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.
Whitney senior Ashanti Eli won the State title in the high jump, one of two first-place medals earned by SJS girls at the State Meet.
It wasn't his fastest 800m time of the season but it was fast enough to earn Hughson senior Joe Lighthall a CIF-State Meet title.
Rodrick Pleasant (right) and Jordan Washington dropped sprint performances that stood above the rest in the history of high school track and field in CA.
Rodrick Pleasant and Jordan Washington are two of the fastest sprinters in California high school track and field history.
Putting a bow on the 2023 track and field season in the North Coast Section with Athletes of the Year selections.
Campolindo senior Mari Testa ended the 2023 outdoor season as the North Coast Section leader in three events.
El Cerrito senior Robert Stitts more than held his own against two of CA's all-time 100m sprinters, Jordan Washington (left), and Rodrick Pleasant (right).
Three senior Central Section athletes capture CIF-State titles, including two successful defenses of '22 titles, and others finish strong by reaching State Meet
Buchanan senior Grace Hutchison dominated the distances in the Central Section and also ran on one of the nation's fastest 4x800m relay teams.
Buchanan senior Hilton Green was the top boys pole vaulter in the state all season and culminated his spring with a victory at the CIF-State Meet.
Del Norte senior Hannah Riggins ran a blistering third leg on the CIF-State Meet's first girls 4x800-meter relay championship team.
San Diego Section record-holder Adren Parker was dominant in the long sprints this past outdoor season.
La Jolla junior Payton Smith ran season-best times while earning third-place medals in both the 200m and 400m at the State Meet.
Skyline junior Safir Bey was a double-winner at the Oakland Section track and field championships.
Galileo senior Jarvis Thompson dominated the horizontal jumps in the SF City Section and PR'd in both at the CIF-State Track and Field Championships.
Lowell senior Jacqueline Holman dominated the distances in the San Francisco Section again this past outdoor season.
Oakland Tech sophomore Eliza Ayers led the section in two individual events and ran third leg on her team's OK-best 4x100m relay team.
The Galileo boys 4x800-meter relay team ran a San Francisco Section-best time at the CIF-State Championships.
Skyline senior Andy Ixtabalan Argueta consistently among the distance leaders in the OK, ran his season-best 3200m at the CIF-State Championships.
The tight finish to the 1600-meter final at the State Meet saw Andreas Dybdahl (right), edge Ryan Thomas (left), and Anthony Fast Horse (center) at the line.
Sadie Engelhardt (center) and Mackenzie Browne (right) were the 2023 CA leaders in the 1600m and 800m, respectively.
Seven CIF-State champions, including double-event winner Sadie Engelhardt, lead this deep list of elite girls set to light up the outdoor season next spring.
Santa Barbara junior Andreas Dybdahl is the only non-senior to win a CIF-State title, doing so in a 1600-meter field with four other returners.
CA combo hurdles champ Roman Mendoza had his season cut short by an injury early in the post season.
Y'Vette Harris (center) and Anisa Bowen-Fontenot (right) were the top two girls combined hurdlers in CA during the 2023 outdoor season.
Castaic junior Meagan Humphries medaled in four events - including both horizontal jumps - at the CIF-State Track and Field Championships.
Shane Carr of South Bakersfield, one of only two boys to reach the State finals in both horizontal jumps, is CA's combined distance leader in 2023.
The top nine girls with the fastest 1600m-3200m combined times are non-seniors, including soph Hanne Thomsen, junior Ashlyn Boothby, and frosh Chiara Dailey.
Four non-seniors led by Clovis East junior Carter Spradling lead the list of boys distance runners ranked by the fastest combined 1600-3200 times in 2023.