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El Cerrito senior Robert Stitts more than held his own against two of CA's all-time 100m sprinters, Jordan Washington (left), and Rodrick Pleasant (right).

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.

Top 100 rankings per event for California boys in the senior class, plus highlights where CA boys rank among U.S. leaders.

Sadie Engelhardt, who ran the 10th fastest 800m in CA history at the West Coast Relays last April, is back to headline a stacked meet at the State Meet stadium.

You will find Nickolas Miller of Clovis North (CS) high on the sprint lists of these Senior Class Top-50 rankings.

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

JSerra (SS) senior and Oklahoma recruit Brendon See is the defending CIF-State champion in the discus throw and the top returning boys field event athlete in CA

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.

UPDATED: Serra's record-setting sprint champion Rodrick Pleasant, a highly-ranked cornerback, picks Oregon over USC, UCLA, among others.

From the MileSplit database, junior boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season, including Lex and Leo Young, and Chris Caudillo.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the North Coast Section, including Logan's versatile Jacob Watts. (DeAnna Turner photo)

We rank the top 25 performances per event during the month of May by boys in the junior class. (Photo of Chris Caudillo during the 1600m at State by Dan Tyree)

We rank up to the top 15 boys marks from the State Track and Field Championships of athletes returning or 2023. (DeAnna Turner photo)

Reno distance standout finds success in Golden State, drops PR and MR in 1600m at Stanford Invitational.

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 outdoor season results.