One pushed hard throughout, one waited until the final 800, but both were utterly dominant in earning their historic second wins.

2013 runner-up Hannah Debalsi is back, as is two-time FL West champ and four-time qualifier Makena Morley, who won her region by an astonishing 38 seconds. But neither of them is the favorite. That would be 2012 champ Anna Rohrer, who ran 16:57 at FL Midwest (just missing her CR) despite not running at all this summer while recovering from navicular fractures in her feet.