Mark Cortes

Senior Ramses Cortes leads a experienced group poised to return to the top of the podium in both the Southern Section and State.

These returning boys scorched 3-mile cross country courses during the 2021 season.

Check out the fastest 5K times in the MileSplit database among returning boys from the 2021 cross country season.

From the MileSplit database, junior boys track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season, including Lex and Leo Young, and Chris Caudillo.

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

Southern Section Division 1 Boys Top 50 rankings by event include Upland senior hurdle standout Delaney Crawford.

We profile one of the most competitive meets in California on tap this weekend!

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 50 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.

Saturday's meet produced a handful of multiple winners and stellar performances.

A closer look at the top boys in the exceptionally deep Class of 2023 who crushed the CA cross country season in 2021.

The boys from Newbury Park and girls from Buchanan are the teams to beat heading into the Division I final at Saturday's CIF-State Cross Country Championships.

UPDATED: We break down all 10 races, highlighting the top squads and individuals!

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.

UPDATED - Recapping Day 2 at Mt. SAC, where large-school division teams and athletes took on the iconic hilly 3-mile challenge.

Roughly 300 CIF-SS teams are set to test the 3-mile course that will now be used for the CIF-Southern Section prelims and finals.

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).

We reveal our first look at the top 25 cross country teams for girls and boys in the Southern Section, the largest of the 10 CIF sections in California.

The 3-mile course records fall in both Sweepstakes race and the Panthers shatter the team time mark while placing four under 14:30.

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

Reflections from Friday's 115-team, 4k-plus-performance event on the 3-mile layout adjacent to the Rose Bowl where a senior and freshman were showdown winners.