ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, April 07–08 — Last year’s Arcadia vault champ Amanda Moll (Capital, Olympia, Washington) was expecting to be joined by twin Hana midway through the competition on this perfect evening. But just as Hana was coming in, Amanda, the absolute recordholder at 15-1½, was bowing out. Both Molls had 2 misses at 13-9 and on try No. 3, Hana made hers, but Amanda did not.
Unfettered, Hana felt the groove and only needed one attempt at 14-3. She then had the bar raised to 14-10 — a half-inch above the highest-ever outdoor prep setting cleared by Amanda just over a year ago. She cleared on her second try.
Knowing the psychological advantage of breaking barriers, Moll had the bar raised 2 inches, so that she could try and put 15-feet behind her.
It didn’t take long, as she popped over on her first attempt, giving her 2 records within 10 minutes, joining her sister as the only HS girls to ever clear the coveted height and solidifying their hold on positions 1 and 2 on the all-time list, both indoors and out.
Track action was spotlighted by junior Mia Brahe-Pedersen (Lake Oswego, Oregon), who dominated the sprints with list-leading results, taking the 100 in 11.17 and 200 in 23.01, making up for her runner-up finishes from last year.
Riverside North’s MacKenzie Browne became another outdoor leader, in the 800, after sitting behind Ali Ince (Normal, Illinois) before launching her kick with 200 to go to edge Ince 2:03.07–2:03.17.
Other list leaders included Sadie Engelhardt (Ventura) who took care of business in the mile, leading wire-to-wire to finish comfortably ahead of fellow soph Jane Hedengren (Timpview, Provo, Utah), 4:36.26–4:41.08 and Sydnie Vanek (Clovis) who leapt 20-7½ to take the long jump.
In another wire-to-wire race Irene Riggs (Morgantown, West Virginia) continued her winning ways. She took down soph Hanne Thomsen (Montgomery, Santa Rosa, California) 9:52.66–9:55.31.
ARCADIA GIRLS RESULTS
100(2.0): 1. *Mia Brahe-Pedersen (Lake Oswego, Or) 11.17 (HSL) (=13, x HS);
2. Amare Harlan (Fremont, Ogden, Ut) 11.56; 3. Reign Redmond (Carson) 11.56.
200(0.7): 1. Brahe-Pedersen 23.01 (out HSL);
2. Madison Whyte (Heritage, Newport News, Va) 23.48.
400: 1. **Joelle Trepagnier (Culver City) 53.56; 2. *Payton Smith (La Jolla) 54.12.
800: 1. MacKenzie Browne (North, Riverside) 2:03.07 (out HSL);
2. *Allison Ince (Normal, Il) 2:03.17; 3. Madison Shults (Niwot, Co) 2:04.28.
Mile: 1. **Sadie Engelhardt (Ventura) 4:36.26 (HSL) (4:16.85 HSL);
2. **Jane Hedengren (Timpview, Provo) 4:41.08.
3200: 1. Irene Riggs (Morgantown, WV) 9:52.66 <9:56.10> (9:16.07 out HSL); 2. **Hanne Thomsen (Montgomery, Santa Rosa) 9:55.31 <9:58.77>; 3. Emma Stutzman (Pomona) 9:56.34 <9:59.80>; 4. *Isabel Allori (Liberty, Ft Collins, Co) 9:56.82 <10:00.29>; 5. *Payton Godsey (Oaks, Westlake Village) 9:57.77 <10:01.24>; 6. *Bethany Michalak (Air Academy, Air Force Academy, Co) 9:57.86 <10:01.33>; 7. *Gioana Lopizzo (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad, California) 9:59.08 <10:02.56>; 8. Ciara O’Shea (Madison Central, Richmond, Kentucky) 9:59.18 <10:02.68>.
100H(0.6): 1. Saira Prince (Williams, Gilbert, Az) 13.58; 2. *Gabriella Cunningham (Grandview, Co) 13.69.
300H: 1. Prince 41.24.
4 x 100: 1. Carson 45.51; 2. Ritter, St. Louis 45.89.
4 x 200: 1. Heritage, Newport News, Va 1:38.19; 2. St. Mary’s, Inglewood 1:38.41.
4 x 400: 1. North, Riverside 3:49.36; 2. Calabasas 3:49.87; 3. Lake Oswego, Or 3:50.27.
4 x 800: 1. Del Norte, San Diego 9:00.77; 2. JSerra, San Juan Capistrano 9:03.27.
4 x Mile: 1. Buchanan 20:01.12; 2. Lone Peak 20:13.82.
800Med: 1. Oaks, Westlake Village 1:44.41 (HSL);
2. Parkland, Winston-Salem, NC 1:44.61.
SpMed: 1. North 4:01.46.
DMR: 1. JSerra 11:52.45; 2. Palo Alto 11:58.80.
4 x 100H: 1. Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks 62.47.
HJ: 1. **JaiCieonna Gero-Holt (Emerald Ridge, Puyallup, Wa) 5-10.
PV: 1. Hana Moll (Capital, Olympia, Wa) 15-0 (AJR, lo-alt HSR) (old AJR 14-10¼/4.53 Chloe Timberg [Rutgers] ’22; old l-a HSR 14-10¾i Moll ’23) (2, 2 AJ, HS)
(13-9 [3], 14-3, 14-10 [x, 4 AJ; x, 3 HS] [2], 15-0, 15-1¾ HSR [xxx]) (4.19 [3], 4.34, 4.52 [2], 4.57, 4.61 [xxx]).
2. Amanda Moll (Capital) 13-3 (missed 13-9); 3. *Iliana Downing (La Costa Canyon, Carlsbad, Ca) 13-3.
LJ: 1. Sydnie Vanek (Clovis) 20-7½ (out HSL).
TJ: 1. *Meagan Humphries (Castaic) 39-9½.
SP: 1. Haedyn Bambolo (Bothell, Wa) 45-10.
DT: 1. April Fontenette (Notre Dame, Sherman Oaks) 153-1; 2. Nailea Fields (Caruthers) 152-10.
