Lyla Fedio

Congratulations to last week's top vote-getter, Allura Markow of Dana Hills (SS)!! Be sure to vote in the weekly CA XC Runner of the Week poll.

Strong boys, girls team showings from Torrance, Redondo Union, and Los Alamitos at the 41st annual Central Park Invitational in Huntington Beach on Oct. 1.

Quick-hit sampling spotlighting seven high school cross country meets scheduled this weekend in California.

It's early but we wanted to check out who among girls in the Class of 2024 has brought the goods on 5K courses in September.

Oaks Christian's Payton Godsey continues to lead the class on 3-mile cross country courses with Poway (SD) standout Tessa Buswell (pictured) sitting at No. 2.

Payton Godsey's record-setting performance at Woodbridge lands the Oaks Christian 2024 atop CA's 3-mile list.

Check out the top 300 returning girls in the Southern Section on 5,000-meter cross country courses.

Take a division-by-division look inside the girls cross country competition in the Southern Section.

We pulled the top 300 returning girls from schools in the Southern Section who had times on 3-mile courses last cross country season.

Check out which returning girls crushed 3-mile cross country courses in 2021.

Check out the fastest returning girls for 5K from the 2021 cross country season.

From the MileSplit database, sophomore girls track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season, including Golden Valley's Meagan Humphries.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the Southern Section, including junior sprinter Adonijah Currie. (DeAnna Turner photo)

Southern Section Division 1 Girls Top 50 rankings include Mira Costa High distance star Dalia Frias.

The all-day event culminates with absolutely stacked invitational events at the 800-meter, mile, and 3200-meter distances.

This invitational track and field showcase of top talent in the Golden State is back - and it is absolutely loaded!

We close out the 2022 track and field season preview series with top-200 returning rankings for each event based on marks in the MileSplit database.

We went 100 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.

The MSCA All-State Girls XC team is stocked with champions, record-setters, history-makers, and super-fast runners who rocked CA courses throughout the fall.

A closer look at the top girls in the super-deep Class of 2024 who crushed the cross country season in 2021.

We highlight the top girls teams and standout athletes from this past 2021 season in the Southern Section!