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Mount de Sales' Juliette Whittaker grew into one of the top middle-distance runners in the state as a freshman.

Veteran coaches try to get Spartans back on track

Kieran McDermott ran a 1:50.90 in the 800-meter run to win the Class 3A state title and break a state record that had been held by Rodney Giles of Northern-Calvert since 1983.

Check out The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro first- and second-team selections for the 2018 boys outdoor track and field season.

Reisterstown resident Olivia Gruver recently completed her junior year at Kentucky by capturing her second NCAA championship in a row.

By Edward Lee

Jun 24, 2018

For the second straight year, Franklin High graduate Olivia Gruver, competing for Kentucky, is the NCAA pole vault champion.

Another high school athletics season has come to an end in Harford County, with a number of state champions being crowned.

Once a reluctant runner, Franklin's Nyjari McNeil has enjoyed a record-setting track career and aims for the U20 World Championships this summer.

By Katherine Dunn

May 25, 2018

Washington Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld received a contract extension months before the team concluded its inconsistent 2017-18 season and bowed out in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs as the eighth seed.

Bel Air’s Kieran McDermott won the High School Boys' Mile Run Championship in the Penn Relays last Friday in Philadelphia.

Calvert Hall's 4x100-meter relay team set an MIAA record at the Penn Relays last weekend.

By Katherine Dunn

May 3, 2018

The Baltimore Brigade (2-1) beat the Albany Empire, 52-49, Saturday afternoon at Royal Farms Arena. Brigade quarterback Randy Hippeard was named the game's MVP

The Baltimore Brigade will host kids day today when it faces the Albany Empire at Royal Farms Arena at 3 p.m. All attendees under the age of 9 can receive free

Livy Rosenzweig had three goals and two assists to lead No. 8 Loyola Maryland (13-3) to a 13-9 women's lacrosse victory over host Georgetown (11-5). The

On Sunday, the Brigance Brigade Foundation, created by former Ravens player O.J. Brigance and his wife, Chanda, will host the fifth annual Brigance Brigade

Jesse O'Connell is heading into the Carroll County Sports Hall of Fame as a member of the Class of 2018.

The York, Pa., native is a two-time All-Metro Runner of the Year and Mississippi signee.

By Jonas Shaffer

Jan 29, 2018

Calvert Hall teammates, friends, Brayden Morris, Pipe Guerra to play in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl Week senior games.

By Katherine Dunn

Dec 27, 2017

Two top All-Metro athletes signed their national letters of intent at McDonogh’s ceremony Wednesday afternoon.

By Katherine Dunn

Nov 8, 2017

Mike Nash couldn’t have scripted a more perfect ending to his prep career in track and field.

By Craig Clary

Jul 17, 2017

All-Metro Girls Track Performer of the Year: Nyjari McNeil, Franklin

Stevenson's Danika Ani proved this year she could compete with the best Division III track and field throwers in the country.

On Wednesday, Poly's Will Henderson and Annapolis' Maria Coffin were recognized for their fine accomplishments by being named The Baltimore Sun's Male and Female High School Athletes of the Year at the 51st annual awards luncheon at the newspaper's downtown headquarters.

By Glenn Graham

May 31, 2017

Fresh off three wins in a state competition and a victory in the mile at the Penn Relays, McDonogh's Dalton Hengst will run in an international meet late this month in Havana.

The college lacrosse season is winding down, and that means conference championship tournaments taking place this weekend.

No. 1 Orange upset by N. Carolina in ACC men's tournament

Mount decathlete second at Penn Relays

Brendan Mundorf, who concluded his prolific professional career with the Chesapeake Bayhawks, has announced his retirement from Major League Lacrosse. Mundorf

The biggest county baseball game of the spring season so far is set to take place Monday when Century and Westminster square off in Eldersburg.

Oakland Mills senior Brit Lang ends high school career as Howard County Times/Columbia Flier girls outdoor track and field Athlete of the Year

By Monica D'Ippolito

Jun 28, 2016

Dalton Hengst of McDonogh named Boys Track and Field Performer of the Year by The Baltimore Sun.

The Johns Hopkins University announced Monday morning that Alanna W. Shanahan has been hired as the institution's athletic director.

By Edward Lee

Jun 6, 2016

Brit Lang had grown up idolizing some of the counties best runners, including Mt. Hebron alumna Liz McCarter. So fittingly, in Lang's final county championship

By Monica D'Ippolito

May 9, 2016

Oakland Mills senior Brit Lang and Scorpions alum have a big day at Penn Relays April 30.

By Monica D'Ippolito

May 5, 2016

Leon Armour, a highly decorated career Air Force officer who was a member of the City College Hall of Fame, died Aug. 3 of liver failure at his home in Gainesville, Va. He was 75.

By Frederick N. Rasmussen

Aug 10, 2015

Third-seeded Syracuse (11-2) overcame a slow start and held on late to beat fourth-seeded Duke, 15-14, and win the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship Sunday at PPL Park in Chester, Pa.

Howard's Taylor Scaife answers questions in latest Varsity Q&A

The senior pole vaulter won her second straight Baltimore County indoor championship last week with a vault of 12 feet 6 inches, second best in Maryland this season and 16th in the country.

By Katherine Dunn

Jan 27, 2015

Matthew Centrowitz ran a personal-best for the 1,500-meter dash at the IAAF Diamond League meeting in Monaco on Friday.

Dulaney High graduate Isabel Griffith won't be wearing the Lions' red uniform and mentoring her younger teammate when cross country season gets underway in August, but her leadership, competitive drive and poise will remain in all the returning Lions.

The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro girls track and field first team.

The Baltimore Sun's All-Metro boys track and field first team.

Doctors told Coppin State triple jumper Christina Epps that it wasn't likely she would ever be able to compete at the same level again after she tore the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee.

Leslie Gray, star athlete and honor roll student at Meade High School, will graduate Tuesday, June 10. She completed all requirements in the International Baccalaureate program and will receive her IB diploma in addition to her high school diploma. Avid cyclist Bill Berned will enjoy the scenic sites of New England, July 12-18, on his 550 mile trek for the New England 550 Tour de Cure to help raise money for the American Diabetes Association.

In just three years, Gruver, who also competes in the high jump, long jump and an occasional relay race for Franklin, has gone from being a novice pole vaulter to one of the best in the country. In her breakthrough indoor season, she set a Maryland record when she vaulted 13 feet to win the Class 3A state championship.

The Women's 5K by the Bay retained an international theme for its eighth annual running in Havre de Grace Sunday.

Catholic runner Ellie Gonzalez placed second in the high school girls championship mile at the Penn Relays last week in Philadelphia.

Century junior Nick Neral placed second in the high school boys pole vault championship on Saturday at the Penn Relays.

Franklin pole vaulter Olivia Gruver on Thursday won the high school girls pole vault championship at the Penn Relays.