Tastiest Race Of The Week: Maria Coffin, Abbey Green Make History On Nation's Hardest Course

Tasty Race of the Week 2016

Nov 16, 2016

Maryland State Championships results & coverage

Two weeks ago, we debated the toughest course in the nation and came up with three different answers: Mt. Dora in Florida, Mt. SAC in California and Hereford High School in Maryland, the site of the Maryland state cross country meet and home to the infamous Bull Run Invitational. At the time of the debate, no girl had ever run under 18 minutes on the course. However, that all changed on Saturday at the Class 4A State Championship as not one, but two girls made cross country history. 2015 Foot Locker finalist Maria Coffin battled with Abbey Green of Walter Johnson to course record times of 17:49.38 and 17:54.40. Coffin held the previous record in 18:09.10. Green's runner-up performance led Walter Johnson to the team title with 59 points.

Of note: the current Hereford course opened in 2014 and is slightly faster than the previous course. 2011 Foot Locker finalist Hannah Oneda set the record on the original course at 18:28.3.