Multiple Maryland top 10 times were posted this weekend despite this meet being small in attendance. The season is wrapping up and athletes are successfully using these last few meets to up the rankings!
Girls Sprints
MD #1 Elise Cooper sets the tone for the day and runs an 11.40 for the 100m win. MD #2 Mirai Bernard 11.72 and MD #3 Jade Ofotan 11.77 of the Bullis School follow behind. Bulis swept 1st through 6th place in the 200m dash. Sydney Sutton MD #2 leads her team with a 24.10. MD #5 Myla Greene 24.30 and MD #8 Jade Ototan 24.61 place 2nd and 3rd. MD #8 Tatum Lynn takes gold in the 400m with 55.60 followed by MD #2 Sage Hinton 55.88 and Elena Cooper 56.25.
Boys Sprints
Dezmone Starks takes the 100m win smoothly with 10.47. MD #5 Jake Odey-Jordan runs 10.61 for silver followed by Marcus Brown 10.65. Marcus Brown came back for the 200m win with 21.46. Jake Odey-Jordan earns his 2nd medal with 21.77. Ethan Long runs 22.38 for 3rd. By no surprise MD #1 Quincy Wilson earned gold with his 46.89 400m performance. Damon Ferguson 49.35 and Julian Roberson 49.71 follow with 2nd and 3rd.
Girls Distance
Baara Stewart 2:17.32 took 1st in the 800m. Ella Moore finished 2nd with 2.19.49 in front of Hannah Carr 2:22.51. MD #2 Emma Patrick 4:52.11 and MD #3 Hannah Carr 4:52.99 battle for gold in the 1500 with a close race. Kate Tuttle finished 3rd with 4:57.51. Caroline Gotzman ran 11:38.11 for the 3000m win, winning by almost a minute.
Boys Distance
MD #9 Nathaniel Spears 1:57.72 leads him and his teammate Nicholas Steed from Bishop McNamara ran 1:57.82 for 1st and 2nd in the 800m followed by Samuel Cohen 2:00.10. MD #2 Sam Cohen came back for the 1500m win with 4:08.04. MD #3 Michael Crisp comes in a close 2nd with 4:09.82 and Nathan Belay 4:13.51 comes 3rd. Nathan Belay earned his 2nd medal in the 3000 running 9:39.98 winning by over 30 seconds.
Girls Hurdles
Bullis had another sweep in the 100mH, lead by MD #4 Gabby White 14.10. MD #3 Kassidy Hopkins 14.33 and Madison Smith 15.02 finish 2nd and 3rd. Myla Greene was the clear winner of the 300mH running 40.81 followed by Anaya James-Grier 48.07 and Madison Hughes 49.31. Teammates Sydney Sutton 1:01.53 and Kassidy Hopkins 1:04.23 took gold and silver in the 400mH. Layla Hasan 1:04.65 finishes 3rd.
Boys Hurdles
Antwan James ran to a 14.13 to win the 110mH followed by Cameron Hayes 15.64 and Matt Mitchell 16.33. Cameron Hayes came back for the 300mH with a 41.70. Larry Brent Jr 43.39 and Milo Borek 43.99 came 2nd and 3rd. Alexander Lambert earned gold in the 400mH running 59.50 followed by Jabari Crenshaw 1:01.43 and Bradley Cruthirds 1:01.89.
Girls Field
Jalynn Smith jumped 17-9.50 to win the long jump. Morgan Bridges jumped 16-09 and Sharlyn Ramirez-Castillo jumped 17-9.50. MD #1 Morgan Bridges jumped a mark of 39-2 for the triple jump gold. Camryn Jones-Howard followed with 36-10.50 and Jalynn Smith earned a 2nd medal with 34-9. MD #6 Jones-Howard came back to high jump for the gold with 5-2 followed by Alauna Rutland 5-0 and Nadia Wynn 4-10. Danielle Foster threw a mark of 35-8.50 for gold in shot put. Cailey Newman 32-1 and Ashley Wilkerson 30-7 finished 2nd and 3rd. MD #7 Aleah Schwartz threw 120-2 in discus throw for gold. Liora Sheh 95-8 and Ashley Wilkerson 84-1 finish 1st and 2nd.
Boys Field
MD #4 Antoine McNair won the long jump with 23-1.50 followed by Camren Williams 22-8.25. Chris Tangelo jumped 21-9 for 3rd. MD #2 Michael Hansford jumped a mark of 43-5 for gold. Kenji Samuel 42-9 and Avinash Lavu 41-11.75 finished 2nd and 3rd. Darrell Carey jumped 6-0 to win high jump. Grant Boykin 5-10 and Shiv Raman earned silver and bronze. MD #2 Chase Dorsey threw 56-2 for gold in shot put followed by Robert Mitchell 51-2 and Nnamdi Udeogu 47-7. MD #3 Udeogu came back for the gold in discus with a mark of 171-8. Caleb Barley 154-8 and Milan Matteis 116-4 finish in 2nd and 3rd.
Relays
Sandy Spring Friends ran a 54.31 to win the girls 4x100 relay. Bullis won the boys 4x100 with 42.47.
With the season coming to a close we can't wait to see all of these athletes compete at nationals representing Maryland! The DMV had an eventful season and had many memorable performances and hope to see many more in the future.