We picked seven girls and seven boys whose performances from the past week stood out. Now it's your turn to vote for the top XC performers of the week.
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.
Photographer Phil Grooms crushing it from Canyon Crest Academy High in San Diego where roughly 40 teams took the line on the campus 3-mile and 1.5-mile layouts.
Check out Angel Pena's coverage from Saturday's meet on the Riverside City Championship Course.
Coverage from Vacaville, CA where McClatchy's Anna McNatt and Bella Vista's Sean Lacey were runaway winners in the large school varsity races.
More than 500 photos by Raymond Tran from Saturday's high school cross country meet on a 2-mile version of the iconic course at Mt. San Antonio College.
Freshman sensation Sadie Engelhardt of Ventura opens her high school career with a sub-16 3-mile victory in a stellar battle with Mira Costa senior Dalia Frias.
Check out more than a dozen athlete interviews from Friday night's huge season-opening cross country meet in Pasadena.
Pasadena High senior dominates elite Sundown Showdown 3-miler, winning by 40.2 seconds over a field that put five under 15 minutes. (Josh Barber photo)
More than 2,200 images from prolific photographer DeAnna Turner capturing memories from Friday's meet in Fresno.
This is a course tour video of the new 3-mile layout at Brookside Golf Course adjacent to the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA for the Cool Breeze high school XC meet.
We visited the Newbury Park cross country team at its summer training site to talk fall '21 XC with Coach Sean Brosnan and a handful of the team's runners.
Will track speed translate onto the XC course? Here are the top returning boys ranked by combined 2021 TF times in both 3200m and 1600m from the spring.
Accomplished educator and longtime marathon runner Tammy Draughon begins first season coaching XC program that rose to national prominence under Doug Soles.
Track sensation from the spring opens the 2021 cross country season with the fastest time on the Kit Carson Park 2-mile layout at Saturday's meet in Escondido.
More than 2,500 images of the annual Dennis DeWitt Invitational cross country meet at Lions Town & Country Park in Madera from photographer DeAnna Turner.
Galleries from Saturday's San Diego Section meet at Kit Carson Park in Escondido by Angel Pena, Phil Grooms, and Jeffrey Parenti.
One returning cross country girl went sub-15 for 1600m-3200m combined time on the track last spring, and five others dipped under 15:30.
Sage Creek rising senior Stormy Wallace leads the list of the top 100 returning girls based on Fall 2020, and Winter 2021 XC results.
Newbury Park rising senior Colin Sahlman leads the list of the top 100 returning boys based on Fall 2020, and Winter 2021 XC results.
Senior is unchallenged in first official race of the 2021 fall cross country season, blistering the Sierra College layout in 9:49.78.
It should come as no surprise that Jesuit once again looms as the team to beat in the SJS this fall.
Check out what the top returning distances runners in the SJS did on the track last spring.
These returning boys in the North Coast Section posted 5000-meter times during the winter 2021 cross country season.
These returning girls in the North Coast Section posted 5000-meter times during the winter 2021 cross country season.
UPDATED: Division 2 champ Alex Klos is not running, but Del Oro's Riley Chamberlain and two others return to defend SJS XC division titles this fall.
These returning girls in the Sac-Joaquin Section posted 5000-meter times during the winter 2021 cross country season.
Check out race videos, interviews, and more than 800 images by Dan Tyree from Saturday's 2021 cross country opener in the Sac-Joaquin Section.
San Diego Section opened its 2021 fall XC season, with stellar performances despite wet conditions on the 2-mile El Cap HS course. Phil Grooms captured it well.
Smoke from wildfires hit the Central Valley, creating poor air quality at Woodword Park for Saturday's season-opening meet. Check out DeAnna Turner's gallery.