THIS YEAR’S GIRLS HONOREES comprise the 45th grouping we have chosen since we first launched our HS All-America project after the ’78 season.
A pair of athletes earned A-A honors in 3 individual events: Shawnti Jackson (No. 1 in the 100, No. 2 in the 200, No. 4 in the 400) and Ellie Shea (No. 2 in the mile, No. 1 in the 2M & 5000).
There were also 12 performers who scored twice: 100/200—Mia Brahe-Pedersen (2/1), Adaejah Hodge (4/3); 100/LJ—Sophia Beckmon (3/1), Avery Lewis (5/2); 200/400—Madison Whyte (4/3); 800/steeple—Angelina Napoleon (3/1); mile/2M—Jane Hedengren (3/4), 100H/300H—Akala Garrett (1/2), Nonah Waldron (5/4), HJ/hept—JaiCieonna Gero-Holt (1/1); SP/DT—Gracelyn Leiseth (2/3), Hadley Lucas (4/5).
For an explanation of the basic workings of our A-A selecting, check out the sidebar at the end of this story.
The ’23 T&FN girls team:
| 100 METERS | ||
| 1. | SHAWNTI JACKSON # | (South Granville, Creedmoor, North Carolina) |
| 1)State, 1)Music City, 1)Brooks; 10.89 HSR | ||
| 2. | *MIA BRAHE-PEDERSEN # | (Lake Oswego, Oregon) |
| 1)Arcadia, 1)State, 2)Brooks, 1)Nike, 7)USATF; 11.00 | ||
| 3. | SOPHIA BECKMON | (Oregon City, Oregon) |
| 2)State, 2)Nike; 11.32/11.30w | ||
| 4. | *ADAEJAH HODGE’ # | (Academy, Montverde, Florida) |
| 1)Florida State Relays, 2/1hs)East Coast International, 7)Music City; 11.11/11.08w | ||
| 5. | *AVERY LEWIS | (Friends’ Central, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania) |
| 2)New Balance, 2/3hs)East Coast International, 3)Brooks, 7)USATF Junior; 11.41 | ||
JACKSON DESTROYED the national record with her 10.89, then faced rival Brahe-Pedersen at Brooks and won, 11.00–11.09… Brahe-Pedersen went undefeated by preps save for that one loss, and even made the finals of the USATF Senior meet, placing 7th… Beckmon, a club training partner of Brahe-Pedersen’s, finished 2nd to her at State… Hodge rarely faced high school competition, instead competing against collegians and pros.
| 200 METERS | ||
| 1. | *MIA BRAHE-PEDERSEN # | (Lake Oswego, Oregon) |
| 1)Arcadia, 1)State, 1)Nike, 8)USATF; 22.43 | ||
| 2. | SHAWNTI JACKSON | (South Granville, Creedmoor, North Carolina) |
| 1)State, 1)New York GP, 1)USATF Junior; 22.35 | ||
| 3. | *ADAEJAH HODGE’ # | (Academy, Montverde, Florida) |
| 1)Florida State Relays, 1)New Balance, 2)New York GP; 22.33 lo-alt HSR/23.31w | ||
| 4. | MADISON WHYTE | (Heritage, Newport News, Virginia) |
| 1)East Coast International,… | ||
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