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 49.57 Athing Mu (Texas A&M) Eugene, Oregon 6/12/21
800 1:55.04 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]
2000 Steeple+ 6:18.41 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 15:25.93 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 53.60 McLaughlin-Levrone (Kentucky) Fayetteville, Arkansas 4/27/18
[Note: statistically acceptable 52.75 by McLaughlin-Levrone in ’18 never ratified]
Relay Events
4 x 100 42.88 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)+ 3:27.60 National Team Grosseto, Italy 7/18/04
(Alex Anderson 53.1, Ashlee Kidd 51.6, Stephanie Smith 51.0, Natasha Hastings 51.9)
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 4.65 | 15-3 Hana Moll (Washington HS) Budapest, Hungary 8/21/23
Long Jump 6.86 | 22-6¼ 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 56.59 | 185-8 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
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 February 10, 2024