Current USA High School Boys Track and Field Records Through July 2009 – Part 1

Here are the current USA High School Boys Track and Field Records through July 2009. This list gives every high school runner, jumper and thrower an idea of what it takes to become a world-class athlete at the prep level.

Some of these record-holders have just completed their senior season and are likely headed for college competition somewhere. They include hurdler Reggie Wyatt, long jumper Marquis Goodwin, discus thrower Mason Finley, hammer thrower Conor McCullough, decathlon athlete Curtis Beach, and relay speedsters Andrew Hendrix and brother Anthony Hendrix.

The list of names from the past and their performances is amazing, and they have become household names in the track and field community worldwide. They include Alan Webb, Galen Rupp, and more recently German Fernandez.

USA High School Boys Track and Field Records

100 Meters – 10.01 in 2008 by Jeff Demps of South Lake High School in Groveland (FL).

200 – 20.13 in 1985 by Roy Martin of Roosevelt HS in Dallas (TX).

400 – 44.69 in 1982 by Darrell Robinson of Wilson HS in Tacoma (WA).

800 – 1:46.45 in 1996 by Michael Granville of Bell Gardens (CA) HS.

1,000 – 2:24.79 in 2003 by Bobby Curtis of St. Xavier HS in Louisville (KY).

1,500 – 3:38.26 in 2001 by Alan Webb of South Lakes HS in Reston (VA).

Mile – 3:53.43 in 2001 by Alan Webb of South Lakes HS in Reston (VA).

2,000 – 5:18.50 in 2004 by Galen Rupp of Central Catholic HS in Portland (OR).

3,000 Steeplechase – 8:50.10 in 1979 by Jeff Hess of Eugene (OR) HS.

3,000 – 7:59.83 in 2008 by German Fernandez of Riverbank (CA) HS.

2 Miles – 8:34.40 in 2008 by German Fernandez of Riverbank (CA) HS.

5,000 – 13:37.91 in 2004 by Galen Rupp of Central Catholic HS in Portland (OR).

10,000 – 28:32.70 in 1976 by Rudy Chapa of Hammond (IN) HS.

110 Hurdles – 13.30 in 1990 by Chris Nelloms of Dunbar HS in Dayton (OH).

300 Hurdles – 35.02 in 2009 by Reggie Wyatt of La Sierra HS in Riverside (CA).

400 Hurdles – 49.38 in 2002 by Ken Ferguson of Mumford HS in Detroit (MI).

4×100 Relay – 39.76 in 1998 by Milton Wesley, Montie Clopton, Michael Franklin and DeMario Wesley of Wyatt HS in Ft. Worth (TX).

4×200 Relay – 1:23.31 in 1998 by Milton Wesley, Montie Clopton, Michael Franklin and DeMario Wesley of Wyatt HS in Ft. Worth (TX).

4×400 Relay – 3:07.40 in 1985 by Michael Graham 48.1, Mike Marsh 47.7, Sean Kelly 47.1 and Henry Thomas 44.5 of Hawthorne (CA) HS.

4×800 Relay – 7:30.67 in 2009 by Garrett Bradley 1:55.43, Zach Vrhovac 1:50.57, Luke Noble 1:55.34 and Anthony Kostelac 1:49.33 of Albemarle HS in Charlottesville (VA).

4×1,500 Relay – 16:03.70 in 2002 by Eric Mason 4:05.6, John Chambers 4:05.1, Will Kimball 3:58.5 and Matt McGuirk 3:54.5 of South HS in Eugene (OR).

4xMile Relay – 17:06.6 in 1976 by Dirk Lakeman 4:16.9, Chris Nielsen 4:19.7, Bill McChesney 4:11.8 and John Gustafson 4:18.2 of South HS in Eugene (OR).

Sprint Medley – 3:19.58 in 2009 by Fuquawn Greene 21.5, Miles Sparks 21.8, Andrew Hendrix 46.6 and Anthony Hendrix 1:49.7 of New Bern (Track East Carolina) HS in New Bern, NC.

Distance Medley – 9:49.78 in 2001 by Richard Smith 3:03.2, Justin Smyser 50.2, Kanda Karmo 1:56.6 and Alan Webb 3:59.80 of South Lakes HS in Reston (VA).

