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The defending state champions, Pine Crest, are the slight favorite to win their second title in a row and in school history. Their number one, Tsion Yared, pulled away from a tough Nicole Matysik of Key West in the last half mile to win going away by 30 seconds. She may be able to win her second championship of her career which would help their cause. But Pine Crest enters with some question marks. Maya Beleznay has not come within a minute of her season best of 18:30.40 from PreState in the last month and was 63 seconds behind Yared at the Regional meet. Mahdere Yared has not competed in the state series and in her last competition, she ran 20:57.03, well off her seasonal best of 18:38.98 run at the Hurricane Irma meet on Sept. 23. They'll need big efforts from Emily Faulhaber, Amanda Schwartz, Cassie Lawlor and Lorrie Axelrod to have a chance.
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