Devyn Candaele

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

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.

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.

No program has been more dominant in the CIF-SS than the Great Oak girls.

In place of our usual Countdown to XC (which has suffered a critical lack of data) we're taking a look at 30 teams that will have a major impact this winter.

Our third glimpse at the Southern Section's Top 25 teams for boys and girls. Plus bonus rankings!

Subjective statewide top-10 rankings for all five the CIF-State divisions.

Caleb Niednagel and La Costa Canyon shined in Senior Boys and a St. Margaret's freshman ruled the day. 

Defending 2018 titles won't be easy for perennial CIF-SS champions like Great Oak, Claremont and Foothill Tech. 

Liam Anderson is already a national star based on his 2018 times. Who will join him on the national stage, and who will break through to contend at the state level this spring?

We finish out our 2019 division-by-division preview of the Southern Section with Division 1.  

In comparing freshman classes of the last two years: The Class of 2021 put up some impressive marks last spring that, if the girls XC results are any indication, the Class of 2022 is about to crush.

In this final installment of the 10-part MileSplitCA All-State series, we present the overall Girls All-State Team. 

Next in a series, girls individuals and teams from the massive Southern Section lived up to expectations in 2018. 

Matt Strangio, Corie Smith and others will be looking to keep Great Oak from a total sweep at Woodward Park. Our CIF-State Division I preview.

Not all the storylines at the CIF-Southern Section Cross Country Championships held to script on Saturday at the Riverside City Championship 3-mile course but team race favorites all came through to earn titles! 

Division-by-division preview of the girls team and individual competition at Saturday's CIF-Southern Section Finals at the Riverside City Championship Course. 

UPDATED!!! Going 25 deep this week with an updated Southern Section Girls Team Rankings. This article also includes subjective top 10 girls individual rankings.

Freshman Devyn Candaele leads the Vista Murrieta girls and a young ML King boys team pulls a bit of an upset.