Harrison Lavery

Heading into a huge mid-season invitational, here's our updated top-25 subjective team rankings in the Southern Section, regardless of division.

Ranking the top 500 freshman and sophomore boys on 5,000-meter cross country courses so far this 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.

The largest section in CA warrants a deeper dive. Take a division-by-division look inside the boys cross country competition in the CIF-Southern Section.

The Cubs, a perennial power, return three with State Meet experience including Harrison Lavery (943) and Jake Ratkovich (947).

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.

CIF-State Meet champions and medalists, like Sadie Engelhardt, make their mark at Outdoor Nationals at Hayward Field in Eugene. (DeAnna Turner file photo)

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

We highlight the top athletes and teams for each event in Division 1 and take an overview look at Divisions 2-4 for Saturday's qualifier meets in the CIF-SS.

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

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.

Panthers drop an unprecedented 1-6 and a perfect 15 points in winning the Division I title at Mt. SAC. Mira Costa joins Newbury Park in sweeping both titles.

A philosophy of don't run too fast too soon has served the all-boys school's cross country program well for more than three decades.

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

The Cubs are a perennial XC powerhouse, but they chose to show their strength on the track this spring.