Sam Andrews
Oakland Mills, junior
Andrews quietly grew into one of Howard County's best runners last year. He took fourth in the county meet — the highest finish for an underclassman — and went on to run a strong race in the states, finishing sixth in Class 2A.
Weston Carvalho
Winters Mill, junior
Carvalho is coming on fast and will make an already balanced Winters Mill team that much better. He finished 26th in the Class 2A state race and had a strong summer that should make him one of the team's top runners as well as one of the area's best.
Kevin Cobusier
Loyola, senior
Previously overshadowed a bit by teammate Matt Jablonski, Corbusier should now step up and help lead the Dons. Corbusier took third in last year's MIAA championship and will likely be at the top again.
Zach Hopkins
Winters Mill, senior
Hopkins played a big role in helping Winters Mill sweep the Carroll County, region and state titles last year. He finished ninth in Class2A as the Falcons easily won the championship.
Alex Love
Chesapeake-AA, junior
Love has done well running in the Class 4A-filled Anne Arundel County races. He placed fifth in the county and later finished 15th in the state in Class 4A.
Will Meadows
Gilman, senior
Meadows has been one of the area's most consistent distance runners the past few years in cross country and track. He took fourth last year in the MIAA championship meet and will lead a balanced Greyhounds team this fall.
Dave Ozarowski
Archbishop Curley, senior
Ozarowski had a big season in outdoor track, winning the 1,600-meter and 3,200-meter races at the MIAA championship meet in the spring. In addition, coach Gene Hoffman said the senior had a solid summer of running.
Ben Pickett
John Carroll, senior
Pickett suffered a collapsed lung during indoor track and slowly worked his way back during the outdoor season to become a solid distance runner again. Coach Rob Torres said Pickett should be ready to go this fall.
Michael Wegner
Loyola, freshman
A lot people might not have heard of him yet, but they will very soon. He finished in 15 minutes, 17.9 seconds in the 5,000 at the Jack Griffin Mid-Atlantic Prep Track & Field Classic this summer, breaking the national record for 14-year-olds by an astounding 29seconds.
Kody Wilson
North Carroll, senior
The fact that he gave up soccer this fall could be bad news for area distance runners. He didn't lose in the 800 all spring — winning a Class 2A state title — and could make some noise this fall.
OTHER NOTABLES
Will Barbagallo, Catonsville
Hale Bullen, Annapolis
Sam Caretti, Patterson Mill
Vince Ciattei, Perry Hall
Alex Cooke, Westminster
Carus Cookman, Dulaney
Reilly Cox, Winters Mill
Duncan Enerson, Wilde Lake
Henry Enerson, Wilde Lake
Ryan Forsyth, Severna Park
Luke Gilman, Broadneck
Matt Hoerr, C.M. Wright
Eric Levin, McDonogh
Jon Luckin, Hereford
Kevin Payne, Hereford
Sam Pershall, Severna Park
Julian Rivera, Hereford
Patrick Rollo, McDonogh
Peter Rowe, Calvert Hall
Gary Smolyak, Atholton
Quick Stukes, Digital Harbor
Ted Tibert, Chesapeake-AA
Will Weisgerber, Winters Mill
Andrew Woodard, Dulaney
Sam Zunkeler, Gilman