Sydney Morrow

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

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

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)

Southern Section Division 3 Girls Top 50 rankings by event include JSerra distance stars Ashlee Gallegos and Brynn Garcia.

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.

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

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.

Foothill Tech, JSerra, O-Lu, La Canada, Laguna Beach, Oaks Christian are just some of the teams in the deep division 4 group with eyes on a State Meet berth.

Several leagues conducted their league finals to close out the cross country season in the CIF-SS.

Orange Lutheran remains loaded in a division that returns section and state champions.

We preview all 10 races, and five divisions, on tap this weekend at the Southern Section Finals!  

Teams and athletes to watch in all five divisions Friday and Saturday at the Riverside Championship Course.   

Great Oak dominates D-1 races, Arizona stars shine at the 72nd annual two-day event.

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

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