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El Cerrito senior Robert Stitts more than held his own against two of CA's all-time 100m sprinters, Jordan Washington (left), and Rodrick Pleasant (right).

Serra (SS) senior Rodrick Pleasant dominated the sprints for the second spring in a row.

As the NCS prepares for this this weekend's Meet of Champions, here's a rankings merge from last week's four section area qualifier meets.

Top 100 rankings per event for California boys in the senior class, plus highlights where CA boys rank among U.S. leaders.

You will find Nickolas Miller of Clovis North (CS) high on the sprint lists of these Senior Class Top-50 rankings.

Aaron Sahlman of Newbury Park opened his outdoor season with one of the nation's fastest 1600 meter times.

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

JSerra (SS) senior and Oklahoma recruit Brendon See is the defending CIF-State champion in the discus throw and the top returning boys field event athlete in CA

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, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the North Coast Section, including Logan's versatile Jacob Watts. (DeAnna Turner photo)

We rank the top 25 performances per event during the month of May by boys in the junior class. (Photo of Chris Caudillo during the 1600m at State by Dan Tyree)

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.