4×110 Hurdles – 56.32 in 2004 by Dennis Martin 13.9, Brandon Brown 13.8, Martez Brown 14.2 and Mauricus Brown 14.4 of Westside HS in Anderson (SC).

High Jump – 7-07 in 2002 by Andra Manson of Brenham (TX) HS.

Pole Vault – 18-02.75 in 2003 by Tommy Skipper of Sandy (OR) HS.

Long Jump – 26-10 in 2009 by Marquis Goodwin of Rowlett (TX) HS.

Triple Jump – 54-10.25 in 2004 by Kenny Hall of Tara HS in Baton Rouge (LA).

Shot Put – 81-03.25 in 1979 by Michael Carter of Jefferson HS in Dallas (TX).

Discus – 236-06 in 2009 by Mason Finley of Buena Vista (CO) HS.

Hammer – 260-00 in 2008 by Conor McCullough of Chaminade HS in West Hills (CA).

Javelin – 241-11 in 1988 by Tommi Viskari of Amsterdam (NY) HS.

Decathlon – 7,909 in 2009 by Curtis Beach of Academy HS in Albuquerque (NM).

Marathon – 2:23.47 in 1973 by Mitch Kingery of San Carlos (CA) HS.

(Editor’s Note: This is Part 1 of a 2-Part Series.)

Read my articles on track and field, cross-country and distance running, including:

“Best 2009 USA High School Track & Field Performances Feature 10 New Records – Parts 1 and 2″

“A Senior Moment – Dinner with 3-Time Olympian and American-Record Hammer Thrower Ed Burke”

“Karen Steen Shatters World Steeplechase Record at the 2009 National Masters Meet”

“The Problem With USA Track & Field – There Simply Is No Fire in the Belly”

“2009 Prefontaine Classic Had Exactly One Great Leap From Dwight Phillips”

“Oregon Ducks Set School Records Aplenty in Sweeping Pac-10 Track and Field Championships”

“Michael Kiley Most Impressive Performer at New York Prep Track Championships”

“Are California’s Prep Athletes the Best in the Nation? Well, Yes, Absolutely”

“Parkview Boys and Wesleyan Girls Crush Competition for Georgia State Track Championships”

“Mead Boys and Bellarmine Girls Win Washington State Track Titles”

“Preps Set 17 New High School Marks in American Track & Field Competition”

“2009 Simplot Games Showcase the Nation’s Top High School Track and Field Talent”

“National Indoor Middle Distance USA High School Track Records – What It Takes to Be the Best”

“2009 Boston Marathon – At Last, American-Born Runners Click It Up a Notch Against African Winners”

“USA Middle Distance Outdoor Records for Male Super Master Runners Ages 50-74″

“Arthur Lydiard, the World’s Greatest Middle Distance Coach, on How to Train Effectively”

Find “Ed Bagley’s Articles” at:

If You Are to Succeed in Track and Field As a Runner You Better Be Passionate About It

As far back as I can remember I have always been passionate about running. I grew up in rural North Carolina in a small tow and we did not having a track to run on throughout my K-12 school years.

For those of you reading this article and you are in your formative years of school, I encourage you to not only dedicate but commitment your entire person to running as a track and field student athlete. Why?

Running with passion has a lot to do with purpose, meaning you were born to be a runner. Once you assess your reality you will realize you are not running against anyone else, rather you are competing with yourself.

The bottom line is it does not matter what your opponent in the race is about, the race is about how well you perform.I will explain the previous statement for you because its the key to your track and field success as a runner.

First of all, when you make the decision to join and participate on the track team as a runner, make it count. Ensure you lift weights to give you the endurance required to compete at the highest level you can.

As referenced earlier, when I participated in track and field my school did not have a track to practice on. One would assume our track team could not compete at a high level, but we did because once we saw the track to compete on, we excelled because we practiced track on our football practice field back on campus.

Practice is crucial to your success as a track and field athlete. Practice represents your quest to compete at the highest level you possible can. The harder you practice the more rest required and the more rest you receive the quicker your body will be able to recover from intense workouts.

Most importantly, following a balanced diet will complete your training regimen. As you can see, competing in track and field as a runner is a holistic process.

Ensure you are able to embrace mental toughness because you will have to enhance your pain threshold for practice and the event. I recommend meditation before and after practice to visualize your practices and prepare for your competitions.

