After winning the Class 4A team championship for the second consecutive year at the state outdoor meet, coach Bobby Humphries, senior sprinter Christopher Hall and junior pole vaulter Gilberto Ramos of the Thomas Johnson High boys track and field team are this week's guests on the Final Score podcast.
The Patriots scored 92 points, 24 more than second place Paint Branch, at the state meet, winning five of the 18 events, placing in the top three in nine and scoring points in 13 overall.
Humphries, Hall and Ramos talk about what made this TJ team so special, the strong bond that all of the athletes on the team share and the legacy this senior-laden team will leave behind after winning the state team title in back-to-back seasons (three straight counting their team title during the indoor state meet in February).
Hall, a Wagner college recruit, talks about how much better the sprinting scene has gotten in Frederick County over the last four years, and Ramos discusses the always deep and tight-knit vaulting scene in the county.
Prior to that, FNP sports writer Alexander Dacy joins Greg to discuss a wild and event-filled championship week on the county sport scene that included the Urbana boys lacrosse team winning its second state title, the Urbana girls lacrosse team falling just short against a juggernaut program in a state final and the Middletown and Brunswick baseball teams reaching the state championship game in their respective classifications in very unique fashion.
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