themselves from the field. 

Severna Park will look to run a full squad at this meet. They were missing two runners at Bull Run and finished 3rd to Towson. It will be a fun race to watch them and Towson as the Generals are much improved this season and want everyone to know that their second-place finish at Bull Run was no fluke!

Chopticon could be a surprise team in this race. They finished 7th in the Bull Run Elite race however that was without their #1 runner Mason Hoover who unfortunately was not able to finish that race. Hoover is one of the top runners in the state and can place top 10. If that happens look for Chopitcon to surprise some teams in the final results. 

Prediction: Calvert Hall 

Boys Black and Gold Top 10 Virtual Team Scores (5K)

PLACETEAMPOINTSSCORERSSPLITAVERAGE
1Calvert Hall College High School271+5+6+7+8 (13+16.5)49.6015:59.46
2Towson High School13612+21+23+35+45 (65+75)1:01.8016:55.26
3St. Albans School137.53+14+16.5+44+60 (79+96)2:06.0016:43.80
4DeMatha Catholic High School14519+25+30+33+38 (42+68)37.1017:00.62
5Winston Churchill High School19028+31+32+49+50 (51+91.5)32.9017:14.99
6Severna Park High School19211+36+40+52+53 (67+91.5)1:17.5017:10.66
7Gonzaga College High School19410+24+39+47+74 (95+109)1:41.1017:09.60
8Crofton High School21918+22+46+64+69 (76+97)1:17.0017:18.24
9Dulaney High School268.54+29+57+88.5+90 (94+106.5)2:24.2017:24.14
10Howard High School30826+62+63+77+80 (99+113)1:10.1017:43.32


Boys Black and Gold Individual Preview

MDXC will serve as the 3rd installment between Mount Saint Joe's Charlie Butler and Calvert Halls Cameron Davis. The two are 1-1 this season as Davis won at the Barnhart Invitational and Butler won at Bull Run. This course is much more similar to Barnhart than Bull Run so look for Davis to try to control the race. In the lead pack chasing those two will be Liam Hagerty from Severna Park, Chopitcons Mason Hoover, Pierre Attiogbe from St Albans, Richard Montgomery's Noah Fisher, Caleb Tenney from St. Vincent Pallotti, and Dulaney's Tyler Dailey. Daily finished second at last year's MDXC Invitational, only fractions of a second behind Howard's Joey Raudabaugh. He will be looking to try to win outright this weekend. 

Prediction: Cam Davis (Calvert Hall)

Boys Black and Gold Virtual Top 50 (5K)

PLACEATHLETEGRADETEAMTIMEPOINTS
1CAMERON DAVIS2024Calvert Hall College High School15:23.20 1
2Charlie Butler2024Mount St. Joseph School15:26.90 2
3Pierre Attiogbe2023St. Albans School15:37.00 3
4Tyler Dailey2023Dulaney High School15:50.40 4
5RYAN CONNELLY2023Calvert Hall College High School16:04.50 5
6REI NETTEY2025Calvert Hall College High School16:05.90 6
7LUKE DOETSCHMAN2024Calvert Hall College High School16:10.92 7
8DA'SHAWN KELLER2023Calvert Hall College High School16:12.80 8
9Noah Fisher2023Richard Montgomery High School16:15.00 9
10Lucas Rohde2024Gonzaga College High School16:16.80 10
11Liam Hagerty2023Severna Park High School16:16.90 11
12Kieran Mischke2024Towson High School16:20.90 12
13STEPHEN GONZALEZ2024Calvert Hall College High School16:24.10 13
14William Strong2025St. Albans School16:25.00 14
15Frederick Alfonso-Frank2023Montgomery Blair High School16:30.60 15
16Cort Schroder2024Calvert Hall College High School16:33.00 16.5
16Sebi Hume2025St. Albans School16:33.00 16.5
18London Layton2024Crofton High School16:36.20 18
19Jayden Keels2023DeMatha Catholic High School16:37.80 19
20Asim Hakim-Florian2023Landon School16:38.90 20
21Ryan Wahler2023Towson High School16:49.70 21
22Jackson Lastowski2025Crofton High School16:50.00 22
23Evan Cline2025Towson High School16:51.10 23
24Matthew Podratsky2025Gonzaga College High School16:52.10 24
25Christopher Toomer2023DeMatha Catholic High School16:55.60 25
26Ryan O'Byrne2023Howard High School16:55.80 26
27Sean Cunniff2023Walt Whitman High School16:57.00 27
28Stepan Volkov2025Winston Churchill High School17:00.00 28
29Connor McGeehan2023Dulaney High School17:03.80 29
30Sayid Shakur2024DeMatha Catholic High School17:05.20 30
31Colin La2023Winston Churchill High School17:06.29 31
32Nathaniel Encinas2023Winston Churchill High School17:06.47 32
33Graham Fenn2024DeMatha Catholic High School17:09.60 33
34Alexander Risso2024Montgomery Blair High School17:10.80 34
35Jack Blanchfield2024Towson High School17:11.90 35
36Christopher Nunn2023Severna Park High School17:12.20 36
37Ajibu Pascali2024Northwood High School17:12.50 37
38Tarik Harris Jr2024DeMatha Catholic High School17:14.90 38
39Liam Thomson2023Gonzaga College High School17:16.10 39
40Taylor Jarvis2024Severna Park High School17:16.30 40
41Benjamin Waterman2023Walt Whitman High School17:18.00 41
42Ian Parsons2023DeMatha Catholic High School17:18.60 42
43MATTHEW BRENNAN2023Calvert Hall College High School17:18.80 --
44Mason Hoover2023Chopticon High School17:19.87 43
45Liam Quinn2025St. Albans School17:21.00 44
46Max Abubucker2023Towson High School17:22.70 45
47Campbell Gelineau2025Crofton High School17:23.40 46
48Anthony Sarro2026Gonzaga College High School17:25.10 47
49Erich Ramos2026Montgomery Blair High School17:25.40 48
50HAYDEN MALSTROM2025Calvert Hall College High School17:25.50 --


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