Jude Devries

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.

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

Congratulations to last week's top vote-getter, Jude DeVries of Montgomery (NC)!! Be sure to vote in the weekly CA XC Runner of the Week poll.

A quick look at a handful of big high school cross country meets this weekend.

Congratulations to last week's top vote-getter, Nathan Short of Folsom (SJ)!! Be sure to vote in the weekly CA XC Runner of the Week poll.

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.

Sean Morello's third-place run in the CIF-State Division IV race on the Woodward Park course is the fastest 5K among returning boys in the NCS.

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, 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)

With no section final this past spring for Track and Field, this should be a most interesting upcoming XC season.

The smallest division has big junior stars in the likes of Mia Barnett, Jackson Adelman and Harper McClain.