Remember perfect practice yields perfect results. If you learn to embrace intense practice sessions this is where the real victories is won in track and field and why you do not need to bother with what your competition is doing.

When you consider the fact you practice hard all week for one or two races at your track and field meet, its possible to win consistently. Last but certainly not least, get plenty of rest and eat properly, it will position you to succeed in track and field. Everything I referenced represents passionate for running successfully.

Biomechanics: Can Table Tennis Skills Be Transferred to Other Racket Sports?

Can ping pong help me learn tennis? Will racquetball hurt my tennis game? Can badminton help me play better table tennis? These kinds of questions about the transference of skills between racket sports come up all the time. The author has some unique credentials to help answer these questions. We will examine some of the mechanical similarities and differences between racket sports to help answer some of these questions.

To best compare the mechanics of tennis, table tennis, or other racket sports requires a bit of basic kinesiology. If you are standing relaxed with your hands at your sides, palms facing forward, you are in what is called the “Anatomic Position”. If you angle your fingertips away from your thighs, the max being about 45 degrees, that movement is called “Wrist Abduction”. Reversing that small movement is called “Wrist ADDuction”. Kinesiology students remember the difference by visualizing that this body part is being “ADDed” toward the midline, or long axis of the body and like to capitalize the first three letters for clarity.

Wrist posture is one very important difference between table tennis, tennis, racquetball, squash, badminton, and even fencing. Picture a fencer with a sabre or foil in their hand thrusting toward the opponent. In order to make the foil tip reach as far as possible, the wrist must be fully adducted. The wrist posture for table tennis is nearly the same but used for another purpose, not just for extending the reach.

In table tennis, the wrist is adducted to allow it to express whip during forward motion at contact. The legs, torso, shoulder, and arm start the movement and transmit momentum in what is called a “Kinetic Chain”. That chain of movement snaps the table tennis racket like a bullwhip at the ball. This kinetic chain of momentum from the ground, up through the body, then culminating at contact is actually common to most, if not all, contact/collision sports such as football and baseball. In contrast to table tennis, the wrist in tennis is usually “ABDucted”.

With the brief exceptions of reaching defensively to get to a ball or reaching upward for a serve or smash, the wrist posture in tennis is more like holding a hammer, much more “ABDucted”. This posture does several things for a tennis player. First, it makes bearing the extra weight and length of a tennis racket easier by it being above the hand vertically.

Second, an “ABDucted” wrist is a stronger, more controllable wrist posture. It is more able to resist the high impact forces of a tennis ball and also more able to resist the high twisting forces of off center impacts. Obviously, these kinds of impact forces do not exist in table tennis and learning this posture requires a great deal of practice and discipline. Unfortunately, as the author has found, that same “ABDucted” wrist discipline painstakingly learned to play better tennis is difficult to set aside when one tries to play ping pong with its “ADDucted” wrist.

This is THE main complaint of table tennis coaches, when teaching those who have come from tennis, that they must constantly remind them to “drop” or “ADDuct” the wrist. The author’s own ping pong coaches just smile and point now! In the authors theoretical and practical opinion, It appears that among racket sports, tennis requires the most discipline in terms of wrist “ABDuction”. Tennis, and perhaps ping pong, may also require more discipline in its strokes in general. Again, some additional basic kinesiology is useful.

From the “Anatomic Position” described above, if you bend your wrists so that your palms face upward, you are FLEXING your wrists. When you return your hands to the position in which your fingers point toward the floor, you are EXTENDING your wrists. When you rotate your forearms so that your thumbs are next to your thighs and your palms face behind you, you are PRONATING your forearms. The opposite movement is called SUPINATION. Both PRONATION and SUPINATION are defined by the two bones in the forearm rotating around each other, movements which are distinct but often confused with flexing the wrist.

Because the target for badminton, squash, and racquetball is so large, acceleration of the racket and contact speed is usually top priority. To do that, both flexion and pronation is used in the forearm to obtain the highest velocity. The target in tennis and table tennis is smaller than the other sports and maximum racket velocity is less often desired. The notable exceptions are the tennis serve and smash, but even those strokes generate racket velocity by almost exclusively using PRONATION, not FLEXION of the wrist. Pronation is also the dominant forearm movement in throwing a fast baseball.

What does this tell us about transferring skills from one sport to another? Does this make one racket sport easier to learn if you are already familiar with another? These are obviously difficult and complex questions even for a biomechanical specialist in racket sports, but if we isolate just the differences discussed here, one path to the answers can be found.

