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Check the charts because this is where you'll be finding those individuals with the best performances so far. Start making predictions for the State Meet.

Take a look at the best girls teams in the entire State! Some of the teams have held a spot on this list for many seasons.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Campolindo lost just one senior from a lineup that swept NCS and State Meet XC titles in '21. Will the perennial champion Cougars roar to the top again in '22?

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.

The Cougars produced little XC data this past winter, but their results on the track show a talented young core.