Madison Rust

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

Heading into a huge mid-season invitational, here's our updated top-25 subjective team rankings in the Southern Section, regardless of division.

The 3-mile time by La Costa Canyon's Gioana Lopizzo on the Galway Downs course to win the Temecula Twilight Sundown Showdown race is the fastest in CA the past two weekends.

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.

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 3 Girls Top 50 rankings by event include JSerra distance stars Ashlee Gallegos and Brynn Garcia.

Two of the top-ranked teams in their respective divisions impressed on the Woodward Park 5K State Meet cross country course on Friday in Fresno.