IHSA

Girls Track & Field Event Records

Last updated on May 25, 2009.

National Records from 2009 National High School Sports Record Book.

Old Class A records are now part of the Class 1A category; old Class AA records are now part of the Class 3A category.

The IHSA state final records were revised in 2008 to include only races contested at metric distances. For races using manual timing, a conversion of .24 seconds has been added and indicated as CMT (converted manual time).

100-meter dash

National — 11.14 (FAT), Marion Jones, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1992
IHSA — 11.41 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2004 (finals)
Class 1A — 12.13 (FAT), Kimberly Spencer, Pinckneyville, 2007 (finals)
Class 2A — 11.94 (FAT), Dominique Kimpel, Kankakee (Sr.), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 11.41 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2004 (finals)

200-meter dash

National — 22.52 (FAT), Allyson Felix, Los Angeles (Baptist), CA, 2003
IHSA — 23.32 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (finals)
Class 1A — 24.90 (FAT), Shelly Smith, Kewanee (Wethersfield), 1992 (finals)
— 24.90 (FAT), Jennifer Hoffman, South Holland (Seton Academy), 2001 (finals)
Class 2A — 24.70 (FAT), Dominique Kimpel, Kankakee (Sr.), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 23.32 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (finals)

400-meter dash

National — 50.74 (FAT), Monique Henderson, San Diego (Samuel Morse), CA, 2000
IHSA — 52.63 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (finals)
Class 1A — 55.66, Alisa Baron, Manlius (Bureau Valley), 2008 (finals)
Class 2A — 54.85 (FAT), Marissa Golliday, Oak Lawn (Richards), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 52.63 (FAT), Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (finals)

800-meter run

National — 2:02.90 (FAT), Chanelle Price, Easton (E. Area), PA, 2008
IHSA — 2:07.54 (CMT), Shelly McBride, Crete (C.-Monee), 1984 (finals)
Class 1A — 2:09.12, Stephanie Brown, Downs (Tri-Valley), 2009 (prelims)
Class 2A — 2:12.59, Amanda Duvendack, Metamora, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 2:07.54 (CMT), Shelly McBride, Crete (C.-Monee), 1984 (finals)

1600-meter run

National — 4:33.82 (FAT), Christine Babcock, Irvine (Woodbridge), CA, 2008
IHSA — 4:46.5 (CMT), Suzie Tuffey, Peoria (Bergan), 1984 (prelims)
Class 1A — 4:46.5 (CMT), Suzie Tuffey, Peoria (Bergan), 1984 (prelims)
Class 2A — 5:02.96 (FAT), Margo Richardson, Mt. Vernon, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 4:49.34 (CMT), Shelly McBride, Crete (C.-Monee), 1985 (finals)

3200-meter run

National — 9:48.59 (FAT), Kimberly Mortensen, Thousand Oaks, CA, 1996
IHSA — 10:13.24 (CMT), Suzie Tuffey, Peoria (Bergan), 1984 (finals)
Class 1A — 10:13.24 (CMT), Suzie Tuffey, Peoria (Bergan), 1984 (finals)
Class 2A — 11:13.76 (FAT), Margo Richardson, Mt. Vernon, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 10:17.28 (FAT), Maria Cicero, Elmhurst (York), 2001 (finals)

100-meter high hurdles

National — 13.03 (FAT), Vashti Thomas, San Jose (Mt. Pleasant), CA, 2007
IHSA — 13.54 (FAT), Dawn Harper, East St. Louis (Sr.), 2001 (finals)
Class 1A — 14.42 (FAT), Chelsea Humphrey, Kewanee (Wethersfield), 2001 (prelims)
Class 2A — 14.48 (FAT), Laquitsha Bejoile, Cahokia, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 13.54 (FAT), Dawn Harper, East St. Louis (Sr.), 2001 (finals)

300-meter low hurdles

National — 39.98 (FAT), Lashinda Demus, Long Beach (Wilson), CA, 2001
IHSA — 40.61 (FAT), Shalina Clarke, Evanston (Twp.), 2005 (finals)
Class 1A — 42.96 (FAT), Pam Wolf, Roseville, 2003 (finals)
Class 2A — 44.92 (FAT), Laquitsha Bejoile, Cahokia, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 40.61 (FAT), Shalina Clarke, Evanston (Twp.), 2005 (finals)

4x100-meter relay

National — 44.50 (FAT), Long Beach (Poly), CA (Shana Solomon, Jasmine Lee, Chanda Picott, Shalonda Solomon), 2004
IHSA — 46.23 (FAT), East St. Louis (Sr.) (Chare' Wilson, Chelsey Robinson, Deara McNeal, Ronecia Nash), 2008 (finals)
Class 1A — 48.56 (FAT), Normal (University) (Stef Dilbeck, Chandra Golden, Daniesha Julious, Nicole Neal), 2005 (finals)
Class 2A — 47.86 (FAT), Rock Island (H.S.) (Ciara Turner, Triona Roberts, Genesis Johnson, Brittney Hart), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 46.23 (FAT), East St. Louis (Sr.) (Chare' Wilson, Chelsey Robinson, Deara McNeal, Ronecia Nash), 2008 (finals)

