Kiah Aitken

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.

A division-by-division look at the top teams and athletes scheduled to compete Saturday in the CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section Cross Country Championships.

UPDATE-League cross country championships have now been held across all 10 sections in CA as teams prepare for CIF competition. Here's to the winners!

On the eve of the SJS Sub-Sectionals, we take a closer look at the three large school divisions heading into the post-season.

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.

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.

Check out the fastest times run by California girls at this iconic meet on the 5K Woodward Park State Meet course over the past decade.

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.

California girls teams, Ventura's Sadie Engelhardt shine at the three-mile Woodbridge XC Classic, which featured numerous top teams from around the nation.

Returning State D-I champion Anna McNatt's time on 3-mile courses is more than a minute faster than any other returning girl in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

As you would expect, it's a who's-who of elite returning girls, including Whitney's Katie Kopec, at the top of the 5K leaders list in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

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 SJS including Riley Chamberlain and Cate Joaquin. (James Leash photo)

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 50 deep per event based on 2021 track and field results.