Indoor Track

1 Margin of victory for the Western girls in the Class 3A state title meet last winter. The Doves beat Damascus, 51-50. 2.5 Century's margin of victory over North Hagerstown in last winter's Class 2A state title meet. The Century girls edged North Hagerstown, 47.5-45. 259 Points the McDonogh boys scored in winning the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association team title last winter.

Vince Ciattei Perry Hall, senior After earning a spot on the All-Metro first team for cross country in the fall and indoor track in the winter, Ciattei took an extra step this spring. The senior dominated the competition in outdoor track and field, winning all of his 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter runs in his final high school season. Ciattei won the Class 4A races for the 800 and 1,600 in the state championships at Morgan State last month, but he didn't take part in the 3,200 at that meet.

No. School 1. McDonogh 2. Century 3. Gilman 4. Digital Harbor 5. Hereford 6. Loyola 7. Severna Park 8. Mount Hebron 9. Mount St. Joseph 10. Pikesville Other teams considered: Broadneck, Howard, Liberty, Long Reach, Old Mill, Perry Hall, Wilde Lake.

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The Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association announced its All-MIAA teams for wrestling and indoor track. The All-MIAA team for wrestling consists of those who won each individual weight class at the MIAA tournament earlier this month. No. 1 McDonogh led the All-MIAA team with five wrestlers, including TK Megonigal (106 pounds), Xavi Ramos (138), Jack Clark (145), Myles Martin (160) and Tyler Patrick (182). No. 6 Archbishop Spalding had three wrestlers honored -- Wolfie Bradley (120)

GIRLS PERFORMER OF THE YEAR Letecia Wright indoor trackWestern The senior used her outstanding speed and athleticism to become the catalyst for the Doves this season, filling the void left by the graduation of last season's Performer of the Year Theresa Lewis and first-team All-Metro pick Shalaiyah Sommerville. Wright won four gold medals to help Western win the City title, and then duplicated that performance at the regional meet. At the state championships, she tied a meet record with her time of 7.08 seconds in the 55-meter dash, and also won the 300 and placed third in the 55 hurdles.

When all of us left the Fifth Regiment Armory very late Wednesday night after Baltimore City's Indoor Track and Field Championships finally ended, a lot of questions still remained.  Because of a timing system malfunction that led to computer and scoring glitches, some events needed to be checked over again. The No. 4 Western girls and Digital Harbor's boys both had big leads and were awarded the first-place trophies, but the final scores weren't known since the results to certain events needed to be re-checked.

Athletes from Harford Tech, Fallston, Edgewood and Joppatowne captured a dozen victories in the CCBC-Essex Invitational high school indoor track and field meet Dec. 22 in Baltimore. Paige Chapman led the Tech girls with a win in the 55-meter dash. She clocked 7.61 seconds to edge teammate Marietta Corbin by 0.16 second. The two teamed with Cynthia Baublitz and Cierra Singleton to win the 4x160-meter relay in 1:30.12. Singleton won the 55 hurdles in 9.49 and tied for second in the high jump.

0 Local boys teams that won team public school state championships last winter. 2 Individual events that Tim Virostek of Wilde Lake won (800 meters, 1,600 meters) in the Class 3A indoor track state championship meet in February. 59 Deficit Gilman rallied from to win its third straight MIAA team championship last winter, edging out Mount St. Joseph.

Erin Causey, Hereford, junior Abby Culp, Manchester Valley, senior Dominique France, Arundel, senior Isabel Griffith, Dulaney, junior Izzy Laurel, South Carroll, junior Najatee McNeil, Franklin, senior Amanda Murphy, Franklin, freshman Sarah Rinehart, Liberty, sophomore Sarah Taylor, Chesapeake-AA, senior Eboni Watford, Milford Mill, senior Lauren Woollen, Fallston, sophomore Kiana Wright, John Carroll, senior...

Abby Culp never realized how much she loved running until she couldn't do it any more. After her freshman cross country season at Winters Mill, Culp's family moved to Florida for six months, and she had to take a break from running during a brief struggle with an eating disorder. Back in Carroll County at Manchester Valley, she got back into serious running as a junior. Last fall, she was an All-Metro second-team selection after finishing second in the Class 1A state cross country meet.

The senior standout dominated the distance races at Saturday's Pikesville Track Classic, setting new meet records in the 800- and 1600-meter races. Ciattei, an All-Metro first-team selection in cross country and indoor track this year, ran the 800 in 1:53.42 to better the previous meet mark (1:56.33) by nearly three seconds. The time also set a new school record. In the 1600, his time of 4:14.39 was more than three seconds better than the previous meet record of 4:17.44. In indoor track, Ciattei won Class 4A state titles in the 1600 (state record time of 4:14.61)

No. School 1. McDonogh 2. Century 3. Gilman 4. Digital Harbor 5. Hereford 6. Loyola 7. Severna Park 8. Mount Hebron 9. Mount St. Joseph 10. Pikesville Other teams considered: Broadneck, Howard, Liberty, Long Reach, Old Mill, Perry Hall, Wilde Lake.

Quenlann Dunn, Arundel, junior Nate Gainey, Mount Hebron, senior Brennan Hardesty, Chesapeake-AA, senior Landrie Hatcher, Mount St. Joseph, junior Jon Luckin, Hereford, senior Jibri McLean, Gilman, senior Robert Miller, City, freshman Doug Neary, Mount St. Joseph, junior Sam Pershall, Severna Park , senior Andre Pollard, Pikesville , senior Kevin Random, Meade, senior Tyler Spear, Loyola, junior ...

Brad Duvall Hereford Duvall guided the Bulls to the Class 3A state title for the second consecutive year, using a lot of talented athletes to give Hereford its scoring punch. This winter, the Bulls won their seventh straight Baltimore County title and third consecutive Class 3A Central regional meet before ending the season with the state championship. The Hereford girls had never won an indoor track state title before last year. "No coach can be successful without amazing athletes, and we are lucky to have supremely talented and hard-working kids that follow the long-term plans of the coaching staff," Duvall said.