Women’s American Junior (U20) Outdoor Records

American Junior Records are those ratified by USATF, which no longer recognizes the “absolute” concept, so marks must be made outdoors.  Junior Records are restricted to athletes who do not turn 20 at any time during the calendar year in which the mark is made.

+ = event not recognized as official by USATF, so “ratification” is by T&FN
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
i = made indoors
M = miles
m = meters
p = mark still pending ratification

Running Events
100 10.75 Sha’Carri Richardson (LSU) Austin, Texas 6/08/19
200 22.11(A) Allyson Felix (California HS) Mexico City, Mexico 5/03/03
(low-altitude)+ 22.17 Sha’Carri Richardson (LSU) Austin, Texas 6/08/19
400 49.89 Sanya Richards-Ross (Texas) Sacramento, California 7/17/04
49.84p Athing Mu (Texas A&M) College Station, Texas 5/15/21
49.68p Athing Mu (Texas A&M) College Station, Texas 5/29/21
49.57p Athing Mu (Texas A&M) Eugene, Oregon 6/12/21
800 1:57.73 Athing Mu (Texas A&M) Waco, Texas 4/17/21
1:56.07p Athing Mu (Nike) Eugene, Oregon 6/27/21
1:55.21p Athing Mu (Nike) Tokyo, Japan 8/03/21
1:55.04p Athing Mu (Nike) Eugene, Oregon 8/21/21
1500 4:03.39 Alexa Efraimson (Nike) Eugene, Oregon 5/30/15
Mile 4:35.24 Polly Plumer (California HS) Westwood, California 5/16/82
[note: indoor 4:24.11 by Mary Cain in ’14 not ratifiable]
2000St 6:29.20 Maddie Meyers (Washington HS) Villeneuve-d’Ascq, France 7/10/11
6:29.08p Sarah Trainor (New York HS) Staatsburg, New York 5/04/19
6:22.85p Karrie Baloga (New York HS) White Plains, New York 5/13/23
6:19.75p Angelina Napoleon (New York HS) Jamestown, New York 5/27/23
6:18.41p Angelina Napoleon (New York HS) Middletown, New York 6/10/23
Steeple 9:46.48 Madie Boreman (Colorado) Eugene, Oregon 6/10/17
3000 8:57.27 Ceci St. Geme (Stanford) Durham, North Carolina 7/27/82
[note: indoor 8:54.18 by Katelyn Tuohy in ’21 not ratifiable]
5000 15:36.95 Molly Huddle (Notre Dame) Walnut, California 4/17/03
15:34.47p Jenna Hutchins (Tennessee HS) Columbia, South Carolina 12/11/20
15:25.93p Natalie Cook (Texas HS) Flower Mound, Texas 4/01/22
10,000 32:51.20 Lindsay Scherf (Harvard) New York, New York 5/07/05
100 Hurdles 12.74 Dior Hall (USC) Eugene, Oregon 6/13/15
400 Hurdles 53.82 Sydney McLaughlin (New Jersey HS) Sacramento, California 6/25/17
53.60p Sydney McLaughlin (Kentucky) Fayetteville, Arkansas 4/27/18
52.75p Sydney McLaughlin (Kentucky) Knoxville, Tennessee 5/13/18
Relay Events
4 x 100 43.29 National Junior Team Eugene, Oregon 8/08/06
(Bianca Knight, Jeneba Tarmoh, Elizabeth Olear, Gabby Mayo)
42.88p National Junior Team Mayagüez, Puerto Rico 7/05/23
(Kaila Jackson, Camryn Dickson, Avery Lewis, Shawnti Jackson)
4 x 400 3:24.04(A) National Junior Team San José, Costa Rica 7/21/19
(Alexis Holmes 51.6, Kimberly Harris 51.2, Ziyah Holman 51.4, Kayla Davis 49.8)
[low-altitude AJR+ 3:27.60 National Team (Alex Anderson 53.1, Ashlee Kidd 51.6, Stephanie Smith 51.0, Natasha Hastings 51.9) Grosseto, Italy 7/18/04]
Mixed-Sex 4 x 400 3:17.69 National Junior Team Cali, Colombia 8/02/22
(Charlie Bartholomew 45.09, Madison Whyte 53.39, Will Sumner 45.97, Kennedy Wade 53.24)
Field Events
High Jump 1.99 | 6-6¼ Vashti Cunningham (Nike) Sacramento, California 6/23/17
Pole Vault 4.45 | 14-7¼ Desiree Freier (Texas HS) Eugene, Oregon 7/24/14
4.50 | 14-9p Paige Sommers (California HS) Chula Vista, California 5/29/21
4.50 | 14-9ip Amanda Moll (Washington HS) Spokane, Washington 2/27/22
4.51 | 14-9½p Amanda Moll (Washington HS) Austin, Texas 3/25/22
4.53 | 14-10¼p Chloe Timberg (Rutgers) Columbia, South Carolina 4/23/22
4.57 | 15-0p Hana Moll (Washington HS) Arcadia, California 4/08/23
4.61 | 15-1½p Hana Moll (Washington HS) Eugene, Oregon 7/09/23
4.65 | 15-3p Hana Moll (Washington HS) Budapest, Hungary 8/21/23
[note: indoor 4.61/15-1½(A) by Amanda Moll in ’23 not ratifiable]
Long Jump 6.83 | 22-5 Kate Hall (Maine HS) Greensboro, North Carolina 6/21/15
6.86 | 22-6¼p Alyssa Jones (Stanford) Austin, Texas 6/08/23
Triple Jump 14.15 | 46-5¼ Keturah Orji (Georgia) Eugene, Oregon 6/13/15
Shot 18.35 | 60-2½ Raven Saunders (Southern Illinois) Eugene, Oregon 6/11/15
Discus 60.59 | 198-9 Shelbi Vaughan (Texas HS) Bloomington, Indiana 6/15/12
[Seilala Sua (UCLA) had 6 unratified marks superior to Vaughan, topped by 63.44 | 208-2 Salinas, California, 5/21/97]
Hammer 68.12 | 223-6 Shelby Ashe (Throw 1 Deep) Bloomington, Indiana 6/16/12
Javelin 55.22 | 181-2 Haley Crouser (Oregon HS) Beaverton, Oregon 4/13/12
56.59 | 185-8p Madison Wiltrout (Pennsylvania HS) North Huntington, Pennsylvania 5/07/15
Multi Event
Heptathlon 6018 Kendell Williams (Georgia) Athens, Georgia 4/11/14
(13.32, 1.83/6-0, 12.59/41-3¾, 24.58 [3719], 5.93/19-5½, 38.15/125-2, 2:18.86 [2299])
Road Event
Marathon+ 2:31:49 Tierney Wolfgram (Nevada) Sacramento, California 11/07/20
Walking Events
1500 Walk 6:17.30i Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) New York, New York 2/03/18
6:02.85ip Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) New York, New York 2/09/19
Mile Walk 6:45.68i Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) New York, New York 2/03/18
6:28.21ip Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) New York, New York 2/09/19
3000 Walk 13:28:00 Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/17/19
13:24.76ip Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Lynchburg, Virginia 1/18/19
13:00.56ip Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Lynchburg, Virginia 1/17/20
5000 Walk 22:28.61 Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 4/27/19
5K Walk (road) 23:25 Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 8/27/19
23:08p Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Toronto, Ontario 8/10/18
10,000 Walk 45:57.81 Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Tampere, Finland 7/14/18
20K Walk (road) 1:38:55 Taylor Ewert (Ohio HS) Owego, New York 6/30/19

as of September 01, 2023