The Science & Math title streak will end (but narrowly).
There are only two teams that are carrying multi-year championship streaks into this meet: the Science & Math boys have won 3 straight, and the Cardinal Gibbons girls are on a run of 6 consecutive titles. That first streak is under serious threat, I have a feeling that the Unicorns will end up second to Lake Norman Charter this time around, for a very simple reason: they have a huge gap between their 2nd and 3rd runners.
Science & Math is clearly better up front than the Knights, but that nearly 1-minute gap leaves a big opening for LNC to try to pack in front. The Unicorns clearly ran hard at their regional; that hasn't always been the case, but 6 of their top 7 ran season bests last weekend. Lake Norman Charter ran on a MUCH tougher regional course, and will be coming to an easier course. Can the Knights put their 3-6 runners - who clocked 17:46, 17:57, 18:06, and 18:12 at Freedom Park - in front of the guys who went 17:38 and 17:42 at WakeMed? If so, they have a real chance to win. Either way this is going to be VERY close, and if it does turn out to be a tie then LNC's 6 & 7 have the better PR's.