High School Records--Women

High 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:
* = mark made outside of HS competition
' after name = non-U.S. citizen
(A) = mark made at over 1000m of altitude (in affected events only)
y = race run at yard distance
int'l = international-weight throwing implement
h = hand-timed
i = made indoors
p = mark still pending ratification

Running Events
100...........11.11*........Angela Williams (Chino, California).........................Edwardsville, Illinois.....6/26/98
200...........22.58*........Marion Jones (Rio Mesa, Oxnard, California).................New Orleans, Louisiana.....6/28/92
400...........50.69*........Sanya Richards (Aquinas, Ft Lauderdale, Florida)............Stanford, California.......6/22/02
800...........2:00.07*......Kim Gallagher (Upper Dublin, Ft Washington, Pa).............Indianapolis, Indiana......7/24/82
1500..........4:16.6*.......Kim Gallagher (Upper Dublin, Ft Washington, Pa).............Villanova, Pennsylvania....6/12/82
Mile..........4:35.24*......Polly Plumer (University, Irvine, California)...............Westwood, California.......5/16/82
3000..........9:08.6*.......Lynn Bjorklund (Los Alamos, New Mexico).....................Kiev, Ukraine..............7/ 6/75
3200..........9:48.59.......Kim Mortensen (Thousand Oaks, California)...................Norwalk, California........5/24/96
2 Miles.......10:01.08......Molly Huddle (Notre Dame, Elmira, New York).................Raleigh, North Carolina....6/14/02
Steeplechase..10:49.63*.....Jenny Aldridge (Carillo, Santa Rosa, California)............Stanford, California.......6/22/02
5000..........16:13.7*......Mary Shea (Gibbons, Raleigh, North Carolina)................College Park, Maryland.....4/22/79
10,000........32:52.5*......Mary Shea (Gibbons, Raleigh, North Carolina)................Walnut, California.........6/15/79
Marathon......2:34:24*......Cathy O'Brien (Dover, New Hampshire)........................Olympia, Washington........5/12/84
100H..........12.95*........Candy Young (Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)....................Walnut, California.........6/16/79
300H..........39.98.........Lashinda Demus (Wilson, Long Beach, California).............Norwalk, California........5/19/01
400H..........55.20*........Leslie Maxie (Mills, Millbrae, California)..................San José, California.......6/ 9/84

Relay Events
4 x 100.......44.70.........St. Bernard, Playa del Rey, California......................Sacramento, California.....6/ 7/97
(Miesha Withers, Miya Edmonson, Regine Caruthers, Malika Edmonson)
4 x 200.......1:34.60.......Westbury, Houston, Texas....................................Houston, Texas.............5/ 2/98
(Nena Blue, Ashley Mitchell, Stephanie Durst, Melissa Abraham)
4 x 400.......3:35.72.......Wilson, Long Beach, California..............................Sacramento, California.....6/ 2/01
(Angel Tate 55.6, Quiana Hodges 55.5, Lashinda Demus 50.4, Ashley Freeman 54.2)
4 x 800.......8:50.41.......Boys & Girls, Brooklyn, New York............................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/25/02
(Akilah Vargas 2:12.7, Keziah Fernandez 2:15.1, Meisue Francis 2:12.1, Stacey Ann Livingston 2:10.5)
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......20:11.56......Bronxville, New York........................................Raleigh, North Carolina....6/15/02
(Kate O'Gorzaly 5:09.5, Caroline Mullen 5:08.2, Catha Mullen 5:02.4, Michelle Rorke 4:51.5)
800 Medley....1:42.0........Hawthorne, California.......................................Walnut, California.........4/24/87
(Adrienne Thomas, Deaundra Wheeler, Deanna Amy, Kee-Sha Adams)
..............1:42.08.......Berkeley, California........................................Walnut, California.........4/15/00
(Aisha Margain, Raqueta Margain, Katrina Keith, T'Carra Penick)
Sprint Medley.3:54.39.......Penn, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania............................Raleigh, North Carolina....6/13/97
(Jamila Levine 25.6, Quanda Talington 24.2, Angel Patterson 53.4, Yvonne Anderson 2:11.2)
Distance Med..11:41.28......San Lorenzo Valley, Felton, California......................Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.4/27/00
(Raquel Barrientos 3:42.1, Lindsey Scarborough 57.7, Shiloh Whiting 2:17.0, Alejandra Barrientos 4:44.5)
4 x 100H(30").56.78.........Muir, Pasadena, California..................................Las Vegas, Nevada..........6/ 8/85
(personnel unknown)
4 x 100H......58.89*........Palm Beach Lakes, West Palm Beach, Florida..................Gainesville, Florida.......3/27/98
(Antoinette Wilks, Sharianne Lawson, Lasheba Barnes, Jerkita McClorin--order uncertain)

