Dwight Parker

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The No. 6 picks for MDRUNNERS.COM\'s First Team All-State 2006 are revealed.

Update #18: 6:00pm ER 4x4 girls run an official 3:54.31...their second national title in less than an hour! They also won the 4x8 in 9:14! Other finishers in the 4x2 were: MD Jags - 11th - 4:03.77 Bishop McNamara - 13th - 4:04.79 ER B - 16th - 4:06.49 Digital Harbor - 18th - 4:06.93 McDonogh - 24th - 4:09.36

On Monday, January 24, 2006, the Montgomery County Championships and Baltimore County Championships took place. Many athletes did extremely well, and represented their schools with great times. mdrunners.com would like to recognize the \"Athletes of the Meet\", followed by a recap of both championships in the main article. Montgomery County Champs: Girls Athlete of the Meet: Audrey Gariepy of Winston Churchill Audrey Gariepy completed a feat many of us only dream of: Winning four out of four events you enter in any meet, let alone the County Championship meet. Gariepy won the 55 hurdles (8.54), High Jump (5 feet, 4 inches), Long Jump (16 feet, 4 inches), and the Triple Jump (34 feet, 3.25 inches, also a county meet record). Gariepy scored 40 points, contributing almost 40% of her teams points en route to their victory. Boys AotM: Bret Ligon of RM Bret Ligon competed in 3 individual events, winning two and barely placing second in the other. Ligon won the 500m in a smoking 1:05.98 (4th on the entire Milesplit network), the 800m in 2:03.55, and got 2nd in the 300 by a hundredth of a second (35.5). Ligon helped his team win the team title by scoring 28 points. Baltimore County Champs: Girls AotM: Kristen Malloy (Hereford) Kristen Malloy competed in 3 individual events, winning 2 of them and placing in another. Malloy won the 1600m run in 5:17.4, then won the 3200m in 11:33.7. She then scored 2 more points for her team in the 800m, placing 5th in 2:37.9. Boys AotM: Dwight Parker (Woodlawn) Dwight Parker continued his fantastic season on Monday by winning 3 individual county crowns, and leading his team to the Baltimore County crown. Parker won the 800m in 2:06.1, the 1600m in 4:44.2, and the 3200m in 10:26.3. All are fantastic times for the not-so-lovely Armory flooring.

This weekend, Maryland athletes worked hard to show that the state is a force to be reckoned with at big time meets. The Hispanic games were held this weekend at the NY Armory, with a number of athletes garnering high finishes. Top honors must go to Brett Brown of CH Flowers and Theresa Lewis of Western, who dominated the 55 Hurdles. Brown won in 7.42, while Lewis won her race in 8 flat, a meet record...

The 11th Annual Friends of Indoor Track Invitational appears to have brought together, once again, many of the top athletes from around the area as they continue their hoped for improvement heading into the new year. The meet was held for quite a few years as a relay only meet at George Mason University with very good success; but has now evolved into a regular track and field championship event format at the extremely nice venue at the Prince George\'s Sports and Learning Complex in Landover, Maryland with the same continued success. Approximately 1,150 athletes representing forty six high schools will partake on the 200 meter unbanked six lane track in the hopes of eliciting some post Christmas cheer as they try to build up some momentum before heading into the brunt of the indoor schedule.

Woodlawn junior Dwight Parker was a little disappointed in his last race as a sophomore. His freshman year exploits (2nd place at 4A State Championships) were a surprise. His sophomore year was going great. Dwight Parker was primed and ready to make a statement in the season ending championship races (County, Regional, & States). But then something happened to him that awakened Parker and maybe was the best thing for this talented young distance runner. He got injured.