Jacey Farmer

The top girls' performances delivered at the CCA Ravens Cross Country Invitational in meet history.

Recruiting by the Numbers is our new series exploring what it takes to compete in college. We start with the Big 12.

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.

Freshman Sadie Engelhardt beat seniors Sam McDonnell and Dalia Frias in the fastest girls 1600m in State Meet history with the top three times of the decade.

Arcadia Invitational top-50 rankings for performances achieved at the iconic mid-season showcase since 2014.

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.

Graduation hit the boys hard while the girls spotlight shines on a returning State Meet individual champion and state-level depth among the teams.

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.

Check out how the 2022 State Championship performances rank among the best in the eight CIF-State Track and Field Meets over the past decade. (Dan Tyree photo)

Event-by-event rankings for girls competing in Division 1 of the San Diego Section.

The Californian distance runners did not disappoint at the Arcadia Invite!

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.