Maryland State Cross Country Championships 2012

Kroy (York IL) get their 9th straight NXN berth, Carmel girls win 2nd straight at NXN MW! Ashley Erba, Alex Riba get individual wins! (Photo by Ken Moreland)

Patriots’ runner has secured numerous top five cross country finishes this fall (via Gazette.net Gazette Maryland Community News)

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When runners toe the line prior to the start of the Cross Country State Championship Meet at Hereford in Parkton on Saturday, they will be greeted with a small taste of what awaits them over the next three miles. (via Cecil Daily)

Winning a state championship as a team takes the hard work and commitment of all seven runners in a race and that’s what makes the Hereford boys’ feat of three straight Class 3A state titles a phenomenal achievement. (via baltimoresun.com)

Dorsey leads Cougars to boys title; Poolesville runner places second in girls race (via Gazette.net Gazette Maryland Community News)

Annapolis’s Harry Bullen, pictured, has plenty of company among D.C. area state champions. In the 4A girls’ race, Caroline Beakes led Bethesda-Chevy Chase to the crown. (via Washington Post)

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The Hereford boys once again showed the importance of talent, depth and running effectively in a pack. No. 2 Hereford was too much for everyone else in Class 3A, cruising to a 63-point win en route... (via Baltimore Sun)

 (PARKTON – Leading the 1A Boys’ Cross Country State Championship with just half a mile to go, Bohemia Manor freshman Ty Franks turned to look back after ascending The Dip, the most grueling climb of the hilly, three-mile loop at Hereford in Parkton.   What he saw made all the suffering worth it.via m.cecildaily.com)

The cheers echo through the hills and woods on the grueling, three-mile course at Hereford High. (via m.washingtonpost.com)

Simply put, it was Boonsboro’s day Saturday at the Maryland State Cross Country Championships at Hereford High School. (via herald-mail.com)

The team title eluded the Williamsport boys again Saturday at the Maryland State Cross Country Championships at Hereford High School. (via herald-mail.com)

PARKTON — They treated it more like an opponent than a partner. On several occasions, they made round trips of almost three hours from their home just to do preparatory work, looking for weaknesses and ways to capitalize. The relentlessly hilly 3.1-mile cross country course at Hereford High School, home to the state cross county meet, has not been especially kind over the years to David and Kevin Dorsey of Catoctin.  

Boys Hale Bullen, Sr., Annapolis, cross country   Bullen made sure he left the Panthers' cross country program as a champion. Running at Hereford, which has become a familiar course, Bullen held off his competition to win the Class 3A state title in a time of 16 minutes, 19.5 seconds. Bullen finished seven-tenths of a second in front of Howard's Danny Rau. The strongest runner in Anne Arundel County all season, Bullen won the county title at Annapolis' course and took home the Class 3A East Region championship at Centennial. At Hereford, Bullen made up 15 meters during the last mile to win the triple crown.  

The only Baltimore-area runner to win a state public schools cross country championship this fall, the senior took the Class 3A title with the second-fastest time on the Hereford course Saturday. Running fourth with about 800 meters to go, Bullen nipped Howard's Danny Rau by seven-tenths of a second to finish in 16 minutes, 19.5 seconds. He also won the Anne Arundel County and Class 3A East region titles. A four-year cross country veteran and an All-Metro second-team pick last fall, Bullen hails from a long line of lacrosse players, but he switched to track last spring and was an All-Metro first team choice after winning county titles in the 1,600 and 3,200 meters and finishing second in the state in both events. He has a 4.83 weighted GPA and hopes to run for Navy next fall. (via baltimoresun.com)

Prince George's courses don't offer the same hilly challenge that Hereford does (via Gazette.net Gazette Maryland Community News)

 Ty Franks   SCHOOL: Bohemia Manor   Franks became just the second boys’ runner for the Eagles to claim an individual title at the 1A Cross Country State Championship Meet on Saturday at Hereford in Parkton. His time of 16 minutes, 58.8 seconds marked the 10th time since the current course was introduced in 1995 that the 1A boys’ winner broke 17 minutes.(via m.cecildaily.com)