Mackenzie Browne dominated on the track at the Arcadia Invitational, winning the 800 meters in record time and returning later to anchor the J.W. North 4x400m relay team to victory.
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With the Arcadia Invitational in the rearview mirror and providing us with more insight into what the top programs offer, these are our subjective Southern Section high school track and field team rankings of where the top squads stand per division and per in the largest and most competitive section in the nation!
Division 1
GIRLS
1) Vista Murrieta
2) Wilson - Long Beach
2) Long Beach Poly
4) Etiwanda
5) King
6) Orange Vista
7) Chino Hills
8) Quartz Hill
9) Camarillo
10) (tie) Santiago - Corona, Newbury Park
Others: Ayala, Murrieta Valley, Redondo Union
BOYS
1) Long Beach Poly
2) Cajon
3) Jordan
4) Vista Murrieta
5) Redondo Union
6) Great Oak
7) Wilson - Long Beach
8) Warren
9) Los Alamitos
10) Loyola
Others: Newbury Park, Paloma Valley, Upland
Division 2
GIRLS
1) J.W. North
2) Culver City
3) Dana Hills
3) Calabasas
5) Ventura
6) Thousand Oaks
7) Edison
7) Mater Dei
9) Newport Harbor
9) Golden Valley
Others: Canyon (CC), Marina, South Torrance, Westlake
BOYS
1) Mater Dei
2) Westlake
3) Ventura
4) Thousand Oaks
4) Canyon - Canyon Country
6) Simi Valley
7) South Torrance
8) Dana Hills
9) Royal
10) (tie) Portola, Santa Barbara
Others: Redlands East Valley, Villa Park, West Ranch
Division 3
GIRLS
1) JSerra
2) Notre Dame - Sherman Oaks
3) Mission Viejo
4) Castiac
5) South Pasadena
6) Harvard Westlake
7) Santa Margarita
8) Corona del Mar
9) La Canada
10) Oak Park
Others: Laguna Hills, Orange Lutheran, Yorba Linda
BOYS
1) JSerra
2) Cathedral
3) Santa Margarita
4) Notre Dame - Sherman Oaks
5) Monrovia
5) Orange Lutheran
5) Harvard Westlake
8) Servite
9) Moorpark
10) (tie) Liberty-Winchester, Chaminade
Others: Mission Viejo, St. John Bosco
Division 4
GIRLS
1) Oaks Christian
2) Serra
2) St. Mary's Academy
4) Rosary
5) St. Bernard
6) Xavier College Prep
7) Marlborough
7) St. Lucy's
9) St. Bernard
10) Webb
Others: Foothill Tech, Ontario Christian, St. Joseph (Lakewood)
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BOYS
1) Oaks Christian
2) Serra
3) Bishop Alemany
4) Sierra Canyon
5) Foothill Tech
6) Providence
7) Muir
8) Cate
9) Crespi
10) La Salle
Others: Chadwick, St. Paul, Ontario Christian
Mark Gardner is a former coach, popular announcer, and an associated editor for MileSplitCA
Photos by James Huenink, Jeffrey Parenti, and Raymond Tran