Emmanuel Perez, a senior at Cathedral High in Los Angeles, repeated as Division 4 boys winner by covering the 5-kilometer layout in 14:45.5 at Woodward Park in Fresno at the CIF State Cross Country Championships. Perez ran 15:05.4 last season to secure the title, becoming the first male athlete in Division 4 to capture back-to-back state championships since Anthony Grover from JSerra won three in a row from 2017-19.