Chloe Ellermeyer

La Jolla junior Payton Smith ran season-best times while earning third-place medals in both the 200m and 400m at the State Meet.

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

Event-by-event listing of the top 50 returning girls track and field athletes in the San Diego Section based on marks achieved during the 2022 outdoor season.

Woodward Park's 5K course is home to the Clovis and Rough Rider Invitationals, the CIF-State Championships, and numerous other events in the Central Section.

Grace Hutchison (CS) was the fastest senior girl on the Woodward Park 5K course on Saturday at the CIF-State Cross Country Championships.

Where did you rank? Check out the full list of all boys who finished their 5K race at the CIF-State Cross Country Championships at Woodward Park in Fresno.

Ventura (SS) soph Sadie Engelhardt's record-setting run at the mid-September Woodbridge Invite continues to top the U.S. list for girls on 3-mile XC courses.

Layout may have changed a tad but the times at the largest cross country meet in the U.S. remain super fast. Yet no girl has ever run faster than Claudia Lane.

Torrey Pines junior Scarlett Taylor is among the leading returning girls in the San Diego Section on 3-mile courses.

Del Norte senior Hanna Riggins is the top returning girl in the San Diego Section on 5,000-meter courses.

Check out which returning girls crushed 3-mile cross country courses in 2021.

Check out the fastest returning girls for 5K from the 2021 cross country season.

From the MileSplit database, 2022 track and field rankings for girls in the San Diego Section.

vent-by-event rankings for girls competing in Division 2 of the San Diego Section.

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.

San Diego Section is loaded heading into the XC season, with teams like Torrey Pines and Sage Creek, and individuals like Hannah Riggins set for a stellar fall.

Keep an eye on La Costa Canyon, Sage Creek and many outstanding individuals when SDS takes the line this winter.