8th grader Tsion Yared looks repeat as an individual and help the Panthers go back to back in the girls Race of Champions. We preview all the action!
Team Outlook
Last year, Pine Crest did something no other girls ROC team could accomplish from 2011-2013 and that is knock off Estero. The Panthers had a top three in Tsion Yared, Julia Montgomery, and Mahdere Yared that placed 1st, 6th, and 22nd respectively and a team score of 107 points. This year, all three runners return and ADD Gulliver Prep transfer Alyssa Pujals to the mix. Pujals was 9th at this meet in 2014 and could give Coach Paul Baur's squad four in the top twenty five! The key to winning the girls ROC in the past has been a strong top five with multiple frontrunners and no other team possesses this quality as much as the Panthers. Coach Baur had this to say leading up to the race.
"To prepare for Saturday we've been running really hard this week. I've been challenging them in workouts, but also keeping things in perspective th...
