Alex Mader

UPDATED: Highlighting a cross-section of league championship results from across the state this week.

Francis Parker senior was just a second off; Stormy Wallace rolls for Sage Creek as San Diego Section athletes win two of the four varsity sweepstakes races.

With the return of the EastBay Cross Country Championships (formerly Foot Locker), the regional rankings take on a renewed sense of urgency.

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).

Who have been the best recruits so far? What have been the biggest surprises? And who are some of the underrated recruits that we are not talking about?

Race highlights from the Clovis Invitational where Newbury Park's boys went 1-4, all four under 14:44, and crushed the team time record on the iconic 5K course.

We hoped for fireworks, and the Newbury Park's boys delivered a true masterpiece!

So far this recruiting cycle, Yale distance coach Paul Harkins has scored three high-level distance talents to add to his 2021-2022 roster.

Lick Wilmerding (NC) senior is the No. 2 returner in D-V from the 2019 CIF-State XC Championship, and a recent course record-setter who just committed to Yale.

CORRECTED - Now a third of the way through the 2021 cross country season, here's an initial look at the top 10 teams in each of the five CIF-State divisions.

With no section final this past spring for Track and Field, this should be a most interesting upcoming XC season.

Faith Bender is the lone champion among more than a dozen Golden State competitors at Pacific Northwest meets Outdoor Nationals and Brooks PR.

Season in review: 10 things that stood out for us in the 2021 North Coast Section season.

Take a closer look at the deep class of 2022 boys and the impact they had on the 2021 outdoor high school track and field season.

Hurdles star Jadyn Marshall gets 110 victory, but goes down in the 300s; Cate Peters runs two CA top-20 times, among newsmakers in the heat at Clayton Valley HS

Meet at Clayton Valley High provides an opportunity for athletes from sections that canceled CIF championship meets because of the Coronavirus pandemic.

The third epic DSDF meet is this Saturday and we should be in store for some very competitive races.

An unprecedented 15 Californians break 9 minutes in an epic 3200-meter race!

Ranking the top returning boys 5000-meter cross country runners in the Northern Coast Section heading into the 2021 season.

Lick Wilmerding sophomore and Skyline junior among the non-seniors grabbing gold at Oakland.

The smallest division has big junior stars in the likes of Mia Barnett, Jackson Adelman and Harper McClain.