This Week In 2019 XC: Girls 5K Leaders

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In the girls Division I race, athletes in the class of 2023, Erica Nyberg (132), Taylor Jones (105) and Sydney Sundgren (112), battled with sophomore Miliana Perez (back right) for scoring positions near the front. (Photo: DeAnna Turner)

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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, ranking of girls on 5,000-meter courses was limited to just three CIF section meets: Central, Oakland and San Francisco.

While 2020 Corie Smith dominated the state at this distance a year ago this week, three 2023s were the next fastest at the CS Final held on the state championship course at Woodward Park in Fresno. Erica Nyberg (Clovis East), Sydney Sundgren (Buchanan) and Taylor Jones (Arroyo Grande) all warranted MileSplitCA All-Freshman team honors, in part, for their stellar performanc...