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Look at the top returning runners who are charging into this season with a fast mile. There's plenty of of talent in the state for this event.

One of the most intense races reveals its list of the Top 500 returners. Check out who's leading the state in the half mile.

The two Mannys, Emmanuel Hernandez (left) and Emmanuel Perez give Cathedral (SS) the strongest two front runners in CA.

Jason Parra of Millikan (SS) is among the top returning cross country runners in CA heading into the '23 fall season.

San Diego Section record-holder Adren Parker was dominant in the long sprints this past outdoor season.

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

UPDATED: A division-by-division look at the top 25 San Diego Section boys on 3-mile cross country courses this season.

Millikan (SS) junior Jason Parra's fast time at the mid-September Woodbridge Invitational continues to be the fastest 3-mile performance of the 2022 XC season.

Millikan's Jason Parra is the only CA boy in the class of 2024 with a sub-14 performance on a 3-mile course this season.

The time by Jayden Hernandez of Godinez to win the showcase race at the Dana Hills Invitational is the fastest 3-mile clocking by a boy in the class of 2024 over the past two weekends.

Millikan's Jason Parra continues to lead the class on 3-mile cross country courses with Clovis East (CS) standout Carter Spradling (pictured) sitting at No. 2.

Ian Rosen's seventh-place finish on the Woodward Park State Meet course slots as the top 5K time among returning boys in the San Diego Section.

Courses lumped in under the 3-mile heading vary in degrees of both difficulty and distance, some running faster, some slower, and some measured at 2.x miles.

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, 2022 track and field rankings for boys in the San Diego Section.

Event-by-event rankings for boys competing in Division 1 of the San Diego Section.