4x200-meter relay

National — 1:33.87 (FAT), Long Beach (Poly), CA (Shana Solomon, Jasmine Lee, Chanda Picott, Shalonda Solomon), 2004
IHSA — 1:37.97 (FAT), Evanston (Twp.) (Coretta Evans, Mya Edwards, Demeca Hill, Traciann Henry), 2003 (finals)
Class 1A — 1:43.48 (FAT), Rochester (Kim Heath, Courtney Keller, Ashleigh Laningham, Shelly Kemp), 1994 (finals)
Class 2A — 1:40.53 (FAT), Springfield (Southeast) (Amber Brown, Marscia Davis, Shawnise Stelivan, Alexandria Harden), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 1:37.97 (FAT), Evanston (Twp.) (Coretta Evans, Mya Edwards, Demeca Hill, Traciann Henry), 2003 (finals)

4x400-meter relay

National — 3:35.49 (FAT), Long Beach (Poly), CA (Shana Solomon, Jasmine Lee, Chanda Picott, Shalonda Solomon), 2004
IHSA — 3:45.14 (CMT), East St. Louis (Lincoln) (Rosalyn Rucker, Nicolle Thompson, Melissa Gilbert, Marcia Byrd), 1984 (finals)
Class 1A — 3:56.90 (FAT), Freeburg (Kristen Mense, Allison Alberts, Katie Weber, Brenda Whitworth), 2005 (finals)
Class 2A — 3:54.53 (FAT), Glen Ellyn (Glenbard South) (Emily Gniatczyk, Kim Iacobazzi, Val Wass, Libby O'Brien), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 3:45.14 (CMT), East St. Louis (Lincoln) (Rosalyn Rucker, Nicolle Thompson, Melissa Gilbert, Marcia Byrd), 1984 (finals)

4x800-meter relay

National —8:50.41 (FAT), New York (Brooklyn Boys and Girls), NY (Akilah Vargas, Keziah Fernandez, Meisue Francis, Stacey Ann Livingston), 2002
IHSA — 9:04.14 (FAT), Barrington (Rebecca Tracy, Kala Bingham, Samantha Learch, Molly Glantz), 2008 (finals)
Class 1A — 9:23.93 (FAT), Downs (Tri-Valley) (Nicki Coop, Christine Peterson, Jessica Schmidt, Stephanie Brown), 2009 (finals)
Class 2A — 9:34.09 (FAT), Yorkville (Esther Bell, Ali Hester, Megan Frisk, Christen Sebby), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 9:04.14 (FAT), Barrington (Rebecca Tracy, Kala Bingham, Samantha Learch, Molly Glantz), 2008 (finals)

high jump

National — 6-3, Amy Acuff, Corpus Christi (Calallen), TX, 1992
IHSA — 5-11, Melinda Morris, Buffalo (Tri-City), 1980 (finals)
Class 1A — 5-11, Melinda Morris, Buffalo (Tri-City), 1980 (finals)
Class 2A — 5-7, Sarah Maxson, Springfield (H.S.), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 5-10 3/4, Nicole Williams, Sterling (H.S.), 2003 (finals)

pole vault

National — 14-1, Tori Anthony, Palo Alto (Castilleja), CA, 2007
IHSA — 13-3, Sarah Landau, Geneva, 2004 (finals)
Class 1A — 11-7, Katherine Hendricks, Carterville, 2006 (finals)
Class 2A — 11-7, Emily Clay, Normal (University), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 13-3, Sarah Landau, Geneva, 2004 (finals)

long jump

National — 22-1 3/4, Kathy McMillan, Raeford (Hoke County), NC, 1976
IHSA — 20-9, Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (prelims)
Class 1A — 19-4, Jaimee Roy, Neoga, 2009 (finals)
Class 2A — 19-1, Alexandria Harden, Springfield (Southeast), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 20-9, Alexandria Anderson, Chicago (Morgan Park), 2005 (prelims)

triple jump

National — 44-2 1/4, Ychlindria Spears, Luling, TX, 2001
IHSA — 41-5, Deana Simmons, Decatur (MacArthur), 1996 (finals)
Class 1A — 39-3 1/4, Kendall Rush, Spring Valley (Hall), 2009 (prelims)
Class 2A — 39-10 3/4, Jan Jenkins, Rochelle, 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 41-5, Deana Simmons, Decatur (MacArthur), 1996 (finals)

shot put

National — 54-10 3/4, Michelle Carter, Red Oak, TX, 2003
IHSA — 49-10 1/2, Daniella Bunch, Mahomet (M.-Seymour), 2009 (finals)
Class 1A — 48-0 1/2, Lisa Ferry, Greenville, 1979 (finals)
Class 2A — 49-10 1/2, Daniella Bunch, Mahomet (M.-Seymour), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 49-4 3/4, Daniella Bunch, Mahomet (M.-Seymour), 2008 (finals)

discus throw

National — 188-4, Suzy Powell, Modesto (Thomas Downey), CA, 1994
IHSA — 157-8, Bailey Wagner, Fox Lake (Grant), 2008 (finals)
Class 1A — 145-3, Jennifer Brown, St. Joseph (S.J.-Ogden) 1996 (prelims)
Class 2A — 143-9, Hannah Baker, Marion (H.S.), 2009 (finals)
Class 3A — 157-8, Bailey Wagner, Fox Lake (Grant), 2008 (finals)