When it comes to the wrist and forearm discipline described above, we can assume that it is more difficult to acquire discipline than to suspend it. For that reason it follows that it is easier to learn racquetball, badminton, and squash AFTER learning tennis or table tennis. Conversely, it is more difficult to acquire the forearm discipline required in tennis and table tennis, AFTER learning the other sports which emphasize laxity of both forearm motions described here.

Beyond its biomechanical logic, this principle is born out in the author’s personal experience in racket sports and over 30 years of coaching. His tournament experience in racquetball followed that of tennis and it always seemed easy to relax the discipline of tennis to “snap” at maximum velocity at a racquetball. Over these years many students struggled to learn the additional discipline of tennis after the other sports. In short, the author recommends learning tennis and/or table tennis BEFORE branching out into the other sports that are dominated by whipping arm swings.

Jonathan Bailin, Ph.D. received his doctorate in Biomechanics/Exercise Physiology while performing research on impact to the forearm supported by the USTA, while coaching 9 years of Division 1 NCAA tennis at the University of Southern California.

Recently, Jonathan rediscovered his passion for the table tennis he played as a child in the basement of his mid west home. He realized it was here that the foundation for eye/hand coordination, spin techniques, and love of the game began. It is a shame the two sports are not more closely promoted as they share so much.

Current USA High School Girls Track and Field Records Through July 2009 – Part 2

Here are the current USA High School Girls Track and Field Records through July 2009. This list gives every high school runner, jumper and thrower an idea of what it takes to become a world-class athlete at the prep level.

Some of these record-holders have just completed their senior season and are likely headed for college competition somewhere. They include middle distance runner Jordan Hasay, steeplechaser Shelby Greany, high jumper Toni Young, and discus thrower Anna Jelmini.

The list of names from the past and their performances is amazing, and they have become household names in the track and field community worldwide. They include Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards, Kim Gallagher, Polly Plumer, and more recently Christine Babcock.

USA High School Girls Track & Field Records

100 – 11.11 in 1998 by Angela Williams of Chino (CA) High School.

200 – 22.51 in 2003 by Allyson Felix of Los Angeles Baptist HS in North Hills (CA). Felix also had a 22.11 at altitude in Mexico City, Mexico.

400 – 50.69 in 2002 by Sanya Richards of St. Aquinas HS in Ft. Lauderdale (FL).

800 – 2:00.07 in 1982 by Kim Gallagher of Upper Dublin HS in Ft. Washington (PA).

1,500 – 4:14.50 in 2008 by Jordan Hasay of Mission HS in San Luis Obispo (CA).

Mile – 4:35.24 in 1982 by Polly Plumer of University HS in Irvine (CA).

3,000 Steeplechase – 10:15.26 in 2006 by Mel Lawrence of Reno (NV) HS.

3,000 – 9:08.60 in 1975 by Lynn Bjorklund of Los Alamos (NM) HS.

2 Miles – 10:01.08 in 2002 by Molly Huddle of Norte Dame HS in Elmira (NY).

5,000 – 15:52.88 in 2004 by Caitlin Chock of Granite Bay (CA) HS.

10,000 – 32:52.5 in 1979 by Mary Shea of Cardinal Gibbons HS in Raleigh (NC).

100 Hurdles – 12.95 in 1979 by Candy Young of Beaver Falls (PA) HS.

300 Hurdles – 39.98 in 2001 by Lashinda Demus of Wilson HS in Long Beach (CA).

400 Hurdles – 55.20 in 1984 by Leslie Maxie of Mills HS in Millbrae (CA).

4×100 Relay – 44.50 in 2004 by Shana Solomon, Jasmine Lee, Chanda Picott and Shalonda Solomon of Poly HS in Long Beach (CA).

4×200 Relay – 1:33.87 in 2004 by Shana Solomon 24.2, Jasmine Lee 23.3, Shana Woods 23.4 and Shalonda Solomon 23.0 of Poly HS in Long Beach (CA).

4×400 Relay – 3:35.49 in 2004 by Shana Woods 55.7, DeShanta Harris 55.6, Jasmine Lee 52.6 and Shalonda Solomon 51.6 of Poly HS in Long Beach (CA).

