Girls' State Distance Preview: Villalba goes for 3-Peat; How fast can the North Penn 4x8 go?

AA Girls' 4x800-meter relay

The Villa Maria 4x800 will be one of the three teams in the hunt for the AA state crown (Photo by Phil Grove)

One look at the state rankings and you'll see that the top three teams are separated by less than a second in the AA girls' 4x800. This will make for what we expect to be one of the closest distance races of the day. Villa Maria, Central Cambria, and Quaker Valley, which all boast strong relay pieces will battle it out as the three favorites in the field.

Avonworth/Northgate, Lewisburg and St. Joseph's Catholic are in the next tier of teams and they'll look to move up and surprise one of the top teams. This won't be a race to miss come Saturday.