Avery Covington

Event-by-event look at the top 50 returning girls track and field athletes in the Sac-Joaquin Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

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

Returning State D-I champion Anna McNatt's time on 3-mile courses is more than a minute faster than any other returning girl in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

As you would expect, it's a who's-who of elite returning girls, including Whitney's Katie Kopec, at the top of the 5K leaders list in the Sac-Joaquin Section.

Check out which returning girls crushed 3-mile cross country courses in 2021.

Check out the fastest returning girls for 5K from the 2021 cross country season.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the SJS including Riley Chamberlain and Cate Joaquin. (James Leash photo)

We close out the 2022 track and field season preview series with top-200 returning rankings for each event based on marks in the MileSplit database.

We went 50 deep per event based on 2021 track and field results.

Highlighting SJS divisional individual and team champions, plus State Meet qualifiers from Saturday's meet at Willow Hill.

UPDATED: Division 2 champ Alex Klos is not running, but Del Oro's Riley Chamberlain and two others return to defend SJS XC division titles this fall.

Eighth grader rolls in Kentucky while other CA athletes get marks in time trials and 5Ks.

We list the fifth-fastest returning girls for 5K from among CA's top teams.