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The top girls 5-kilometer performances produced in Nike Hole in the Wall XC Invitational meet history.

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.

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.

With The Desert Twilight XC Festival tomorrow, we decided to take a look back at the top 200 times from athletes on the girls side over the years.

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, 2022 track and field rankings for girls in the San Diego Section.

vent-by-event rankings for girls competing in Division 2 of the San Diego Section.

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

Taking a closer look at the top teams by division in the San Diego Section.

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 highlighting top returning athletes by section. This article focuses on girls in the San Diego Section.

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

The MSCA All-State Girls XC team is stocked with champions, record-setters, history-makers, and super-fast runners who rocked CA courses throughout the fall.

A closer look at the top girls in the awesome Class of 2022 who crushed the 2021 CA cross country season.

Two individual state champions - Kenan Pala and Revere Schmidt - and two Eastbay Cross Country National qualifiers is quite an accomplishment for the SDS.

UPDATED: Expectations coming off of section championships around the state can be tough to fulfill when CA's best take the line on the 5K course in Fresno.

UPDATED division-by-division recap from Saturday's XC Finals at Woodward Park where Newbury Park wasn't the only program making history on the 5K course.

JSerra, Sage Creek, Scotts Valley, the depth across Division IV should make for some great racing on Saturday at the CIF-State Cross Country Meet.

Kenan Pala, Bryce Gilmore, and Mark Trammell all dip under the modified Morley Field standard with eyes toward the State Meet.