Distance Recruit Tsion Yared Ready For New XC Season

"We're coming back this year and we're all healthy, so I think we're ready. We're hungry for the state title and a chance to qualify for NXN." -- Tsion Yared

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Years ago, as a young high schooler, Pine Crest's (FL) Tsion Yared's summer break would take her to Ethiopia -- where her parents were born -- and it would consist of visiting family, teaching English and math at a local orphanage, and running. 

It would be in those runs where the high school senior from Florida would gain inspiration from the community around her. 

"The running community there is so big and sometimes when I go running, I would see a pack of 40 runners," Yared said recently. "That was definitely super inspiring to see as a person who wants to do running for the rest of her life."

Yared, No. 19 on the MileSplit50 preseason top 25 countdown and a rising distance running recruit in the Class of 2020, knows there's a future for her in this sport. She's currently considering her collegiate options.

At first, thoug...