After being delayed for a week, the 4A State Championships were well worth the wait. It seemed like nearly every race on the track went right down to the wire, and there were plenty of upsets and breakout performances from all around.
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Check out the top girls returnees in each event from next year's Maryland Indoor State Championships. Franklin sophomore Nyjari McNeil pulled off the double in 3A claiming the 500 and 800 meter titles after being a 500 champ as a freshmen. She has two more years to become potentially a 4-time champ in the 500 and 3-time champ in the 800 indoors. (Photo by Lisa McArthur)
Check out the top boys returnees in each event from next year's Maryland Indoor State Championships. Baltimore Poly's William Henderson will be reigning 3A state champ in the 55 meter dash (6.40) and could be a double champ in the 55 meter hurdles as well next year. (Photo by Craig Amoss)
We did the math and counted up 14,278 photos uploaded from the 4 Maryland State Indoor Championships held this past week at PG between our photographers Lisa McArthur, Craig Amoss, and John Roemer.
Recall the 2016 MPSSAA 3A/4A State Indoor Championships looking back at some of the top twitter updates from the meet.
Check out the top 50 girls performers in each event for the state of Maryland after the MPSSAA State Indoor Track & Field Championships. The Walter Johnson girls dominance in cross country is transferring over to the track as they won the 4A title in the 4x800.
Find the top performances by the state's future stars among underclassmen boys at the 2016 Maryland Indoor State Championships.
Look back at the MileSplit national elite performances from the 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships.
Check out the top 50 boys performers in each event for the state of Maryland after the MPSSAA State Indoor Track & Field Championships. Bowie's Tajh Gilchrist continued to drop down his state leading time in the 55 meter dash at the state meet with a 6.35 personal best clocking in the 4A finals. (Photo by Craig Amoss)
Check out the top freshmen girls performances from the 4 classification meets of the 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships. River Hill's Sydney Robinson had an impressive state meet debut in taking runner-up in the 3A girls 500 meter dash behind only Njyjari McNeil in a personal best time of 1:17.81. Robinson also placed 4th in the 300 earlier with a 41.20 clocking. (Photo by Lisa McArthur)
MileSplit Maryland was busy in between races getting as many athlete and relay interviews of the many state champions over the two days at PG for the 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships. It ended up being a total of 60 interviews!
Vote for the best boys individual or relay performance from the 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships.
Check out the top seniors girls performances from the 4 classifications of the 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships. Two seniors from Howard County threw down sick times in the girls 300 at the state meet.
We have compiled a poll of 16 potential choices for top performer among the 4 classification championship meets held this past week and we certainly had to leave off a few more deserving champion winners. Vote before 5 PM Sunday!
Check out the top senior boys performances from the 2016 Maryland Indoor State Championships. Jason Tyler of St. Charles had the fastest times among all Maryland seniors in winning both the 500 (1:05.29) and 800 (1:58.12) meter titles for 3A. (Photo by Lisa McArthur)
If you haven't checked out the new team results of the meet pages, you should! Its a cool feature that drills down results from a meet specifically for your team. We took the feature from the state meet to show the performances of all individuals and relays of the 4 boys state team champions below.
If you haven't checked out the new team results of the meet pages, you should! Its a cool feature that drills down results from a meet specifically for your team. We took the feature from the state meet to show the performances of all individuals and relays of the 4 girls state team champions below.
Coverage from the Maryland 1A/2A State Championships on Monday and Maryland 3A/4A State Championships on Tuesday from the PG Sportsplex.
Check out a photo collection of Tuesday's state champions in the 3A/4A State Meet at PG by Craig Amoss.
Combined boys results from all 4 classifications of the 2016 Maryland Indoor State Championship. Identical times of 7.39 in 55 hurdles for state champions Shyheim Wright of Northwest & Casimir Tawiah of Great Mills.
Combined girls results from all 4 classifications of the 2016 Maryland Indoor State Championships. Franklin's Nyjari McNeil and Mountain Ridge's Molly Offstein were the lone girls from Maryland to break 2:20 in the 800.
Check out photos taken by Lisa McArthur from the 2016 Maryland State Cross Country Championships.
Complete results from the 2016 Maryland 4A State Indoor Championships.
The 2016 MPSSAA State Indoor Championships are coming up in just two days and what better way to get excited for the season finale for Maryland than watching the highlights reel of some of the top stars and action from the regional championships two weeks ago.
Current Maryland state indoor championship boys' meet records by classification going into the 2016 state meets on Monday and Tuesday at PG.
The current Maryland state indoor championship girls' meet records by classification going into the 2016 state meets on Monday and Tuesday at PG.
Check out the Maryland 4A boys indoor track & field rankings by event going 500 deep or as deep as they go in every event. Andrew Forsyth of Severna Park has the opportunity to join his older brother Ryan as a Maryland high school state track champion. Forsyth, the 4A Central 3200 champ, will be in the mix of a strong 4A state field including Rohann Asfaw and Eric Walz.
Check out the Maryland 4A girls indoor track & field rankings by event going 500 deep or as deep as they go in every event. Walter Johnson girls will be the top seeds and favorites in the 4x800 at state with their 9:40 season best and recent win at the 4A West Regional against arguably their top challenger in the Bethesda-Chevy Chase girls.
3A/4A state championships on Tuesday joined the 1A/2A state championships on Monday as being postponed due to this week's winter weather. Make up dates TBA.
Virtual meet preview for the Maryland 4A Girls State Championships. Certainly some athletes more than any other classification's state meet competition will be missing in key events at the state meet.
Virtual meet preview for the Maryland 4A Boys State Championships. The Northwest boys have strength in numbers to put them in position to compete for another team title including their hurdlers crew led by defending state champ Shyheim Wright.
With the end of the indoor season coming up in Maryland with the state championship meet this week, it would be good time to look back at all of MileSplit Maryland's race video coverage. Plenty of great races to recall and re-watch!
State meet entries are finally out with the Maryland 1A/2A State Championships set for Monday, February 15th starting at 11 am and Maryland 3A/4A State Championships set for Tuesday, Febuary 16th starting at 4 PM.
Wayne Bartholomew was a beast for Quince Orchard 7 years ago at the 2009 Maryland State Indoor Championship meet winning the 800 in a state meet record time of 1:55.98, while also winning the 500 in a time that still remains on the top 10 all-time list at 1:04.92.
Can you guess which current high school coaches as well as Maryland high school all-time greats are pictured above?
These two have battling all season long for fastest in Prince George's County, but will will come out on top at the end in the 4A State Indoor Championships?
Ryun Anderson provides his 5 top storylines going into the 4A Girls State Indoor Championship meet next Tuesday at PG. One of the biggest stars coming into the meet will be DuVal's Madeleine Akobundu, who has the opportunity to win two state titles in a short time span.
Ryun Anderson shares his top 6 things that he is most excited about looking forward in the 4A state indoor meet competition next Tuesday at PG.
Find out who are the current event leaders in each state championship for each classification in the state of Maryland after the regional championships (will update 1A after 1A Central results posted on Tuesday night).
If the Maryland State Championships were today, this is how the 4A boys and girls meet might look in a virtual meet rankings taking the top 8 performers in each event this season and scoring as a meet.
Virtual meet preview for class 4A girls for the upcoming indoor track & field season. Top 8 returnees per event (excluding relays) to project a team score of the top returning girls track teams in 4A.