Nate Porter

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.

Top 10 boys for this week's 3 Mile routes all covered in 15:00 flat or faster!

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

Event-by-event listing of the top 100 returning boys track and field athletes in the Southern Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

Newbury Park senior Aaron Sahlman enters the '23 outdoor season with the nation's top returning time for 800 meters.

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.

Leo Young's blistering run on the fast SilverLakes Course at the Woodbridge Classic last September was the fastest 3-mile XC performance in the U.S. last fall.

From the super-fast course in Huntsville, Alabama to the CIF-State Meet layout in Fresno, CA, returning Southern Section boys crushed the 5K.

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, sophomore boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including Millikan's Jason Parra.

From the MileSplit database, 2022 track and field rankings for boys in the Southern Section. (Raymond Tran photo)