Lorelei Barrett

Who are the fastest girls at 3-miles so far this fall with top 3,200m times over the outdoor season?

Hanne Thomsen of Montgomery (NC) ran the fastest 5000-meter time among girls in the Class of '25 during the '22 cross country season.

Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura (SS) ran a meet record time at the Woodbridge Cross Country Classic, the fastest 3-mile time in the U.S. last fall.

Highland (CS) senior Mia Torrecillas is among the top returning CA girls on 5000-meter cross country courses.

Sadie Engelhardt, left, and Payton Godsey were the only two girls in the U.S. last season to run sub-16 for 3-miles when they went 1-2 at Woodbridge.

All Returning Girls from the '22 CIF-State Cross Country Championships held on the 5K Woodward Park course in Fresno, including four returning division winners.

Sadie Engelhardt, Keaton Robar, and MacKenzie Browne led Southern Section girls in the 800-meters.

Seven CIF-State champions, including double-event winner Sadie Engelhardt, lead this deep list of elite girls set to light up the outdoor season next spring.

Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt and J.W. North (SS) senior MacKenzie Browne ran two of the fastest 1600m and 800m times, respectively, in CA history.

Next in a series previewing the 2023 CIF-State Track and Field Championships by event group. Here we focus on the distance events.

We review the list of athletes who placed among the top 3 in '22 and are returning in that same event.

Top 100 performances by girls merged from the four CIF-Southern Section track and field divisional preliminary meets.

Perennial small school track and field programs are primed for another battle for Southern Section Division 4 team supremacy.

Soph Hannah Rutherford (r) and frosh Ellie McCuskey-Hay (l) are two of CA's top up-and-coming sprint stars.

Mountain View (CC) sophomore standout Hannah Rutherford (center) is off to a super-fast start in the long sprints.

Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt's outdoor season is just getting started but it's no surprise to find her among CA leaders in the distances.

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

Sadie Engelhardt, coming off a historic freshman track and field, ranks No. 1 in the 1600m, No. 4 for 3200m, and No. 10 for 800m all-time in CA history.

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.

Sadie Engelhardt (SS) was the fastest sophomore girl - and the fastest girl overall - on the Woodward Park 5K course on Saturday at the CIF-State Championships.

Where did you rank? Check out the full list of all boys who finished their 5K race at the CIF-State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.