Elizabeth Tauber

A defending IAAM A Conference individual champion, John Carroll's Elizabeth Tauber went undefeated against league competition last year. (Baltimore Sun photo by Kenneth K. Lam / November 19, 2008)

The junior standout captured Bel Air's Bobcat Invitational on Saturday, covering the 3.1-mile course at Jerusalem Mill in 18 minutes, 22 seconds to defeat Century's Maura Linde, who finished second with a time of 18:35. Tauber, a first-team All-Metro selection last year, has won two of three races this season against Linde, who was last season's All-Metro Runner of the Year. In four invitational races this season, Tauber has won two and finished second in the other two, also winning two Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference races. The defending IAAM A Conference individual champion went undefeated against league competition last year.

Others considered: Liza Blue, Garrison Forest, field hockey; Rachael Holehouse, Fallston, volleyball; Megan Spencer, Century, girls soccer

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