Max Ruiz

Listing the fastest boys over the past decade at the Mt. SAC Invite cross country meet, the largest in the U.S. where Kenan Pala challenged the record in '21.

Check out the fastest times run by California boys at this iconic meet on the Woodward Park 5K State Meet course over the past decade.

From the MileSplit database, senior boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including State high jump champ Seth Johnson.

From the MileSplit database, 2022 track and field rankings for boys in the Southern Section. (Raymond Tran photo)

Newbury Park and Loyola move up to Division 1 and will challenge Great Oak's dominance on the section's large-school division.

The Falcons have two studs up front, but they haven't given us much data to evaluate their depth.

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.