2023 Track and Field: Girls Best Marks (1)
League championship meets are complete and San Diego Section athletes charge into the final three weeks of the season.
Trials in San Diego Section boys and girls competition will be held May 13 at Del Norte (large schools), University City (medium) and Canyon Hills (small). Finals are May 20 at Mt. Carmel. The state meet is May 27-28 at Buchanan High in Clovis.
Twenty-eight girls, plus four relay teams, rank in the state’s top 25, according to Athletic.net.
La Jolla’s Payton Smith is second in the 400, fourth in the 200, and 18th in the 100. Amirah Shaheed of Madison is fifth in the 200 and fourth in the 100, and Olivia Lopizzo of La Costa Canyon is fourth in the 3200 and fifth in the1600.
Payton Smith, Lizzie Tarczy, Hannah Riggins, Iliana Downing, Anisa Bowen-Fontenot, and the Del Norte 4 x 800 relay team are second in respective events (see below).
“W” indicates a mark made with more than allowable wind assistance of 2.0 meters. Best marks through May 5:
| EVENT | NAME, SCHOOL | MARK/STATE RANK | STATE |
| 100 | Shaheed, Madison | :11.73, 6th | Redmond, L.A. Carson, :11.45 |
| Smith, La Jolla | :11.93, 18th | ||
| 200 | Smith | :24.08w, 4th | :23.80w, Currie, Lancaster Quartz Hill |
| Shaheed | :24.10w, 5th | ||
| 400 | Smith | :54.12, 2nd | :53.56, Trepagnier, Culver City |
| Burkhardt, Steele Canyon | :56.28, 20th | ||
| K. Janik, Torrey Pines | :56.48, 22nd | ||
| 800 | Riggins, Del Norte | 2:06.69, 2nd | 2:03.7, Browne, Riverside North |
| Arciaga, Westview | 2:10.89, 10th | ||
| Busswell, Poway | 2:11.01, 11th | ||
| Makenna Herbst, Carlsbad | 2:11.37, 13th | ||
| Biesinger, La Costa Canyon | 2:12.27, 19th | ||
| 1600 | Lopizzo, La Costa Canyon | 4:45.94, 5th | 4:34.50, Engelhardt, Ventura |
| Riggins | 4:46.36, 8th | ||
| Dailey, La Jolla | 4:48.62, 11th | ||
| Williams, Eastlake | 4:51.82, 13th | ||
| 3200 | Lopizzo | 9:59.08, 4th | 9:51.49, Engelhardt |
| Williams | 10:12.76, 5th | ||
| Dailey | 10:24.48, 7th | ||
| 110 Hurdles | Bowen-Fontenot, San Diego | :14.01w, 2nd | :13.83, Harris, Stockton Lincoln |
| Coleman, Cathedral | :14.27w, 7th | ||
| 300 Hurdles | K. Janik | :42.19, 3rd | :42.15, Harris; Hall, Sacramento Christian Brothers |
| Coleman | :42.58, 4th | ||
| Morgan Herbst, Carlsbad | :43.58, 8th | ||
| Bowen-Fontenot | :44.19, 15th | ||
| D. Janik, Torrey Pines | :44.49, 23rd, tie | ||
| 4 x 100 Relay | Steele Canyon | :48.23, unranked | :45.28, L.A. Carson |
| 4 x 400 Relay | Carlsbad | 3:53.86, 13th | 3:46.02, Long Beach Wilson |
| Torrey Pines | 3:58.32, 23rd | ||
| 4 x 800 Relay | Del Norte | 9:00.77, 2nd | 8:59.12, Clovis Buchanan |
| High Jump | Tarczy, Scripps Ranch | 5-9, 2nd, tie | 5-10 ½, Humphries, Castaic |
| Czapinsky, Poway | 5-7 ½, 8th | ||
| Long Jump | Hoagland, Rancho Bernardo | 18-5, 23rd | 20-8, McKenzie, Perris Orange Vista |
| Triple Jump | Vaughn, Steele Canyon | 37-7 ¾, 23rd, tie | 40-8 ¾, Humphries |
| Shot Put | Gipson, Otay Ranch | 39-7, 25th | 44-11 ½, Fontenette, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame |
| Discus | Driscoll, Canyon Crest | 135-11, 14th | 158-6, Fontenette |
| Pole Vault | Downing, La Costa Canyon | 13-9, 2nd | 14-1 ¼,Muhammad, San Jose Track club |
| Hilliard, Poway | 12-9, 5th, tie | ||
| Montiel, Rancho Bernardo | 12-6, 8th, tie | ||
| Echsner, Del Norte | 12-6 | ||
| Cinzori, San Dieguito | 12-2, 16th | ||
| Condiff, Canyon Crest | 12-1, 17th, tie | ||
| Thomson, Poway | 12-0, 18th, tie |