Now fully into November, the final month of the CIF competition schedule in 2019, our review of boys and girls 3-mile and 5K weekly leaders will continue through post-CIF competition held last December.
A year go this week, North Coast Section and Southern Section championships dominated boys rankings on 3-mile courses at this point of the season in 2019.
The incomparable Nico Young shattered his own Riverside Championship Course record at 13:54.10 with teammate Jace Aschbrenner some 29 seconds behind and ALSO going under the previous record!
Up at the NCS finale, another 2020, Dublin's Christopher Middleton-Pearson, had the meet's fastest time, some 18 seconds faster than one of the elite returners for 2021, De La Salle's Patrick Curulla.
The top returners for 2021 on 3-mile courses a year ago this week are Jai Dawson, a 2022 from Dana Hills (SS), Ewan MacFarlane, a 2021 from Peninsula (SS), and Colin Sahlman, a 2022 from