Team MVP & 16th in the nation:  Lauren Allam – Shot Put & Discus This is Lauren’s 2^nd year competing in the throwing events. And boy has this young lady has turned up the heat on the competition. She has won 12 competitions over the season. Going in as the top seed she placed 2^nd in the State Meet in the Discus, a foot away from 1^st place. Her throw of 137 feet earned Lauren the 10^th All-Time furthest throw in the state which includes all-classifications. She also placed 3^rd in the Shot Put. Her personal record is 137-11.00; qualifying Lauren for the Nike Outdoor National Meet  held at North Carolina A & T June 20, 2009.  At 6 meets over the season, Lauren has won both the shot put and the discus; she is both the shot put and discus county and regional champion. At the Knight’s Invite she broke the meet record in the shot put at 37-08.25 won the discus and was named Most Outstanding Female Athlete of the Meet. Unlike other athletes that participate in up to 4 events during a meet, Lauren has earned all of her team points from these 2 events. Lauren has accumulated 142 points this season for her team. She not only leads the female team in total of 142 points, but she has 31.5 points over the 4 event top scoring male athlete, Danny Spence. As a junior Lauren is a Caption of her team, she leads by example, she practices hard and competes harder. She will showed here Cougar pride at the Nike Outdoor Nationals, placing 16^th; out placing Thomas Johnson’s, senior thrower Emily Vannoy, the Maryland state champion.  Lauren Allam was named Anne Arundel County's 2009 Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year.