Alexa Sheldon

Sadie Engelhardt, Keaton Robar, and MacKenzie Browne led Southern Section girls in the 800-meters.

Seven CIF-State champions, including double-event winner Sadie Engelhardt, lead this deep list of elite girls set to light up the outdoor season next spring.

Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt and J.W. North (SS) senior MacKenzie Browne ran two of the fastest 1600m and 800m times, respectively, in CA history.

Top 100 performances by girls merged from the four CIF-Southern Section track and field divisional preliminary meets.

Westlake and Mater Dei among boys, Culver City and J.W. North among girls are teams that emerged from the D-2 prelims primed to compete for division titles.

Take a deep dive into the CIF-SS D-1 Prelims plus athletes to watch for Divisions 2, 3 and 4.

Our event-by-event spotlight goes 50 deep per individual event with Oaks Christian's Payton Godsey among the leaders.

Rankings report merges results for CA athletes from the Arcadia Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays and ranks the top 40.

Mater Dei junior Nate Frazier, left, took home three titles on Saturday, including in the 100 meter dash.

Our event-by-event spotlight goes 50 deep per individual event with Castaic's Meagan Humphries leading the class.

Payton Smith's double in the long sprints at Mt. Carmel leads the girls Class of 2024 outdoor season leaders since Feb. 17.

UPDATED: Ashlyn Boothby's epic 1600-3200 double at the Dublin Distance Fiesta leads the girls Class of 2024 top 25 rankings in March.

Spotlighting Class of 2024 girls who rank among U.S. leaders in the the class following last week's results.

The Los Alamitos Griffin Relays saw numerous event results end in state-leading times, indicating athletes are settling in quickly and eyeing big things in '23.

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

This group includes returning State Meet champions in five of the six events and 21 overall returners who placed top nine at the '22 State Meet.

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)

We highlight the top athletes and teams for each event in Division 1 and take an overview look at Divisions 2-4 for Saturday's qualifier meets in the CIF-SS.

Southern Section Division 1 Girls Top 50 rankings include Mira Costa High distance star Dalia Frias.

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.