CMW Girls Bel Air Boys Win Harford County Meet

The C. Milton Wright girls got the 2004 Harford County championships under way in historic fashion. Not only did the CMW girls win, they became the first girls team in county history to record a perfect score at the county championship meet. Allison Barnes led from start to finish to win her first county title. Barnes led the leaders through a quick first mile (5:43), behind Barnes came a pack of 3 CMW runners; Kelli Buck, Sara Bailey, and Megan Ravenscraft. About 20 meters back came the next chase group made up of Danielle Burcham, Sarah Zader, and Heather Troutman. Barnes continued her dominate performance through the rest of the race to win in 18:23. Buck pulled ahead of Bailey and Ravenscraft over the last half mile. Burcham of CMW began to pull away from Zader of Bel Air, and Troutman of North Harford at the 1 1/2 mile marker. CMW's team average over the 3 mile course was 18:43. The top 5 CMW girls all broke 19 mins.

In the boys race Brett Kelly of Bel Air took the lead early with a 2:20 first half mile. A chase pack of Andrew Mahone, Andrew Judd of Bel Air, Kevin Rate, Mike Disney, Josh Knight, Brandon Hepner of CMW, and Mike Pfarr, Dan Shephard of North Harford all followed about 10 seconds back. Kelly lead throughout the race to win in 16:11, while the race for second was between Mahone and Pfarr. Andrew Judd of Bel Air got by CMW's Kevin Rate over the last quarter mile to clinch the victory for Bel Air. The CMW boys were the first team to get 5 across the line, but that couldn't help them as Bel Air's top 3 got in before any CMW runners.

In the B races it was all CMW. Freshman Lindsay Carpentar of CMW got the win in 20:14, a time that would have put her in the top 15. The CMW girls B team recorded a perfect score and averaged 20:47 as a team. The CMW B boys were not to be outdone. Mike Hmelnicky led the CMW boys with a 17:05 victory, a time that would have also put him in the top 15. The CMW boys scored 19 points to win the boys b divison with a 17:30 average.