Norah Dulaney

We go 1,000 runners deep in this merge of girls races at the Clovis Invitational on the 5K course at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Check out the fastest times run by California girls at this iconic meet on the 5K Woodward Park State Meet course over the past decade.

Congratulations to last week's top vote-getter, Cameron Macias of Clovis West (CS)!! Be sure to vote in the weekly CA XC Runner of the Week poll.

A returning CIF-State champion is among a handful of CA's top returning athletes from the Sac-Joaquin Section.

Returning State D-I champion Anna McNatt's time on 3-mile courses is more than a minute faster than any other returning girl in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

As you would expect, it's a who's-who of elite returning girls, including Whitney's Katie Kopec, at the top of the 5K leaders list in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

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, junior girls track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including State long jump champion Sydnie Vanek.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the SJS including Riley Chamberlain and Cate Joaquin. (James Leash photo)

The top 25 performances per event in May by girls in the junior class. (Photo of Reign Redmond, Brazil Neal, and Alyssa Thompson by DeAnna Turner.)

UPDATED: Division 2 champ Alex Klos is not running, but Del Oro's Riley Chamberlain and two others return to defend SJS XC division titles this fall.

Loaded with top young returners, future is bright for girls cross country in the SJ.