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Patterson Mill senior Ashley Betz is back to defend her state title from a year ago when she won the 1A girls race in a time of 20:18 at Hereford. Betz is rounding into form after winning the 1A East Regional over Bayside Conference runner-up Sarah Condon of Cambridge-South Dorchester last week in a 3 mile time of 19:44.
Condon as well as Sparrow Point sophomore Macy Gerbes expect to be Betz's top challengers to dethrone her. Gerbes has the fastest 5K performance of the season among all 1A runners from a top 10 effort of 20:08 at the Baltimore County Championships. Gerbes also won a state title indoors in the 3200 and has a 11:39 PR. Condon has made huge improvements from last year to become one of the top cross country runners this fall on the Maryland Eastern Shore running PR's of 19:24 at 3 miles and 20:28 at 5K.
A darkhorse in the race to watch is the 1A West Regional champion Bailee Upole who seems to have really improved over the last half of the season to run a ...
