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Rodrick Pleasant and Jordan Washington are two of the fastest sprinters in California high school track and field history.

Serra (SS) senior Rodrick Pleasant dominated the sprints for the second spring in a row.

Top 100 rankings per event for California boys in the senior class, plus highlights where CA boys rank among U.S. leaders.

The daylong high school track showcase will culminate with seeded and elite sessions that are a who's-who of CA's very best.

You will find Nickolas Miller of Clovis North (CS) high on the sprint lists of these Senior Class Top-50 rankings.

Buchanan's Augustus Remlinger is the CA weekly senior leader in the 100-meter dash after his performance at the Sanger Spring Classic.

Aaron Sahlman of Newbury Park opened his outdoor season with one of the nation's fastest 1600 meter times.

Event-by-event listing of the top 100 returning boys track and field athletes in the Southern Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

Newbury Park senior Aaron Sahlman enters the '23 outdoor season with the nation's top returning time for 800 meters.

Millikan (SS) junior Jason Parra's fast time at the mid-September Woodbridge Invitational continues to be the fastest 3-mile performance of the 2022 XC season.

Leo Young's blistering run on the fast SilverLakes Course at the Woodbridge Classic last September was the fastest 3-mile XC performance in the U.S. last fall.

From the super-fast course in Huntsville, Alabama to the CIF-State Meet layout in Fresno, CA, returning Southern Section boys crushed the 5K.

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.

The all-day event culminates with absolutely stacked invitational events at the 800-meter, mile, and 3200-meter distances.

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.