Redwood Empire
State Meet, by event thru 2023
Girls Placing in Top 8 by Event, or Empire best
100m (1 medal)
6th Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 11.87 +1.1 2017
9th Sharon Polley, El Molino 12.42 1987
200m (1 medal)
6th Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 24.18 +0.3 2018
8th Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 24.95 +3.3 2017
a=8th Tamika Brown, Fort Bragg 24.88, trials 1993
400m (1 medal)
3rd Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 54.07 2018, Empire Record
7th Rose Criss, Analy 56.94 1997
8th Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 57.15, trials 1986
800m (5 medals)
4th Kerri Woolheater, Casa Grande 2:12.59 1992
5th Kerri Woolheater, Casa Grande 2:12.16 1991
5th Pamela Richardson, Montgomery 2:13.68 1995
6th Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 2:15.20 1980
6th Dirkje Dunham, Analy 2:13.58 1998
1600m (14 medals)
1st Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 4:44.78 1997
1st Sara Bei, Montgomery 4:49.21 1998
1st Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 4:49.63 2000
2nd Sara Bei, Montgomery 4:46.71 1999
2nd Sara Bei, Montgomery 4:49.98 2000
2nd Sara Bei, Montgomery 4:47.96 2001
2nd Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 4:55.94 2002
2nd Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 4:49.63 2008
4th Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 4:50.70 2009
4th Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4:50.40 2016
4th Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4:53.92 2017
4th Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 4:43.63 2023
5th Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 4:54.27 1981
5th Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 4:56.41 2010
6th Gabrielle Peterson, Healdsburg 4:51.86 2019
7th Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 4:55.65 1982
3200m (18 medals)
1st Julia Stamps, Rincon Valley JH 10:26.51 1994
1st Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 10:15.27 1995
1st Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 10:15.17 1997
1st Sara Bei, Montgomery 10:31.06 1998
1st Sara Bei, Montgomery 10:11.11 2001
1st Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 10:06.89 2022
2nd Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 10:15.13 1996
2nd Sara Bei, Montgomery 10:31.67 1999
2nd Sara Bei, Montgomery 10:34.84 2000
3rd Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 10:33.75 1998
3rd Shelby Leland, Ukiah 10:38.09 2003
4th Sherri Minkler, Analy 10:37.78 1985
4th Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 10:30.82 1997
4th Phyliss Blanchard, Rancho C. 10:41.83 2003
4th Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 10:34.39 2007
5th Shelby Leland, Ukiah 10:44.68 2002
5th Gabrielle Peterson, Healdsburg 10:23.85 2019
6th Shelby Leland, Ukiah 10:48.69 2004
7th Amber Trotter, Ukiah 10:50.22 2000
7th Harper McClain, St Helena 10:29.68 2019
8th Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 11:03.00 1996
100m HH (1 medal)
6th Sharon Polley, El Molino 14.55 LH 1988
8th Katie Schukle, Santa Rosa 14.81 1996
300m LH (2 medals)
4th Katie Schukle, Santa Rosa 43.40 1996
5th Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 43.55 1986
7th Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 43.27 1987
7th Kyra Johnson, Piner 43.32 2011
8th Katie Schukle, Santa Rosa 44.88 1995
400m Relay
23rd Maria Carrillo 48.96, trials 2023
DNQ Montgomery 50.67, trials 1991
1600m Relay
10th Maria Carrillo 3:54.82, trials 2006 NEW EMPIRE RECORD
High Jump (3 medals)
2nd Mindi Wiley, Sonoma Valley 5-10 2003
2nd Alexis Hunt, Maria Carrillo 5-10 2023
4th Mindi Wiley, Sonoma Valley 5-8 2005
Tie 6th Morgan Bertsch, Santa Rosa 5-5 2012
Tie 8th Deanne Neff, Montgomery 5-6 1978
8th Mindi Wiley, Sonoma Valley 5-5 2004
8th Kiana Herold, Sonoma Academy 5-6 2013
Pole Vault
Tie 7th Michelle Stone, Ursuline 11-10 2009
8th Amy Bei, Montgomery 10-10 1998
8th Lily Mulligan, Maria Carrillo 12-5 2023
Long Jump (2 medals)
2nd Amey Mitchell, Rancho Cotate 19-3¾ 1990
5th Amey Mitchell, Rancho Cotate 18-5¼ 1989
Triple Jump
13th Suzie Green, Upper Lake 36-7¾ 1989
13th Beth Fernlund, Maria Carrillo 36-11½ 2000
Shot Put (1 medal)
5th Melissa Van Paris, Sonoma Valley 43-9 2004
7th Renee James, Casa Grande 37-9 1986
7th Faith Matranga, Healdsburg 41-11 1998
7th Jean Lightfoot, Maria Carrillo 42-9½ 2006
Discus (3 medals)
4th Kathleen Durand, Maria Carrillo 144-3 2013
4th Alison Scranton, Petaluma 149-4 2015
6th Alison Scranton, Petaluma 141-3 2014
DNQ – Did not qualifiy for finals
a – Place is from trials, finals postponed a week because of weather and Brown was unable to attend.
Medal count
3200m (18 medals)
1600m (15 medals)
800m (5 medals)
High Jump (4 medals)
Discus (3 medals)
Long Jump (2 medals)
300m LH (2 medals)
400m (1 medal)
Shot Put (1 medal)
100m HH (1 medal)
200m (1 medal)
100m (1 medal)
compiled by Jim Crowhurst