Before he begins his collegiate career at North Carolina State, take a look at the top five races of Eric Walz's high school career!
Coverage
Second week of the 2015 cross country season and MileSplit Maryland is looking for the fans to vote on who is deserving of girls XC runner of the week from this past week's top meet winners.
Vote for MileSplit Maryland's XC Team Of The Week from their meet performances on the September 12th weekend.
Check out the top 500 sophomore boys 5K cross country times in the state of Maryland as of September 16th.
Check out the top 500 freshmen girls 5K cross country times in the state of Maryland as of September 16th.
Check out the top 500 girls 5K times in Maryland as of September 14th. The Barnhart Invite's top 3 finishers all broke into the state's top 10 list of fastest times this fall led by race champion Bethlehem Taye.
Watch Eric Walz and the Dulaney boys distance themselves from a strong field assembled on their home course in the varsity boys race video from the 2015 Barnhart Invitational.
Second weekend of high school cross country meets in Maryland, MileSplit will be on-site with photo coverage at Barnhart Invite (+ video), Howard County Invite, Maryland Track & Trail, and Spike Shoe Invite.
Check out our photo gallery from Barnhart Invitational at Dulaney High School. Over 1,600 photos taken by Debbi Persinger from all 5 races on the day from one of the state's top invites of the weekend.
McDonogh School sophomore Dalton Hengst placed 2nd in the Barnhart Invitational with a time of 15:58.
Dulaney senior Eric Walz won the 2015 Barnhart Invitational with a 5K PR time of 15:26 on his home cross country course.
Paint Branch's Bethlehem Taye, last spring's 4A outdoor 3200 state champ, broke 19 minutes for 5K for the first time at the Barnhart Invite with a 18:40 victory.
Each Friday, we are going to make our top 5 predictions for a few select major meets in Maryland high school cross country and see how we do after the race results come in on Saturday.
Course maps for the September 12th weekend invitationals in Maryland for the Barnhart Invitational, Howard County Invitational, Maryland Track & Trail, and Rebel Invitational.
One of the faster 5K cross country invitationals in the state in the Barnhart Invite on Saturday should seem stellar performances for both boys and girls with the quality fields assembled for the 2015 edition of the meet.