Outstanding High School Runner

Purpose: To recognize two male and two female Montgomery County high school students for running, academic, school activities, and community service contributions.

Submit Your Nomination

Qualifications:

  • A resident of Montgomery County, Maryland.
  • Applicants must be high school Seniors (12th grade).
  • Applicants must be planning to attend an institution of higher learning within the next 24 months.
  • Applicants are not required to run on a collegiate team.
  • Applicants are encouraged to volunteer for MCRRC events.

Nomination Process:

  • Nomination form must be completed by applicant.
  • Award Criteria will include:
    1. Running achievements
    2. Community service accomplishments.
    3. School activities and career goals.
    4. Personal essay (How running has impacted the applicant’s life).
  • One or two letters of recommendation from applicant’s teacher, coach, guidance counselor, school administrator, or another individual (not a relative) should be scanned and emailed to: mcrrcawards@mcrrc.org
  • MCRRC Awards Committee members may not vote for applicants who are related through family, coaching, or teaching relationships.

Please use the on-line form to Nominate Outstanding High School Runner. It is recommended that you have all of the information regarding the four award criteria listed above before you log in so that you can complete the form in one sitting.

Nominations are due by December 31st, 2025.

Selection:
The MCRRC Awards Committee will vote at a meeting in January or February. In the event of a tie vote, the Awards Committee chairperson will determine the winner. The committee will elect a vice-chair who can perform the duties of the chairperson if the chairperson is in conflict of interest. Two male and two female Montgomery Country high school runners will be annually awarded a plaque or trophy and a $4,000 scholarship at an MCRRC Awards Ceremony.

Past Award Winners

GIRLSBOYS
2007Morgane GayWilliam Orndorff
2008Aimee MooresSean King
2009Jessie RubinKyle Graves
2010Anna BosseConor Spaulding
2011Anna RybaEvan Laratta
2012Isabelle Latour & Laura NakasakaNicholas Simpson & Benjamin Withbroe
2013Regina Schreiber & Helen WebsterColin Crilly & Chase Weaverling
2014Kiernan Keller & Nora McCumberJohn Burklow & William Kirk
2015Megan Crilly & Ciciely DavyColin SyBing & Jack Wavering
2016Maya Jacobson & Julia ReicinJason Scott
2017Abigail Green & Yasmine KassAdam Nakasaka & Nathan Phillips
2018Nandini Satsangi & Margaret LilyestromAidan Smyth &  Leoluca Cannuscio
2019Leah Kannan & Cecelia DworakGarrett Suhr & Eric Fagan
2020NO AWARDNO AWARD
2021Anna Avila & Ella ZeiglerIan Fagan & Samuel Young
2022Alexa Avila & Sarah SeamFrederick Alfonzo-Frank & Colin La
2023Sarah Seigle & Victoria “Tori” KetzlerGriffin White
2024Roma DiakJefferson Regitz & Nathaniel Swanson