Collin Kopchik

Take a look at the leading returners in the 3200m run; an event that requires guts, endurance, and a quick kick to the finish.

After a month of racing we have some data that we can compare across the state.

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

Hayward HS is one of the primary courses in the North Coast Section. The 3-mile layout is home to major meets like Farmer, Mariner, and the NCS Championships.

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.

Emmanuel Hernandez and Josh Bell battled in the Varsity Small Schools race for Class of '24 supremacy at the Clovis Invitational.

Leo Young, Lex Young, and Aaron Sahlman of Newbury Park led the way in the merge at the Clovis Invite on the 5K cross country course at Woodward Park.

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.

Millikan's Jason Parra is the top junior boy on 3-mile courses so far this season after his historic performance on the Great Park course at Woodbridge.

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 2.9x miles.