Maryland wrote:
No one has done Maryland? Someone from Maryland can help me with this but I will go with in no order.
Boys
1. Matt Centrowitz
2. Solomon Haile
3. Jesse O Connoll
4. Pat Bailey
5. Marcus Hershberger
6. Steve Duplinsky
7. Ricky Flynn
Girls: Lauren Centrowitz, Teshika Rivers, someone help me on this.
This Maryland list is a quasi all-star list from 1998 to 2008. Keep deferring to Malmo and we will never get out of the 70's.
Maryland's national qualifier list is not as grand and lengthy as other states, but it's where we need to start.
Maryland Footlocker Finalists
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Boys 1979-Present
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1983 14 15:31 John Scherer 12 NE Dayton, MD Glenelg HS
1983 20 15:42 Charles Cole 12 NE Chaptico, MD
1991 26 16:10 Pascal Dobert 12 NE Walt Whitman Bethesda, MD
1995 25 16:03 Cory Smith 12 NE Calvert Hall Phoenix, MD
1995 30 16:25 Nick Gramsky 12 NE Northern Chesapeake Beach, MD
2001 23 15:46 Ben Stern 12 NE Georgetown Day School Potomac, MD (Lived in Maryland, High School in Washington DC)
2006 8 15:34 Matthew Centrowitz 12 NE Broadneck High School Arnold, MD
2008 1 15:15 Solomon Haile 12 NE Sherwood H.S. Silver Spring, MD
2009 37 16:17 Cory Puffett 12 NE UpperMarlboro, MD (DeMatha)
Girls 1979-Present
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1990 3 17:40 Amanda White 10 NE Dulaney Cockeysville, MD
1991 2 17:43 Amanda White 11 NE Dulaney Cockeysville, MD
1992 1 17:34 Amanda White 12 NE Dulaney Cockeysville, MD
1994 2 17:12 Sally Glynn 11 NE Walter Johnson Rockville, MD
1994 25 18:12 Kristen Nicolini 12 NE Annapolis Annapolis, MD
2006 18 18:37 Alison Smith 12 NE Atholton H.S. Columbia , MD
2011 33 18:21 Hannah Oneda 12 NE Winters Mill H.S. Westminster , MD
2015 27 18:22.6 Maria Coffin 11 Northeast Annapolis H.S. Annapolis MD
Maryland NXN Individual Qualifiers (place at NXN)
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Boys 2008-Present
2008 Andrew Palmer Whitman (84)
2009 Andrew Palmer Whitman (30)
2010 Matt Jablonski Loyola Blakefield (30)
2013 Tyler Spear Loyola Blakefield (72)
2013 Ryan Forsyth Severna Park ~would have qualified individually if not with team~ (52)
Girls 2008-Present
2009 Jessie Rubin Wootton (42)
2013 Nora McUmber B-CC (48)
2013 Ellie Gonzalez Catholic (12)
For girls, I wouldn't mind using those six Footlocker Qualifiers + Ellie Gonzalez from NXN. All were/are amazing.
1. Amanda White
2. Sally Glynn
3. Alison Smith
4. Kristin Nicolini
5. Maria Coffin
6. Hannah Oneda
7. Ellie Gonzalez
For boys, Solomon Haile and Matthew Centrowitz Jr. are easy 1-2 from last 40 years. After that, well I don't know if Footlocker finish should be the only metric. Maybe one or two from each decade?
60's - They ran 2 or 2.5 miles XC and there were no national championships so it's a little tough to compare. In 1969 Mike Fertig of Whitman dropped a 12:41 for 2.5 miles which was jaw dropping at the time, or so I've read. Previous state champs had been over 13:15. He followed it up with a 9:08 2-mile on the track.
70's - All of MD's top 7 might be from the 70's if left to Malmo. Two XC state champs that I am most impressed with are Gordon Oliver of B-CC 12:21 2.5miXC, Eastern States XC Champ over Centrowitz Sr., and followed it up with Penn Relays mile win in 4:10. Jim Peterson of Wheaton 14:56 3miXC at states in first year MD went from 2.5 miles to 3 miles and nobody has ever run faster at states (granted courses changed a lot) and followed up with 4:10 mile state record in track.
80's - The only one other Maryland top 15 FL finisher besides Haile and Centrowitz is John Scherer 1983 who ran 15:01 on a Hereford course when Kris Herdt (eventual 8:20 3k / 9:04 3200) ran 15:26. Sounds pretty amazing to me.
90's - Pascal Dobert was 2xstate champ and untouchable in MD as senior. Don't know about Cory Smith/Calert Hall but her ran a 9:05 3200m.
00's - It's Haile and Centrowitz Jr, but in the non-Footlocker category, some of the most impressive XC athletes I've seen in the past 15 years are Steven Duplinsky, Graham Bazell, Matt Jablonski, and Andrew Palmer. I could go on and on. I'm impressed by the kids every year which is why I remain a devoted follower and fan.
Maryland Boys Top 7
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Solmon Haile
Matther Centrowitz Jr.
Mike Fertig
Gordon Oliver
Jim Peterson
John Scherer
Pascal Dobert