Kendall Foxworthy

The JSerra Catholic girls are currently the team to beat in California.

Payton Godsey of Oaks Christian (SS) ran the fastest 5K time among girls in the Class of '25 with his title-winning performance at the CIF-State Championships.

Tessa Buswell of Poway (SD) was a CIF-State champion and also ran the second fastest 3-mile time in the class with her performance at Woodbridge.

Campolindo senior Mari Testa ended the 2023 outdoor season as the North Coast Section leader in three events.

Event-by-event listing of the top 50 returning girls track and field athletes in the North Coast Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

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.

Hayward HS is one of the primary courses in the North Coast Section. The 3-mile layout is home to major meets like Farmer, Mariner, and the NCS Championships.

Ventura (SS) soph Sadie Engelhardt's record-setting run at the mid-September Woodbridge Invite continues to top the U.S. list for girls on 3-mile XC courses.

Mia Torrecillas's fast time from late September remains the top XC time this season for girls on the Class of 2024 on 5K courses.

Check out how girls in the class of 2024 ranked at the Mt. SAC Invitational course last fall as sophomores.

Gioana Lopizzo of La Costa Canyon (SD) was the fastest girl in the Class of 2024 on the 5K Woodward Park course at the Clovis Invitational.

We go 1,000 runners deep in this merge of girls races at the Clovis Invitational on the 5K course at Woodward Park in Fresno.

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.

Three of the state's elite top the list of fast NCS girls on 5000-meter courses, including defending section and State champion Hanne Thomsen.

NCS champion and State Meet runner-up Olivia Williams leads the list of girls on 3-mile courses.

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 North Coast Section, including Hanne Thomsen. (DeAnna Turner photo)

We went 50 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.