Andrew Trottier

From the MileSplit database, senior boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including State high jump champ Seth Johnson.

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

Winning the discus Friday meant having a great first throw. In the shot put, both winners needed a little more time to get a qualifying mark and it was worth it

CIF-Central Section qualifiers for the state meet include Fresno Central boys' 4x100 relay record-setting effort, four wins by Jeremiah Walker and Takiya Cenci

Event-by-event top-50 rankings for boys and girls competing in Central Section D-1.

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.

Next in a series. This article focuses on returning track and field boys standouts in the Central Section.

We went 50 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.

Take a closer look at the deep class of 2022 boys and the impact they had on the 2021 outdoor high school track and field season.

Throwers, like Zach Buckey, and Liberty athletes came up big in the qualifier for the June 19 CIF-Central Section Finals.

The venerable two-day meet is ON, it's LOADED and it's the closest we'll get to a state championship in 2021.

The meet produced eight new CA No. 1s and two dozen other fresh top-10 marks.

A sampling of top boys track and field athletes in the Central Section.