Joel Brda

Check out who's leading the Golden State in the 1600m run. We list the Top 250 boys and girls so that you can keep track of who to watch in the postseason.

Take a look at the leading returners in the 3200m run; an event that requires guts, endurance, and a quick kick to the finish.

Look at the top returning runners who are charging into this season with a fast mile. There's plenty of of talent in the state for this event.

One of the most intense races reveals its list of the Top 500 returners. Check out who's leading the state in the half mile.

After a month of racing we have some data that we can compare across the state.

The two Mannys, Emmanuel Hernandez (left) and Emmanuel Perez give Cathedral (SS) the strongest two front runners in CA.

Jason Parra of Millikan (SS) is among the top returning cross country runners in CA heading into the '23 fall season.

Santa Barbara junior Andreas Dybdahl is the only non-senior to win a CIF-State title, doing so in a 1600-meter field with four other returners.

Woodward Park's 5K course is home to the Clovis and Rough Rider Invitationals, the CIF-State Championships, and numerous other events in the Central Section.

Emmanuel Hernandez and Josh Bell battled in the Varsity Small Schools race for Class of '24 supremacy at the Clovis Invitational.

Leo Young, Lex Young, and Aaron Sahlman of Newbury Park led the way in the merge at the Clovis Invite on the 5K cross country course at Woodward Park.

The time by Jayden Hernandez of Godinez to win the showcase race at the Dana Hills Invitational is the fastest 3-mile clocking by a boy in the class of 2024 over the past two weekends.

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

Millikan's Jason Parra continues to lead the class on 3-mile cross country courses with Clovis East (CS) standout Carter Spradling (pictured) sitting at No. 2.

Leo Young's blistering run on the fast SilverLakes Course at the Woodbridge Classic last September was the fastest 3-mile XC performance in the U.S. last fall.

From the super-fast course in Huntsville, Alabama to the CIF-State Meet layout in Fresno, CA, returning Southern Section boys crushed the 5K.

These returning boys scorched 3-mile cross country courses during the 2021 season.

Check out the fastest 5K times in the MileSplit database among returning boys from the 2021 cross country season.