Cross

1. Severna Park 2. Hereford 3. Loyola 4. Calvert Hall 5. Centennial 6. South River 7. Perry Hall 8. Mount Hebron 9. Reservoir 10. Century Other teams considered: Atholton, Marriotts Ridge, Oakland Mills, River Hill, St. Paul's

Weston Carvalho Winters Mill, senior Hasn't received a lot of attention at times, but he has quietly developed into one of the area's top distance runners Capped a strong season with a second-place finish in the Class 2A race at the state title meet Prior to that, he finished fourth in the Class 2A West regional meet Began his postseason with a win in the Carroll County championship meet and a second-place finish in the MVAL's...

Ellie Gonzalez Catholic, junior With big performances in championship races, Gonzalez turned in another strong season for the Cubs. The junior repeated as the winner of the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championship race in November with little trouble. Her time of 18 minutes, 19 seconds easily beat Glenelg Country's Hannah Mansbach by 40 seconds. After that, Gonzalez scored an even bigger win at the Maryland/D.C. private schools championship -- topping Caroline Reiser of St. Mary's by 1 minute, 35 seconds.

Josh Alcombright Severna Park Alcombright and the Falcons wanted to rebound after placing second in the Class 4A state championship meet last year, 30 points behind first-place finisher Walter Johnson, so they focused on being ready this fall. With their goal in mind, the Severna Park boys practiced and trained as hard as they could, Alcombright said. The Falcons' work paid off as they placed all five runners in the top 17 of this year's state championship, scoring 47 points and easily gaining revenge on second-place Walter Johnson (93)

The freshman enjoyed a stellar first season, making history at Oakland Mills as she became the first girl runner from the school to capture a state title. On Nov. 10 at Hereford, Lang captured the Class 2A race with a time of 19 minutes, 21.8 seconds for a 30-second win over second-place finisher Claire Beautz of Poolesville. Her victory helped the Oakland Mills girls team to second place in the classification - matching the program's best-ever finish in 1995. Lang's parents, Phil and Vicki, have coached the Oakland Mills program for the past 18 years.

As a freshman at Loyola last fall, Michael Wegner excelled as one of the top cross country runners in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. An All-Metro first-team selection, Wegner played a big role in helping the Dons win another MIAA championship, and he started on a path to becoming one of the top runners in the state overall. This year wound up being a different and unusual one for the Pikesville resident. The sophomore decided to not run with Loyola this season, running unattached - working and training on his own. It was a difficult decision, and one that severely limited the races he could enter.

The Johns Hopkins women's cross country team totaled 153 points to capture its first NCAA Division III women's cross country national championship Saturday in Terre Haute, Ind. The title is the first women's national championship in any sport in Johns Hopkins history, and first Division III title since men's swimming in 1979. Hopkins defeated runner-up Wartburg by 63 points, the greatest margin of victory in a women's Division III championship race since 2002. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps finished third with 233 points.