The UMBC men's and women's cross country teams swept both meets to take home first place at the Maryland State Cross Country Championships held at Hagerstown Community College. Cara Wettlaufer captured first place in the women's 3.3 mile meet and Izudin Mehmedovic took first place in the men's 8K run as all-five Retrievers scores on the women's and men's side placed in the top-10 overall.

The women's team recorded a team score of 23 as the Retrievers topped six other programs and Wettlaufer, with a time of 19:59, topped the entire field that was 46-athletes deep. Teammate Stefanie Thomas captured the silver with a second place time of 20:02. U'Tonna Sherrod finished in sixth in 21:02 while Kathleen Galan, who returned for the first time from injury, placed ninth in 21:05 followed by Morgan Little in 10th in 21:06.

Mehmedovic paced the Retriever men to a team score of 17 as he out ran 58 men's participants to lead the Retriever to a first place finish over six other programs. Shawn Shockry captured second in 25:16 and J.J. Wetzel took fourth in 25:42 to place three Retrievers' in the top-five. Freshman Blake Davis finished in 26:00 for seventh followed two second behind by teammate Aaron Smith in eighth place at 26:02.

Loyola finished second in the men's meet with 44 points and Towson took second in the women's competition with 35 points. The Retrievers team score is for Division-I only. The Retrievers also captured the overall titles for men and women with a men's score of 20 points and a women's of 28.