Meet directors Ed Faya of Towson and Gerard Filosa of Pikesville were seen wading through ankle deep water while on the inspection of the course.  When asked about the possibility of cancelling the race, Faya said, �??The race is going to go on.  If we cancel it today, there is a very good chance that it will not happen at all.�?�

The race had been pushed back an hour in hopes that the deluge from the skies might dissipate.  Luckily at about 10:30, thirty minutes before the first jayvee race, the rain let up and the sky began to clear. The wind was still around and gusting to 25 mph and was going to be a factor for the race.
This year there was plenty of anticipation with the team and individual titles all up for grabs. The past three years had belonged to Dwight Parker of Woodlawn and with pre-season favorites Mason Campbell of Towson and Sumanth Kuppalli both fighting through injury and ailments the boys race was wide open with Mike Glassman of Loch Raven, Chris Mills of Western and Danny Genrette of Chesapeake all hoping to step into the first position.

The Hereford and Dulaney teams seemed to be the team to be for the boys, but the Loch Raven Raiders who had been keeping a low profile all year, were hoping to sneak in a win.  Adam Hittner, Loch Raven coach said, �??We like being the underdog.  We�??ve stayed quiet all year long working on team running and we think we have a real chance for an upset today.�?�

The race started with Kuppalli taking the lead with Chris Mulraine of Woodlawn on his heels.  The runners had to be careful with their footing down the first hill, since the entire hill was filled with ruts and mud. Around the lower field, Kuppalli took a 10 meter lead with Glassman surging to get on Kuppalli shoulder. Kuppalli wouldn�??t have any of that and put in another surge that gave him a 20 meter lead by the end of the first 800.

The mile was passed in 5:05, with Kuppalli having a ten second lead on the field.  Chris Mills and Danny Genrette had moved into third and fourth place at this point. 

As the runners headed around the lower field the second time, Kuppalli had once again upped his lead over Mills who had moved into second and showed no signs of slowing down.  Just past the two mile point, Glassman lowered his headed and found another gear.

Glassman caught Mills, but did not have enough to close the gap on winner Kuppalli.  Kuppalli won in a credible 16:19 despite having to run the race alone and having to slow substantially around turns because of the mud.

Kuppalli said after the race, �??I just felt fantastic. I hadn�??t felt this good in a while.�?� Glassman closed strong for second in 16:50, Mills was third (17:00),  and Corey Hancock of Dulaney outkicked the Towson duo of Campbell and Jay Thierer for fourth place.

The race for the team title was developing in the eighth through 20th spots.  Loch Raven quickly brought in four more runners, Dominic Rubino (9th, 17:22), Brandon Sweeney (14th, 17:35), Mike Greco (15th, 17:39), and Jeff Delcher (19th 17:54), surprising second place Hereford.

Coach Russ Drylie was obviously disappointed. �??Some days you run to win and some days you don�??t.  Today �?? we didn�??t, �?? , said Drylie. �??Our third runner (Gordon Covington) finished seventh for us today and that usually isn�??t a good thing�?�, he continued.  Hereford was led by John Steinbacher (7th, 17:21) and Ryan Chelton (8th, 17:21).

The host Dulaney Lions barely held onto third place holding off Towson by eight points. Dulaney was led by Hancock in fourth and also had Charlie Larsen in 10th.

The race started out with Malloy taking the lead, but surprisingly not putting distance on herself and the Dulaney squad. Emma Larkin, Angelica Dinucci and Kelly Rush were all hanging onto Malloy�??s coattails. Larkin said after the race, �??This was our plan �?? to hang with her for as long as we could.�?�

As the race passed the 1000 meter mark, Larkin had taken a five meter lead over Malloy and Dinucci as another five meters back. Malloy looked like she was struggling.  The top seven finishers came from Dulaney or Hereford.

Malloy and Larkin traded the lead several times over the race with Malloy finally breaking free with an 800 remaining. Malloy won in 19:12 with Larkin second in 19:21.  Marta Randall of Hereford finished in third, pulling ahead of Dinucci and Rush. Fifth place went to Cori Dimes of Hereford who literally battled Chelsea Bush of Dulaney throughout the race.  The only non-Dulaney/Hereford runners to break the top 10 were Emma Fesperman and Ellie Kavanagh of Towson and Anna Roth of Franklin.

Malloy said following her win, �??There were times that I didn�??t think I was going to be able to catch Emma (Larkin). But I know my team needed the points, so I kept going after her.�?�  Even with Randall�??s third and Dimes fifth place finish, it still wasn�??t enough to catch Dulaney.

The key to the win was freshman Katie Cox who finished in 12th place holding off Hereford Jamie Dalgleish and Jackie Lamonica.

Event 4  Boys 5k Run CC Varsity

  1 Sumanth Kuppali           12 Perry Hall              5:15.4    16:19.9    1  
  2 Mike Glassman             11 Loch Raven              5:25.2    16:50.2    2  
  3 Chris Mills               12 Western Tech            5:28.5    17:00.6    3  
  4 Corey Hancock             11 Dulaney                 5:30.8    17:07.8    4  
  5 Mason Campbell            12 Towson                  5:31.4    17:09.6    5  
  6 Jay Thierer               12 Towson                  5:33.1    17:14.9    6  
  7 John Steinbacher             Hereford                5:35.1    17:21.1    7  
  8 Ryan Chelton                 Hereford                5:35.3    17:21.8    8  
  9 Dominic Rubino            11 Loch Raven              5:35.5    17:22.3    9  
 10 Charlie Larsen            12 Dulaney                 5:35.7    17:22.8   10

   1 Loch Raven                   56    2    9   13   14   18   29   44                                                    
   2 Hereford                     63    7    8   15   16   17   24   30  
   3 Dulaney                      83    4   10   11   26   32   33   41  
   4 Towson                       95    5    6   25   28   31   39   45  
   5 Catonsville                 152   19   20   35   38   40   42   46  

Event 3  Girls 5k Run CC Varsity

  1 Kristin Malloy               Hereford                6:10.9    19:12.4    1  
  2 Emma Larkin               12 Dulaney                 6:13.9    19:21.7    2  
  3 Marta Randall                Hereford                6:18.5    19:35.9    3  
  4 Anjelica DiNucci          12 Dulaney                 6:22.0    19:46.6    4  
  5 Kelly Rush                12 Dulaney                 6:25.3    19:57.0    5  
  6 Corey Dimes                  Hereford                6:28.8    20:07.8    6  
  7 Chelsey Bush              10 Dulaney                 6:31.7    20:16.7    7  
  8 Emma Fesperman            11 Towson                  6:34.2    20:24.6    8  
  9 Ellie Kavanagh            11 Towson                  6:36.6    20:32.0    9  
 10 Anna Roth                 11 Franklin                6:38.7    20:38.6   10 

   1 Dulaney                      30    2    4    5    7   12   15   17  
   2 Hereford                     34    1    3    6   11   13   14   16  
   3 Loch Raven                  111   19   20   21   23   28   33   55  
   4 Franklin                    128   10   24   25   29   40   43   61  
   5 Catonsville                 132   18   22   27   31   34   37   48