Athena Ryan

The JSerra Catholic girls are currently the team to beat in California.

Check out which girls led the charts this week for 3-miles.

Payton Godsey of Oaks Christian (SS) ran the fastest 5K time among girls in the Class of '25 with his title-winning performance at the CIF-State Championships.

Tessa Buswell of Poway (SD) was a CIF-State champion and also ran the second fastest 3-mile time in the class with her performance at Woodbridge.

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.

Campolindo senior Mari Testa ended the 2023 outdoor season as the North Coast Section leader in three events.

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.

Udeh, Peters, Thomsen, Testa, Stitts among the many standouts at Dublin HS in preparation for the State Championships.

As the NCS prepares for this this weekend's Meet of Champions, here's a rankings merge from last week's four section area qualifier meets.

Seniors headline deep area track and field qualifier in advance of this week's North Coast Section Meet of Champions.

Our event-by-event spotlight goes 50 deep per individual event with Oaks Christian's Payton Godsey among the leaders.

Our event-by-event spotlight goes 50 deep per individual event with Castaic's Meagan Humphries leading the class.

UPDATED: Ashlyn Boothby's epic 1600-3200 double at the Dublin Distance Fiesta leads the girls Class of 2024 top 25 rankings in March.

UPDATED: Five girls who won won six NCS titles last spring lead our list of top returners for '23.

Event-by-event listing of the top 50 returning girls track and field athletes in the North Coast 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.

Hayward HS is one of the primary courses in the North Coast Section. The 3-mile layout is home to major meets like Farmer, Mariner, and the NCS Championships.