The 44th version of the longest running high school cross country championship in the U.S. takes place Saturday at Balboa Park.
Aydon Stefanopoulos of Los Gatos, among the elite combo 1600m-3200m runners in the class, leads the MileSplitCA Junior Boys All-State Track and Field Team.
Kori Fields (left) and Y'Vette Harris (center) battled in the 100-meter hurdles where Fields pulled the upset victory for the State Meet title.
Del Norte senior Hannah Riggins ran a blistering third leg on the CIF-State Meet's first girls 4x800-meter relay championship team.
La Costa Canyon (SD) junior Iliana Downing soared to the pole vault title at the CIF-State Track and Field Championships.
Be it hurdles or the pole vault, these athletes cleared their barriers to earn a berth into Saturday's CIF-State Championship.
Next in a series previewing the 2023 CIF-State Track and Field Championships by event group. Here we focus on the hurdles races.
Helix senior breaks his own 400-meter record while La Jolla frosh flirts with rare air leading an elite girls 1600m field.
The outlier championship schedule among the 10 CIF sections has girls competing in the morning, boys in the afternoon.
It's not all good news with word that an injury at home ended the season for 2022 State Meet hurdles champ Kapiolani Coleman.
Coaches contemplate approach to the fresh addition on the State Meet Championship event schedule that can be a dilemma or a gift.
A personal-best 800-meters for La Jolla freshman Chiara Dailey was among the highlights at Saturday's showcase meet.
Point Loma senior Manuel Correia has emerged as one of California's best in the event heading into the post-season.
Los Angeles City Section power dominates the elite sprints at the Arcadia Invitational.
CA's top two returning 400-meter runners, Adren Parker of Helix and Dijon Stanley of Granada Hills, are set to resume their rivalry on Saturday at Arcadia.
Four meet standards fall at the venerable showcase that shuffled the top of the statewide rankings.
Cathedral Catholic senior makes her 300m hurdles season debut at Saturday's Mt. Carmel Invite with a more aggressive plan for faster times in both hurdles.
Freshmen, generally, don’t make a major impact in track in the San Diego Section. Saturday at Rancho Bernardo HS was an exception.
Legendary San Diego area coach stepped away in 2019 but continues as one of California's more iconic voices on the mic.
Adren Parker of Helix, who set the 400-meter section record last May, tops the list of returning boys track and field athletes in the San Diego Section.
Cathedral Catholic senior Kapiolani Coleman, the defending CIF-State champion in the 300 hurdles, is one of 10 SDS girls who are returning State Meet finalists.
Haneef Shaheed has coached San Diego Section and CIF-State sprint champions, including son Rashid, now in the NFL, and daughters Aysha and Amirah.
Rylee Blade of Corona Santiago High School (bib 320) was voted as the MileSplitCA Sophomore Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year in a statewide poll.
San Diego Section high school cross country programs produced two individual State Meet champions and a deep crop of young talent for 2023 and beyond.
Season-long grind took its toll but sophomore from Ventura and freshman from La Jolla shine among seven CA girls competing for the West Regional team.
Repeat champions and fast runners indeed challenged CIF-State Meet all-time standards, with plenty of new additions to individual and team historical lists.
Take a closer look at storylines for the boys and girls competition in Division III at the CIF-State Cross Country Championships.
Experience last fall at the State Cross Country Meet gives San Diego small school-division champ Micah Sanchez confidence heading into Saturday's CIF D-V Final.
Kim Lawhon knew pretty much from the time she first met three freshmen last year that they were special.
Young and talented Yosemite HS boys XC team goes after a second consecutive CIF-Central Section title on Thursday with eyes toward a State Meet crown Nov. 26.