Dontae Smith

Now that postseason is upon us, let's look at which runners are leading the charts at this time. Here we have the Top 250 boys and girls for the 100m dash.

Want to know who the best-returning schools are in the 100m dash? Check out this list of the Top 100 Boys Teams reflecting the top individuals in their lineup.

McKay Madsen of Clovis North (CS) ranks U.S. No. 2 in the class in both the discus throw and shot put.

Rodrick Pleasant and Jordan Washington are two of the fastest sprinters in California high school track and field history.

Santa Barbara junior Andreas Dybdahl is the only non-senior to win a CIF-State title, doing so in a 1600-meter field with four other returners.

Serra (SS) senior Rodrick Pleasant dominated the sprints for the second spring in a row.

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

Westlake and Mater Dei among boys, Culver City and J.W. North among girls are teams that emerged from the D-2 prelims primed to compete for division titles.

Mater Dei sophomore Brandon Gorski is the state leader in the high jump and a strong contender in the long jump.

Rankings report merges results for CA athletes from the Arcadia Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays and ranks the top 40.

Friendly rivals Carson Hedlund and Aydon Stefanopoulos went 1-2 in the mile at Arcadia a week after dropping fast 1600-meter times at Stanford.

Helix Charter (SD) frosh sprint standout Brandon Arrington has gotten out of the gate super-fast so far this outdoor season.

Clovis North (CS) sophomore McKay Madsen is the national leader in his class in the discus throw.

Clovis North (CS) sophomore McKay Madsen moved is at the top of the class in the throws following his performance at the Redondo Nike Track Festival.

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.

Rodrick Pleasant, the returning CIF-State sprint champion and CA record-holder in the 100m, leads this deep group of returning boys sprinters and hurdlers.

From the MileSplit database, freshman boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings per event from the 2022 outdoor season, including thrower McKay Madsen.

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

Southern Section Division 2 Boys Top 50 rankings by event include Simi Valley junior sprint standout Jaelon Barbarin.

This series highlights up-and-coming young stars in the Golden State. Here we focus on F/S athletes whose performances last week impacted class leaderboards.

This series highlights up-and-coming young stars in the Golden State. This week our focus is on frosh-soph athletes who stood out over the past week.