High School Records—GirlsHigh School Records are those ratified by the T&FN Records Committee
We consider the season to go through August 31 of an athlete's senior year, but we have appended a section noting the best marks made in high school-only competition.
Symbols:
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
y = race run at yard distance
i = made indoors | Track Events |
| 100 | 11.11 | Angela Williams (Chino, California) | Edwardsville, Illinois | 6/26/98 | | 200 | 22.11(A) | Allyson Felix (Los Angeles Baptist, North Hills, California) | Mexico City, Mexico | 5/03/03 | | | (The best low-altitude mark is 22.51 by Felix, also in ’03) | | 400 | 50.69 | Sanya Richards (St. Aquinas, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida) | Stanford, California | 6/22/02 | | 800 | 2:00.07 | Kim Gallagher (Upper Dublin, Ft. Washington, Pennsylvania) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 7/24/82 | | 1500 | 4:14.50 | Jordan Hasay (Mission, San Luis Obispo, California) | Eugene, Oregon | 7/04/08 | | Mile | 4:35.24 | Polly Plumer (University, Irvine, California) | Westwood, California | 5/16/82 | | | (T&FN does not recognize the 1600 as a record event; Christine Babcock’s 4:33.86 in that event is worth 4:35.41 for a mile) | | Steeplechase | 10:15.26 | Mel Lawrence (Reno, Nevada) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 6/23/06 | | | (Lawrence also has the best 2000 Steeple time on record, 6:35.63 in ’06)
[pending HSR @2K: 6:33.7 Shelby Greany (Suffern, New York) Cornwall, New York, May 04, 2009] | | 3000 | 9:08.6 | Lynn Bjorklund (Los Alamos, New Mexico) | Kyyiv, Ukraine | 7/05/75 | | 2 Miles | 10:01.08 | Molly Huddle (Notre Dame, Elmira, New York) | Raleigh, North Carolina | 6/14/02 | | | (T&FN does not recognize the 3200 as a record event; Kim Mortensen’s 9:48.59 converts to 9:52.01 for 2 Miles, superior to the best mark there) | | 5000 | 15:52.88 | Caitlin Chock (Granite Bay, California) | Grosseto, Italy | 7/13/04 | | 10,000 | 32:52.5 | Mary Shea (Cardinal Gibbons, Raleigh, North Carolina) | Walnut, California | 6/15/79 | | 100 Hurdles | 12.95 | Candy Young (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania) | Walnut, California | 6/16/79 | | 300 Hurdles | 39.98 | Lashinda Demus (Wilson, Long Beach, California) | Norwalk, California | 5/19/01 | | 400 Hurdles | 55.20 | Leslie Maxie (Mills, Millbrae, California) | San José, California | 6/09/84 | | Relay Events |
| 4 x 100 | 44.50 | Poly, Long Beach, California | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/23/04 | | | (Shana Solomon, Jasmine Lee, Chanda Picott, Shalonda Solomon) | | 4 x 200 | 1:33.87 | Poly, Long Beach, California | Arcadia, California | 4/09/04 | | | (Shana Solomon 24.2, Jasmine Lee 23.3, Shana Woods 23.4, Shalonda Solomon 23.0) | | 4 x 400 | 3:35.49 | Poly, Long Beach, California | Sacramento, California | 6/05/04 | | | (Shana Woods 55.7, DeShanta Harris 55.6, Jasmine Lee 52.6, Shalonda Solomon 51.6) | | 4 x 800 | 8:43.12 | Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 4/25/08 | | | (Dominique Lockhart 2:13.0, Amirah Johnson 2:08.6, Brittany Ogunomokun 2:11.9, Tasha Stanley 2:09.6) | | 4 x 1500 | 18:52.5 | University, Irvine, California | Walnut, California | 4/23/82 | | | (Laura Sauerwein 4:48.7, Polly Plumer 4:28.1, Judy McLaughlin 4:55.7, Teresa Barrios 4:40.5) | | 4 x Mile+ | 19:56.75 | Suffern, New York | New Rochelle, New York | 6/04/06 | | | (Christy Goldman 5:08.7, Shelby Greany 5:01.8, Caroline Heidt 4:52.3, Kara McKenna 4:53.9) | | 800 Medley | 1:38.73 | Poly, Long Beach, California | Arcadia, California | 4/11/03 | | | (Shana Solomon, Dominique Dorsey, Jasmine Lee, Shalonda Solomon 51.4) | | Sprint Medley | 3:51.90 | Roosevelt, Greenbelt, Maryland | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/16/07 | | | (Afia Charles, Doris Anyanwu, Takecia Jameson, Marika Walker 2:06.7) | | Distance Medley | 11:31.81 | Warwick Valley, Warwick, New York | Greensboro, North Carolina | 6/21/08 | | | (Tori Pennings 3:33.2, Kristen Jados 57.3, Claire Pettit 2:11.3, Lillian Greibesland 4:50.0) | | 4 x 100H | 57.49 | North, Riverside, California | Arcadia, California | 4/11/03 | | | (Gayle Hunter, Dominique Manning, Lili Calhoun, Ashlee Brown) | | Field Events |
| High Jump | 1.93 | 6-4p | Toni Young (Del City, Oklahoma) | Edmond, Oklahoma | 4/24/09 | | | 1.93 | 6-4 | Amy Acuff (Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas) | Innsbruck, Austria | 8/28/93 | | Pole Vault | 4.33 | 14-2.50 | Tori Anthony (Castilleja, Palo Alto, California) | Seattle, Washington | 2/10/07 | | | (This mark was made indoors; outdoor best is 4.30/14-1¼ by Anthony, also in ’07) | | Long Jump | 6.78 | 22-3 | Kathy McMillan (Hoke County, Raeford, North Carolina) | Westwood, California | 6/21/76 | | Triple Jump | 13.71 | 44-11.75 | Brittany Daniels (West, Tracy, California) | College Station, Texas | 6/27/04 | | Shot | 16.73 | 54-10.75 | Michelle Carter (Red Oak, Texas) | Austin, Texas | 5/10/03 | | Discus | 57.41 | 188-4p | Anna Jelmini (Shafter, California) | San Diego, California | 4/24/09 | | | 57.98 | 190-3p | Anna Jelmini (Shafter, California) | Oakhurst, California | 5/13/09 | | | 57.40 | 188-4 | Suzy Powell (Downey, Modesto, California) | Modesto, California | 5/20/94 | | Hammer | 61.44 | 201-7 | Maureen Griffin (Pocatello, Idaho) | Logan, Utah | 5/30/98 | | Javelin | 53.77 | 176-5 | Rachel Yurkovich (Newberg, Oregon) | Eugene, Oregon | 4/30/05 | | Multi Event |
| Heptathlon | 5533 | Shana Woods (Poly, Long Beach, California) | Indianapolis, Indiana | 6/21-22/06 | | | (14.03, 1.66/5‑5¼, 9.59/31‑5¾, 24.40 [3226], 5.87/19‑3¼w, 40.42/132‑7, 2:20.10 [2307])
| | Road Events |
| Marathon | 2:34:24 | Cathy Schiro (Dover, New Hampshire) | Olympia, Washington | 5/12/84 |
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