It's not uncommon for one team to dominate a track meet and win by a huge margin. But that usually happens in the regular season. What the top-ranked McDonogh girls did in last Friday's Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland indoor track championship meet at the Prince George's County Sports and Learning Complex was really one for the books.

The Eagles finished with 186.5 points, leaving defending champion Seton Keough (59) in the dust. To put it in perspective, if the scores of the teams that finished second, third, fourth, fifth and sixth were combined, it would exactly match McDonogh.

There's no question the Eagles were motivated They suffered close losses to Seton Keough each of the past two years, which gnawed at them

Kristen Brown set a meet record in the 55-meter hurdles (8.13 seconds) ,while Amanda Kimbers (7.13) did the same in the 55-meter dash. McDonogh finished 1-2-3 in both events. Brown also posted a meet record later in the long jump (18- feet, 1.75 inches) and was second in the shot put, an unusual combination. Kimbers also won the 300.

McDonogh also won the 800 and 1,600 relays and took second in the 3,200 relay. The Eagles finished first or second in 12 of the 14 events, missing only in the high jump and 3,200. That’s about as close to perfect as you can get in a championship meet.

McDonogh was very business-like and handled the huge win with class. There were no crazy celebrations, no look-at-me histrionics that are commonplace nowadays.They just did what they came there to do.

-- Jeff Seidel