Walter Johnson cross country

WJ girls in five in a row, Green, Nakasaka, Lockett win Md. titles

Published November 13, 2017 at 12:44PM | Updated November 26, 2017 at 3:21PM

Nobody on the Walter Johnson girls’ team has ever known a world in which they haven’t been defending state champions. That will continue for another year, after the Wildcats won their record fifth straight 4A title.

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Woods, McUmber, WJ girls win Maryland state XC titles

By Jacqueline Feldscher

Published November 9, 2014 at 10:30AM | Updated June 25, 2018 at 4:50PM

Evan Woods on his way to the Maryland 4A boys state title. Photo: Scott Silverstein

Evan Woods decisively won the boys 4A Maryland cross country state championships Saturday, snapping rival Diego Zarate‘s winning streak for the season.

Woods, a senior at Walt Whitman, finished in 15:49. Eric Walz, a junior at Dulaney, took second in 15:56 with Zarate coming in third less than a second behind.

Hunter, newcomer Kelati, dominate Oatlands

By Charlie Ban

Published September 20, 2014 at 10:57PM | Updated June 11, 2019 at 2:40PM

Walter Johnson's Kiernan Keller chases George C. Marshall freshmen Heather and Ashley Holt. Photo: Charlie Ban. (Note: I do not yet know which Holt is which)

Loudoun County’s cross country teams were gracious hosts at the Oatlands Invitational, but not pushovers.

Last year’s 3A state champion Andrew Hunter of Loudoun Valley continued to exhibit his dominance that has been budding since last spring to win in 15:21, and Heritage newcomer and Eritrean native Weini Kelati surprised the field with an early lead that was never threatened, despite a loose shoelace that forced her to stop twice. She won in 18:12.