What are the odds of having section champions from three different years running in the same state championship race?

Not impossible, but extremely rare.

That will be the case for Saturday, when the last three San Diego Section champs line up for the girls Division 5 championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.

In 2022, then-freshman Ayanna Hickey from Bishop’s ran away with the section title by 16 seconds before moving on to the state meet, where she placed 12th overall.

A year later, Francis Parker’s Ari Llorens upset Hickey, winning the section crown by 10 seconds, then moved on to the state meet, where she finished 13th. Hickey gained revenge by placing third overall.

Last year, Hickey captured her second title, beating Llorens by 55 seconds before it was Llorens’ turn to reverse the

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