Ileen Emerson

Sadie Engelhardt, Keaton Robar, and MacKenzie Browne led Southern Section girls in the 800-meters.

Ventura (SS) sophomore Sadie Engelhardt and J.W. North (SS) senior MacKenzie Browne ran two of the fastest 1600m and 800m times, respectively, in CA history.

Top 100 performances by girls merged from the four CIF-Southern Section track and field divisional preliminary meets.

Take a deep dive into the CIF-SS D-1 Prelims plus athletes to watch for Divisions 2, 3 and 4.

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

Rankings report merges results for CA athletes from the Arcadia Invitational and Mt. SAC Relays and ranks the top 40.

Updated: Adeline Johnson of Branson (NC) is among the leaders in the distances for senior girls track and field athletes through the first three weeks of March.

Shadow Hills (SS) senior Marjourie Lopez, coming off a 3K victory at the CA Winter Champs, tops the weekly 3200-meter list for girls in the Class of '23.

MacKenzie Browne of J.W. North opened her outdoor season with a nationally-ranked time in the 1600m.

Arizona State-bound senior Adonijah Currie, now at Quartz Hill HS (SS), tops the returning sprints/hurdles list in two categories.

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

Girls indoor and winter outdoor track and field sprints and hurdles leaders through events of Jan. 15.

Girls sprints and hurdles leaders through the first five meets of the Winter Championships Qualifier series.

From the MileSplit database, junior girls track and field outdoor top-100 rankings from the 2022 outdoor season including State long jump champion Sydnie Vanek.

From the MileSplit database, '22 track and field rankings for girls in the Southern Section, including junior sprinter Adonijah Currie. (DeAnna Turner 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 Girls Top 50 rankings include Mira Costa High distance star Dalia Frias.

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 100 deep per event based on 2021 outdoor season results.