Hector Martinez

A look at the best ever marks on the Clovis XC Invitational course!

Event-by-event listing of the top 100 returning boys track and field athletes in the Southern Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

Newbury Park senior Aaron Sahlman enters the '23 outdoor season with the nation's top returning time for 800 meters.

Colin Sahlman's 14:26.50 from last season is the second-fastest boys time ever on the Woodward Park 5K course at the CIF-State Championships.

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

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.

Many high-profile athletes will take to the course repping new teams this fall, and could likely lead their new squads to state and national success.

We kickstart the cross country season with our preseason MileSplit50 top 25 boys individual rankings.

UPDATED - The defending national champion Panthers add a key transfer to a lineup that already includes three of the top boys in the U.S.

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.

From the MileSplit database, junior boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season, including Lex and Leo Young, and Chris Caudillo.

From the MileSplit database, 2022 track and field rankings for boys in the Southern Section. (Raymond Tran photo)

Southern Section Division 1 Boys Top 50 rankings by event include Upland senior hurdle standout Delaney Crawford.

UPDATED: Colin Sahlman, a senior at Newbury Park, ran the fastest 3200-meters in history on Saturday at the Sundown Track Series at Azusa Pacific.

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 outdoor season results.

Be sure to watch the live stream coverage of this distance-only track meet from Eastmark HS in Mesa, AZ featuring national XC champions Newbury Park.

UPDATED: Eight events highlight the winter track schedule this Saturday, including a live-streamed distance-only meet from Mesa, AZ.

Coach Sean Brosnan knew his boys team would be special and the Panthers, led by the Sahlman and Young brothers, were otherworldly in winning the national title.