Carly Albright
Marriotts Ridge, senior
-- Finished the season with a sixth-place finish in the Class 2A state championship meet
-- Was third in the Class 2A South meet the previous week
-- Took third in the Howard County title meet
-- Won her division of the Bull Run Invitational at Hereford
Maria Coffin
Annapolis, sophomore
-- Ran well as a freshman but became one of the state's top runners this season
-- Took second in the Class 4A state championship meet
-- Won the Class 4A East meet by more than 35 seconds
-- Won the Anne Arundel County championship by more than a minute
Sophie Gitlin
Bryn Mawr, freshman
-- Turned in a strong freshman season, quickly becoming a dominant runner
-- Easily won the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland A Conference championship meet, scoring a 41-second victory in that race
-- Finished third in the private schools state championship meet; was the top local runner in that race
-- Finished second in the Southern Bulldog Invitational
Brit Lang
Oakland Mills, junior
-- Battled back from injuries to run well throughout the fall
-- Took fifth in the Class 2A state championship meet, edging fellow All-Metro runner Carly Albright by a half-second
-- Won the Howard County title and finished second in the Class 2A South race
-- Won the Scorpion Crawl Invitational and took second in Howard County Invitational
Katie Leisher
Manchester Valley, senior
-- Ran well throughout the fall, especially in big races
-- Won her second consecutive Class 1A state title
-- Won the Class 1A West, Brunswick and Don Stoner Invitationals
-- Took second in the Carroll County championship meet
Kristin Meek
Dulaney, junior
-- After success in track, had a strong season in cross country this fall
-- Won the Baltimore County championship meet as the Lions won the team title
-- Took second in the Class 4A North meet
-- Finished 10th in the Class 4A state championship meet as Dulaney took fourth overall
Shreya Nalubola
Centennial, senior
-- Turned in another strong season as the Eagles remained one of state's top teams
-- Helped Centennial to a fourth-place finish in Class 3A with her third-place effort at states
-- Won the Class 3A East and Howard County Invitational meets
-- Took second in her division of the Bull Run and Howard County meets
Kelsey Ponton
Reservoir, senior
-- Made a huge improvement from last fall, running much better times
-- Capped off the season with a fourth-place finish in the Class 3A state championship meet
-- Finished the championship race in 19:33.22 after finishing in 20:22.7 last season
-- Took second in Class 3A East and fifth in the Howard County title race
Gabby Rayner
Howard, senior
-- Ran consistently all season, especially in big races, to help the Lions in the tough Class 4A
-- Ended the season with an eighth-place finish in the state championship meet — second-best among local runners
-- Took first in the Class 4A North race
-- Won the Barnhart Invitatonal and Doc Jones Invitational