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Robby Creese
Glenelg, junior• A soccer player who still plays on local travel teams, Creese participated in his first season of cross country this year
• Won the Class 2A West regional the week before the state meet
• Started his strong postseason streak by edging Matthew Pacheco of Atholton for the Howard County title in late October
Matt Erford
Loyola, senior• Another strong competitor for the Dons - in addition to Runner of the Year Matt Jablonski - who consistently came up big in important races and helped top-ranked Loyola find success
• Took third place in the MIAA A Conference title race, just 10 seconds behind Jablonski (16:24) as the Dons beat Calvert Hall by one point
• Finished 20th overall - the third Loyola runner - at the state private school championship for the second-place Dons
• Battled teammate John Lobo for the No. 2 spot on the team throughout the fall, with both setting personal records on Loyola's home course; quality depth proved crucial for Loyola
Noah Hutton
North Harford, senior• Finished second in the Class 3A state title race, just one second behind Chopticon's Tyler Ostrowski (17:12)
• Lost to Ostrowski in a close finish where several runners - including Hereford's Mason Rivera - battled right until the end
• Runner-up finish in state meet came a week after he took second to Rivera in the Class 3A North regional title race
• Took second place at the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference championship just three seconds behind Elkton's Luke Arbuckle
Tyler Muse
Bel Air, junior• Finished second in the state in Class 2A with a time of 17:32, just two seconds behind Glenelg's Creese
• His second-place finish helped Bel Air claim fourth place at the state meet
• Defeated Elkton's Arbuckle - who had beaten Muse by 14 seconds in the Class 2A East regional meet the week before - by 49 seconds that day
The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro selections in baseball, softball, boys and girls lacrosse, and boys and girls track and field. Other teams are listed below:
