It will never stop amazing me how this area keeps turning out national class girls distance runners.
We have some top notch runners who hardly ever get much mention because there is always another girls 30 seconds ahead of her.
Even state champions can sometimes not standout around here because of the the National Champions we have had in Julia Stamps, Sara Bei and Amber Trotter.
Just for fun I thought I would look at the best ever performances when you take out the big three.
The girls listed below have won five state championships in track or cross country with Sarah Sumpter, Healdsburg 2007 adding a sixth.
1600m
4:43.92 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 5/30/15
4:45.60y Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy; 4/15/16
4:46.81* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/14/17
4:47.25* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/8/17
4:47.28* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 6/20/15
4:48.18 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 3/26/16
4:48.54i* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy; 3/13/16
4:49.38 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 5/28/16
4:49.63 Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 6/3/00
4:49.63 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 5/31/08
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4:50.18 Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 5/25/02
4:50.40 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 6/4/16
4:50.56 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 5/30/09
4:50.70 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 6/6/09
4:50.82 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 6/5/15
4:51.26 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/1/16
4:51.42 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 5/27/17
4:52.10* Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 6/8/02
4:52.33 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 6/3/16
4:52.48*i Jenny Aldridge, Maria Carrillo 2/23/02
4:52.62* Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 3/28/09
4:52.78 Jacque Taylor (5), Casa Grande 6/5/09
4:53.41* Jenny Aldridge (5), Maria Carrillo 6/17/00
4:53.49* Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/17/15
4:53.71*i Rylee Bowen, (15), Sonoma Academy 2/14/16
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3200m
10:13.20 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/9/16
10:29.61 Rylee Bowen, Sonoma Academy 4/11/15
10:30.82 Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 6/7/97
10:33.75 Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 6/6/98
10:34.39 Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 6/2/07
10:36.30* Jacque Taylor, Casa Grande 4/7/07
10:37.32 Shelby Leland, Ukiah 5/25/02
10:37.78 Sherri Minkler, Analy 6/2/85
10:38.09 Shelby Leland, Ukiah 6/7/03
10:38.24 Trina Cox, Santa Rosa 5/31/97
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