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The two Mannys, Emmanuel Hernandez (left) and Emmanuel Perez give Cathedral (SS) the strongest two front runners in CA.

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

UPDATED: Event-by-event listing of the top 50 returning boys T&F athletes in the Central Section based on marks achieved during the '22 outdoor 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.

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.

It's early but we wanted to check out who among boys in the Class of 2024 has brought the goods on 5K courses in September.

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.

Clovis senior standout is not only the top XC runner in the Central Section, but he's among the elites nationally.

From the MileSplit database, 2022 track and field rankings for boys in the Central Section including distance leader Christopher Caudillo. (Dan Tyree photo)