2/16/26 by Jim Crowhurst
Some records seem like they will never be broken.
Now the boys have been doing T&F around here since the 1890’s so their list is much longer but the girls have had some of their own.
They didn’t get to put down marks until 1975.
39 years and counting
Triple Jump
Santa Rosa’s Wendi Simmons has the grand oldest mark approaching 40 years ago.
38-10w from 3/28/87 at Stanford along with a 38-4 mark.
Since then 37-5¾ is the closest anyone has come.
36 years and counting
Long Jump
Rancho Cotate’s Amey Mitchell spanned 19-8 on 6/1/90 at the State trials.
That broke Simmons 18-11¼ record.
No one has come any closer to Mitchell’s mark than Simmons.
29 years and counting
3200 Relay
9:24.14+ Santa Rosa 1997 Katie Stafford 2:26.9, Julia Stamps 2:14.8, Trina Cox 2:20.5, Melissa Guanella 2:21.7
What an amazing group.
22 years and counting
Shot Put 4 kilo
Sonoma Valley’s Melissa Van Paris launched her 43-10 5/28/04 at NCS MOC.
21 years and counting
High Jump
The following year her teammate, Mindi Wiley, at the same meet cleared her 5-11 5/28/05 NCS MOC.
11 years and counting
Discus
149-4 Allison Scranton, Petaluma 6/6/15 State
What better time to have your best throw than at State.
Here are some records that lasted over 10 years but have since been beaten.
33 years
800
2:11.71 Kerri Woolheater, Casa Grande 5/30/92 MOC
2:11.57i Josie Hill, Technology 2/1/25 Pacific Indoor
31 years
300LH
43.27 Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 6/6/87 State
42.68 Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 3/23/18 SR Twilight
31 years
400 Relay
49.32 Santa Rosa 5/25/85 MOC (Sue Northen, Wendi Simmons, Sharon Bailey, Kim Carlson)
49.10 Casa Grande 5/21/16 NCS Redwood (Annie Gallo, Jordan Boehning, Hannah Barlow, Destiny Williams
28 years
1600m
4:42.79 Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 5/31/97 MOC
4:38.96*i Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 3/16/25 New Balance Indoor Nationals (4:40.58y), improved to 4:33.90 6/5/25 HOKA Festival of Miles
21 years
3200
10:11.11 Sara Bei, Montgomery 6/2/01 State
10:06.89 Hanne Thomsen, Montgomery 5/28/22 State, improved to 9:48.98 5/31/25 State
19 years
440
57.7 Phyllis Barnes, Hogan 1976, = to 57.61 400m
400m
56.83 Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 5/25/85 MOC finals
18 years
200
24.88 +2.7 Tamika Brown, Fort Bragg 6/4/93 State trials
24.79 +1.7 Alyssa Page, Montgomery 5/13/11 NBL
18 years
400
55.12 Rose Criss, Analy 5/31/97 MOC finals
54.24 Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 5/30/15 MOC finals, improved to 54.07 6/2/18 State finals
17 years
Discus
132-8 Lee Plevney Lower Lake 4/29/81 at Kelseyville
132-9 Tia DeSoto, Montgomery 4/1/98 at Sonoma State
14 years
1600m
4:54.27 Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 1981
Mile
4:46.73i Julia Stamps, Santa Rosa 2/11/95
14 years
High Jump
5-7 Jackie Hurt, Analy 5/27/89 MOC
5-8 Mindi Wiley, Sonoma Valley 4/5/03 Oakland Relays, improved to 5-11 5/28/05 MOC
12 years
9:42.25* Petaluma 1980 9:45.4y ?Nancy Marinsek, Ann Bertucci, Lisa Dailey, Lori Shanoff
9:40.28* Santa Rosa 1992 9:43.5y Kari Horn 2:27.8, Rhonda Mazza 2:21.0, Megan Reeder 2:33.1, Nika Horn 2:18.3
12 years
400
56.83 Wendi Simmons, Santa Rosa 5/25/85 MOC finals
56.01 Rose Criss, Analy 4/12/97
11 years
High Jump
5-6 Deanne Neff, Montgomery 6/4/78 State finals
5-7 Jackie Hurt, Analy 5/27/89 MOC
11 years
800
2:13.16 Laurie Hollingworth, Piner 6/6/80 State
2:12.16 Kerri Woolheater, Casa Grande 6/1/91 State
11 years
Pole Vault
12-3 Michelle Stone, Ursuline 5/28/10 MOC
12-3 Lily Mulligan, Maria Carrillo 2/13/21 Sky Jumpers, improved to 13-2½ 5/14/22 NCS Redwood
10 years
1600m Relay
4:03.14+ 1981 Santa Rosa 5/23 NCS 3A
(Andrea Robinson, Alison DeRuntz, Kim Linden, Erin McNay)
4:02.76 1991 Santa Rosa 5/17 NCS 3A trials
10 years
100
12.14+ 11.9 Jenna Lowder, Maria Carrillo 4/26/06 Santa Rosa All-City
12.11 +2.3 Kirsten Carter, Santa Rosa 4/23/16 Viking Classic, improved to 11.78 +2.5 6/2/17 State trials, 11.87 +1.1 6/3/17 State finals, wind legal
