County Championship Boys Recap County Championship Girls Recap - Corrected results have been posted. Thea LaFond officially wins four events! Mocorunning County Championship Photos and Videos are completely posted...finally! These things take time. Huge thanks go out to Matt Davis for volunteering to record nearly every track race in full. Tag Videos Here Crown Leaderboard Updated For First Time in Two Years... Wait a second! Clark Kent has protested the preseason prediction competition. Clark Kent submitted his vote in two separate parts which was deemed acceptable in a previous prediction competition. Mocorunning is awarding the preseason victory to Clark Kent. However, Clark Kent wishes to remain anonymous and declined any prize, so Rob Bock will still receive a $25 gift certificate to the Georgetown Running Company stores. Jatin Narang, a current Clarksburg runner, retains the crown for the Mocorunning Pre-Meet Prediction Competition (January predictions). Damascus Boys, Churchill Girls Win Counties
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Thea LaFond Wins Four
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Northwest Girls Assault Record Books
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Less than two years ago, track fans were admiring Darius Ray of Magruder High School. Ray was as candid as he was athletic. In 2009, Ray was voted to the Mocorunning All-Decade Track & Field Team for his high school accomplishments. His long jump of 22-06 at the 2008 state championship meet was the best of the decade by a county athlete. Now, in the first month of 2010, just days after his 20th birthday, the community mourns his death after he was murdered at a house party in Baltimore on Jan. 23. Mocorunning uploaded a few lost videos from a home meet in April 2008. Darius Ray Interview Darius Ray Highlights Darius Ray Article
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County Championship Poll Results
 The most well-rounded team in the county, Damascus will aim for the indoor county title with throwers, distance runners, and sprinters. |  Gaithersburg will try to defend their county title with Al Kallay and other strong hurdlers and jumpers. |  Northwest is favored to win seven of ten track events. Britt Eckerstrom could participate on all three relays |  As always, fans predicted Olivia Ekpone to be the top individual point scorer, but is it realistic if she only competes in two open events? |
Colas nearly upsets Wilson at ISL Open Meet, Nickle and Molock Highlight Boys
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Jelani Molock of St. Stephen's and St. Agnes School clocked 7.9 to run away with the 55-meter hurdles. Reid Nickle of Episcopal clocked 4:34 in the 1600, closing the last 600 meters in 1:34 and the last 220 yards in 28 seconds. He also clocked 53.5 on the sharp curves of Episcopal's home track to help his 4x400 relay to 3:42. Junior Katy Colas of Flint Hill gave Potomac's Anneka Wilson a challenge in the girls 1600, but Wilson surged for the win in 5:37. Colas finished in about 5:39.
Northwest Relays Amaze at Montgomery Invitational
Led by Olivia Ekpone and Britt Eckerstrom, these were some of the best all-time indoor county relays
 Northwest 4x400 |  4x800 Baton Drop |  Northwest 4x200 |
Damascus Relays Highlight MoCo Boys at Montgomery Invitational
 Thomas Arias & DeVante' Thomas |  Ben to Jon Constantinides |
All Leaderboards Updated To Reflect Montgomery Invitational Results
Montgomery Invitational Washington Post Article and Gallery
Mocorunning Photos of Montgomery Invitational: 1 2 3
Mocorunning All-Decade XC Teams: Girls Boys
Honorable Mention Added - Honorable Mention is also based on coaches' votes
Mocorunning All-Decade Track & Field Teams: Girls Boys
 | Joseph Woiwode InterviewJoseph Woiwode of Georgetown Prep has a very interesting background. He spent five years in Denmark prior to high school. There he began running track and broke several age group records. When he moved to Maryland and enrolled at Prep, he made a big splash by winning the IAC title in the 400-meter dash in 50.21 as a freshman. His career thus far has been up and down due to injury issues, but he has managed personal best times of 49.10 in the 400, 1:05.42 in the 500, and regularly splits sub-2:00 in the 4x800 relay. In this interview, he tells mocorunning about his track experience, where he will run in college, and his lofty goals for this upcoming season. |
Developmental Meet #2 Recap Videos of Some Races
Walter Johnson 8:09 4x800, Damascus 8:12; Watkins Mill 1:33 4x200; Britt Eckerstrom 1:18.1 500; Martin Dally 1:06.3 500; Double Wins from Olivia Ekpone (55, 300) and Sam Martin (800, 1600) |  |  |
 | Nicolas Escobar InterviewNicolas Escobar was ready for a great senior year but found himself knocked out with an injury before he ever ran a race this fall. He patiently worked his way back into racing shape by the beginning of October and finished the season strong with a third place finish at the county championship in 16:17, fifth in the region and eighth in the state. He appeared to continue getting stronger after the season ended as he placed second at the Battle of the Potomac Championship and 27th in the elite race at the Footlocker Northeast Region Championship. Last year on the track, he ran 4:28.18 in the mile and 9:44.50 in the 3200, but failed to qualify for the outdoor state championship. This season, he is determined to return to the state championship and drop some fast times. |
 | Katie Wolf InterviewKatie Wolf entered high school with a little bit of track experience and immediately became a star. By the end of her freshman year, she was the county and region champion in the 400 and 200 with some of the fastest times the county had seen in the previous several years. Three years later, that first state title still eludes her despite steady improvement. Armed with PR's from her junior year of 7.14 in the 55, 11.97 in the 100, 24.54 in the 200, 40.53 in the 300, and 55.98 in the 400, she has her sights set on winning that first state title as a senior regardless of who stands in her way. In this interview, she discusses what she has learned along the way and where she plans to spend the next four years of her running career. |
Developmental Meet #1 Recap
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Walter Johnson's Martin Dally came flying out of the gates with a 1:06.3 500. Gaithersburg found another star athlete in Zack Fetters who won the high jump in 6-04. Wootton's Grace Corbett begins season with wins in the 500 and 800. And much, much more...
RESULTS - Results are NOT recorded at MCPS developmental meets. They are essentially practice meets that are run as quickly as possible to give hundreds of new and developing athletes a chance to compete. There is not even a requirement for field event marks to be recorded, but in the last few years, Coach E has voluntarily tried to gather and type up all field event results so they can be posted here on mocorunning. The results that were typed up will not be entered into the mocorunning database because they are unofficial and many athletes only signed in to compete with a first name or last name.
PHOTOS - Some people are asking about the flashy photography equipment that was being used during the meet. Regrettably, that was not the work of mocorunning, but that of an outside company that was hired by MCPS to take photos for the yearbooks of all 25 schools. So while those photos may be coming to a yearbook near you, you will not find them anywhere on the internet.
Indoor Track Preseason Poll Results
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