Maddie Coles

The top girls performances recorded at the Cool Breeze Invitational in meet history.

Beavercreek's Taylor Ewert (OH) ran the 13th all-time fastest girls 5K at the NXN National Championships en route to a 3rd place finish in 2018.

Desert Vista's (AZ) Lauren Ping recorded the fastest out-of-state girls 3-mile at the Mt. Sac Invitational in 2019, running 16:47.00.

Some of these times are really, really fast; check out our full list below.

Always a good measuring point for the State meet, let's check out how the all-time list lines up!

Sophia Nordenholz ran 16:46.00 to win D-IV last November, the No. 5 fastest time ever on the 5K Woodward Park course at the State Championships.

Layout may have changed a tad but the times at the largest cross country meet in the U.S. remain super fast. Yet no girl has ever run faster than Claudia Lane.

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.

From the MileSplit database, senior girls track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including Mira Costa's Dalia Frias.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the Southern Section, including junior sprinter Adonijah Currie. (DeAnna Turner photo)

We highlight the top athletes and teams for each event in Division 1 and take an overview look at Divisions 2-4 for Saturday's qualifier meets in the CIF-SS.

Southern Section Division 1 Girls Top 50 rankings include Mira Costa High distance star Dalia Frias.

The all-day event culminates with absolutely stacked invitational events at the 800-meter, mile, and 3200-meter distances.

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 100 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.

The Mira Costa girls and Granada boys appear to be the teams to beat in Division II at the CIF-State Cross Country Championships.

Panthers drop an unprecedented 1-6 and a perfect 15 points in winning the Division I title at Mt. SAC. Mira Costa joins Newbury Park in sweeping both titles.

UPDATED: We break down all 10 races, highlighting the top squads and individuals!

The Mt. SAC Invitational provided more insights on the section's top teams! Subjective rankings go 25 deep per gender plus top five runners ranked by division.

Roughly 300 CIF-SS teams are set to test the 3-mile course that will now be used for the CIF-Southern Section prelims and finals.

Statewide 2021 cross country team rankings. Check out who made the list of top 10 teams in each of the five CIF-State divisions (through meets of Oct. 9).