2009-2010 All-County indoor track and field teams

Friday, March 12, 2010

Boys

Athlete of the year

Tyler Ostrowski

Chopticon senior

Resume: Ostrowski proceeded to dominate the indoor arena after coming off a record-breaking cross country season; he managed to deal well with the snowfall and lack of practice time by placing first at SMAC in the 3,200-meter run with a time of 10 minutes 1.02 seconds and the senior placed third at state in the same event, dropping time (9:56.29), after a fourth-place showing at the Class 3A East region meet. Ostrowski placed second at SMAC in the 1,600 (4:43.39) and sixth at regions (4:49.04)

Coach of the year

Thomas Corcoran

Chopticon (first season)

Resume: Corcoran took over the Braves team and has earned the respect of his team immediately and coached the boys to a fifth-place, first in county, SMAC finish with 48 points. The Braves followed with a 12th-place showing at the 3A East region meet and they placed 23rd overall at states.

First team

55: Renard Johnson,

Great Mills junior

Seventh at SMAC (6.99)

300: Brendan Powell,

Leonardtown junior

Placed in top-four in 4A East region (40.50)

500: Ian Williams,

Great Mills freshman

Placed in top-four in 4A East region (40.80)

800: Cody Trahan,

Chopticon sophomore

Fourth at SMAC (2:10.00), 12th at 3A East region meet (2:12.70)

1,600: Ostrowski

3,200: Ostrowski

55H: Darious Jones,

Leonardtown senior

Third at SMAC (8.70)

800R: Leonardtown (Nick

Laurel, Jones, Brendan Powell,

Will Pagliarulo)

Sixth at SMAC (1:39.14), placed in top-four in 4A East region (1:42.10)

1,600R: Leonardtown (Jones, Laurel, Pagliarulo, Powell)

Eighth at SMAC (3:48.96), placed in top-four at 4A East region (3:58.00)

3,200R: Chopticon (John Edelen, Trahan, Kyle Vines, Ostrowski)

Sixth at SMAC (9:04.95)

HJ: Cody Jarboe,

Chopticon senior

First at SMAC (5-10), sixth at 3A East region meet (5-6)

LJ: Jarboe

Third at SMAC (19-3)

TJ: Tamaran Smith,

Chopticon senior

Sixth at SMAC (36-8)

SP: Derrick Petett,

Great Mills senior

First at SMAC (47-2 1/2), placed in top-four in 4A East region (45-6 1/4), sixth at states (47-11)

Girls

Athlete of the year

Jessica Gass

Leonardtown senior

Resume: Gass rounds out her senior year on top, representing the Raiders at SMAC on Jan. 23 by winning three events leading Leonardtown to second-place finish, first in county, overall with 109 points. She finished the 800 in 2:28.12, the 1,600 run (5:27.25) and coasted through the 3,200 (11:57.28); dropped time at the 4A state meet, finishing the 1,600 in 5:16.69 and the 3,200 in 11:57.10, placing fourth

Coach of the year

Shawn Snyder

Leonardtown (13th season)

Resume: Snyder has been the constant reliable coach for the Raiders that led them to a second place at SMAC, 13 points behind champion North Point. The Raiders were not able to compete in the 4A East regional due to afterschool activities being canceled the day of the actual race on Feb. 2 but did race alongside 4A Central participants in order to qualify athletes for the state meet. Leonardtown did come back for states and was the highest county placement with 10 points to tie for 16th

55: Ciera Young,

Leonardtown senior

300: Lindsay Egbert,

Leonardtown junior

Fifth at SMAC (45.45)

500: Teresa Paz,

Leonardtown senior

Fifth at SMAC (1:26.40)

800: Gass

1,600: Gass

3,200: Gass

55H: Alex Greissinger,

Leonardtown senior

Fifth at SMAC (9.82)

800R: Leonardtown (Young, Snyder, Erin Kelly, Egbert)

First at SMAC (1:51.61), placed in top-four in 4A East region (1:57.60)

1,600R: Leonardtown (Greissinger, Paz, Egbert,

Nikki Goddard)

Third at SMAC (4:25.02), placed in top-four in 4A East region (4:36.60)

3,200R: Leonardtown (Rachel LaBatt, Cali Copsey, Paz, Ashley Weston)

First at SMAC (10:20.67), placed in top-four in 4A East region (10:35.50), 10th at states (10:13.56)

HJ: Kerese Chase,

Chopticon junior

Third at SMAC (5-0), fourth at 3A East region meet (4-8), 12th at states (4-6)

LJ: Kristina Howard,

Chopticon senior

Third at SMAC (15-8)

TJ: Ashleigh Norris,

Leonardtown senior

Fifth at SMAC (31-10)

SP: Brittany Briscoe,

Great Mills senior

Fourth at SMAC (28-10 1/4), placed fourth in 4A East region (28-10 1/2)