4×800 Relay – 8:43.12 in 2008 by Dominique Lockhart 2:13.0, Amirah Johnson 2:08.6, Brittany Ogunomokun 2:11.9 and Tasha Stanley 2:09.6 of Roosevelt HS in Greenbelt (MD).

4×1,500 Relay – 18:52.5 in 1982 by Laura Sauerwein 4:48.7, Polly Plumer 4:28.1, Judy McLaughlin 4:55.7 and Terea Barrios 4:40.5 of University HS in Irvine (CA).

4xMile Relay – 19:56.75 in 2006 by Christy Goldman 5:08.7, Shelby Greany 5:01.8, Caroline Heidt 4:52.3 and Kara McKenna 4:53.9 of Suffern (NY) HS.

800 Medley – 1:38.73 in 2003 by Shana Solomon, Dominique Dorsey, Jasmine Lee and Shalonda Solomon 51.4 of Poly HS in Long Beach (CA).

Sprint Medley – 3:51.90 in 2007 by Afia Charles, Doris Anyanwu, Takecia Jameson and Marika Walker 2:06.7 of Roosevelt HS in Greenbelt (MD).

Distance Medley – 11:31.81 in 2008 by Tori Pennings 3:33.2, Kristen Jados 57.3, Claire Pettit 2:11.3 and Lillian Greibesland 4:50.0 of Warwick Valley HS in Warwick (NY).

4×100 Hurdles – 57.49 in 2003 by Gayle Hunter, Dominique Manning, Lili Calhoun and Ashlee Brown of North HS in Riverside (CA).

High Jump – 6-04 in 2009 by Tori Young of Del City (OK) HS, and in 1993 by Amy Acuff of Calallen HS in Corpus Christi (TX).

Pole Vault – 14-01.25 in 2007 by Tori Anthony of Castilleja HS in Palo Alto (CA). Anthony also had an indoor vault of 14-02.50 in 2007.

Long Jump – 22-03 in 1976 by Kathy McMillan of Hoke County HS in Raeford (NC).

Triple Jump – 44-11.75 in 2004 by Brittany Daniels of West HS in Tracy (CA).

Shot Put – 54-10.75 in 2003 by Michelle Carter of Red Oak (TX) HS.

Discus – 190-03 in 2009 by Anna Jelmini of Shafter (CA) HS.

Hammer – 201-07 in 1998 by Maureen Griffin of Pocatello (ID) HS.

Javelin – 176-05 in 2005 by Rachel Yurkovich of Newberg (OR) HS.

Heptathlon – 5,533 in 2006 by Shana Woods of Poly HS in Long Beach (CA).

Marathon – 2:34.24 in 1984 by Cathy Schiro of Dover (NH) HS.

(Editor’s Note: This is Part 2 of a 2-Part Series.)

Copyright © 2009 Ed Bagley

Read my articles on track and field, cross-country and distance running, including:

“Best 2009 USA High School Track & Field Performances Feature 10 New Records – Parts 1 and 2″

“A Senior Moment – Dinner with 3-Time Olympian and American-Record Hammer Thrower Ed Burke”

“Karen Steen Shatters World Steeplechase Record at the 2009 National Masters Meet”

“The Problem With USA Track & Field – There Simply Is No Fire in the Belly”

“2009 Prefontaine Classic Had Exactly One Great Leap From Dwight Phillips”

“Oregon Ducks Set School Records Aplenty in Sweeping Pac-10 Track and Field Championships”

“Michael Kiley Most Impressive Performer at New York Prep Track Championships”

“Are California’s Prep Athletes the Best in the Nation? Well, Yes, Absolutely”

“Parkview Boys and Wesleyan Girls Crush Competition for Georgia State Track Championships”

“Mead Boys and Bellarmine Girls Win Washington State Track Titles”

“Preps Set 17 New High School Marks in American Track & Field Competition”

“2009 Simplot Games Showcase the Nation’s Top High School Track and Field Talent”

“National Indoor Middle Distance USA High School Track Records – What It Takes to Be the Best”

“2009 Boston Marathon – At Last, American-Born Runners Click It Up a Notch Against African Winners”

“USA Middle Distance Outdoor Records for Male Super Master Runners Ages 50-74″

“Arthur Lydiard, the World’s Greatest Middle Distance Coach, on How to Train Effectively”

Find “Ed Bagley’s Articles” at:

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