Jumping Events
High Jump.....1.93*....6-4.........Amy Acuff (Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas).................Innsbruck, Austria.........8/28/93
Pole Vault....4.16.....13-8........Shayla Balentine (Morro Bay, California)....................Sacramento, California.....6/ 2/01
Long Jump.....6.78*....22-3........Kathy McMillan (Hoke County, Raeford, North Carolina).......Westwood, California.......6/12/76
Triple Jump...13.46....44-2 1/4 ...Ychlindria Spears (Luling, Texas)...........................Austin, Texas..............5/11/01

Throwing Events
Shot..........16.35....53-7 3/4 ...Natalie Kaaiawahia (Fullerton, California)..................Norwalk, California........5/21/83
Discus........57.40....188-4.......Suzy Powell (Modesto, California)...........................Modesto, California........5/20/94
Hammer........61.44*...201-7.......Maureen Griffin (Pocatello, Idaho)..........................Logan, Utah................5/30/98
Javelin.......60.56....198-8.......Barbara Friedrich (Manasquan, New Jersey)...................W Long Branch, N Jersey....6/ 4/67
  (int).......53.18*...174-6.......Kendra Wecker (Marysville, Kansas)..........................Monterrey, Mexico..........8/ 5/00

Multi Event
Heptathlon....5493*.........Kendra Reimer (New Braunfels, Texas)........................Annecy, France.............7/31-8/1/98
 (14.29, 1.56/5-1 1/4, 11.53/37-10, 25.65 [3085--18], 5.76/18-10 3/4, 46.83/153-8, 2:19.35 [2408])

Marks made in HS-only competition
(listed only if main HSR was made outside of HS-only competition)
100...........11.14.........Marion Jones (Thousand Oaks, California)....................Norwalk, California........6/06/92
200...........22.67.........Marion Jones (Thousand Oaks, California)....................Mission Viejo, California..5/16/92
400...........50.74.........Monique Henderson (Morse, San Diego, California)............Norwalk, California........6/ 3/00
800...........2:04.55.......Tamieka Grizzle (Washington, New York, New  York)...........Raleigh, North Carolina....6/15/96
1500........... (still being researched)
Mile........... (still being researched)
3000.......... . (still being researched)
100H..........13.20.........Nichole Denby (North, Riverside, California)................Norwalk, California........6/ 3/00
400H..........57.48.........Tawana Watkins (Paterson, New Jersey).......................Raleigh, North Carolina....6/16/01
4 x 100H......59.00.........Edgewood, Atco, New Jersey..................................Morristown, New Jersey ....5/17/99
(Yvette Murry, Kierra Clemons, Pam Richardson, Dennean Davis)

Field Events
HJ............1.90(A)..6-3i........Lisa Bernhagen (Wood River, Hailey, Idaho)..................Pocatello, Idaho...........2/18/84
..............1.90.....6-3.........Amy Acuff (Calallen, Corpus Christi, Texas).................Corpus Christi, Texas......4/11/92
LJ ...........6.75.....22-1 3/4 ...Kathy McMillan (Hoke County, Raeford, N Carolina)...........Knoxville, Tennessee.......4/24/76
HT............57.68....189-3.......Kate Johnston (Veterans Memorial, Warwick, RI)..............Warwick, Rhode Island......5/27/01
JT............53.04....174-0.......Kendra Wecker (Marysville, Kansas)..........................Marysville, Kansas.........4/23/01
Heptathlon.............(still being researched)