MileSplit50 Girls Indoor 2018

Rank Athlete/Team Comments
1
Minor racing this week. LTT stays on top for now, but she's got strong challengers behind.
2
Tuohy ran the #2 all time 3000m (9:05) at the Freedom Games. She breaks the Ocean Breeze facility record held by NCAA All American Katrina Coogan.
3
CO
Waited until about 10pm on Sunday for the Nite Moves All Comers results and it paid off! Arria Minor had a couple of huge races. First she took over the US #1 spot in the 60m with a 7.30, which is just .04s from the top ten all time list. She came back in a 23.45 200m, which is good for 8th all time.
4
Thelma Davies set a new US #1 in the 55m which is good for her because Arria Minor took away her #1 mark in the 60m. Davies also won the Hispanic Games 200m in a US #3 23.89.
5
Bullis threw down a US #1 3:46 4x4 over the weekend. They're becoming heavy favorites for a lot of relay wins at nationals.
6
This was a huge miss on my part. Had Grace Stark at #13 in the first MileSplit50, and then we had some missing results on MileSplit from the Michigan races. Stark lowered her nation leading 60H time to 8.25, which is also a new Michigan state record. She also ran a 7.54 60m, which ties her season best US top ten time.
7
Watson was previously the fastest athlete in the 400m. After losing that title over the weekend, she was able to earn a new #1 slot in the 600m at 1:32.31.
8
Inactive
9
Inactive
10
Great weekend for Britton Wilson who combined for a 39.4 in the 300m and US #1 1:13.33 500m.
11
Inactive
12
Hinton won the Hispanic Games 400m over Paris Peoples and Tylar Colbert. Hinton also had a strong split on the Franklin 4x4 that went 3:51.
13
Inactive
14
Phillips continues to put up fast races in the hurdles.
15
Shaniyah Hall narrowly edged out Seymour for a win in the 55m.
16
Ashley Seymour's 7.07 runner up in the 55m was just .01s off her season best time.
17
Emily Sloan returned to the track in a big way at Nite Moves All Comers. She moves into the US top ten in the 60m after finishing third to Arria Minor and Sydnee Larkin. Sloan also PRed with a US #2 8.38 in the 60H.
18
Inactive
19
McNeil showed her range once again this weekend. She won the Hispanic Games 800m in 2:15 and then split 55 on the 4x4.
20
Sydnee Larkin makes a huge leap this weekend thanks to her performances at Nite Movers. She increases her lead at the top of the national rankings in the triple jump to 41-10. She beat Emily Sloan in the 60m and finished behind Arria Minor in a US top five 7.45.
21
Inactive
22
Inactive
23
Inactive
24
Jasmine Griffin is getting closer to her season best in the 60m. While not quite there, her 7.66 was good enough to beat Lauryn Hall and Jayda Eckford at Ice breaker.
25
Lost to Jasmine Griffin by .05s in the 60m.
26
Katherine Lee won the Hispanic Games mile to move into the top ten in the country in this event.
27
Myers beat Christina Warren in the 55H on her way to a US #1 time and also finished 3rd in the Hispanic Games 200m.
28
Killebrew was 7th in the 200m finals at A&M, but her big results came in the 60m where she beat Alexis Brown and Alexa Rossum.
29
Inactive
30
This young athlete is quickly making a name for herself. She's now US #2 in the 55m and took away the fastest 300m time from top ranked LTT. Waller also had a baller anchor leg on the 4x2 at the Freedom Games to help South Lakes run to the #11 time in the country.
31
Inactive
32
She finished 2nd in the 55H this weekend to teammate Leah Phillips.
33
Paris Peoples is finally starting to get her season rolling. She finish 2nd in the Hispanic Games 400m to Cameron Hinton and ahead of Tylar Colbert.
34
Colbert was 3rd in the 400m at the Hispanic Games and another big factor in Franklin's 3:51 4x4.
35
Inactive
36
Inactive
37
Inactive
38
Inactive
39
The 14-1.5 vault by Erica Ellis this weekend broke the junior class national record.
40
Warren recorded her fourth 39'+ triple jump of the season and finished second in the 55H at the Hispanic Games to Sophia Myers.
41
Darci Khan makes her first appearance in the MileSplit50 after a strong showing in the past two weeks at the Crossplex and A&M. Her 8.58 winning time in the 60H this weekend moves her up to #3 in the country, and she also finished 9th in 60m finals.
42
Currently the fastest 400m runner in the country, there's no doubt Lear belongs on this list, but it remains to be seen how much racing she will do indoors.
43
Alexis Crosby won the 400m at Kevin Dare and helped Cheltenham run to the third fastest 4x200m time in the country.
44
Janae Barksdale has been putting together consistently fast times in the sprints from the 60m to the 400m. Her team also ran a 3:55 4x4 this weekend.
45
Toshel Goffe was 3rd in the Hispanic Games 55m and helped her team get a win in the 4x2.
46
Ebb was outside the top ten in the 55m at Southern Maryland.
47
Brown finished 2nd in the 60m finals to Killebrew at A&M, but was dealing with illness. Hope to see her racing at 100% soon.
48
New national lead in the two mile with a win at Dartmouth Relays, and one of the fastest times run this early in the season.
49
Inactive
50
Olivere finished third in the Kevin Dare 800m, which is a solid addition to her 4:55 mile this season.

Editor's Comments

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ON THE BUBBLE (Top 10): (Bubble athletes who moved up this week--Alexis Crosby, Lydia Olivere)

Alexa Rossum

Anna Hall

Anne Forsyth

Heather Holt

Jayda Eckford

Jaslyn Gardner

Maya Singletary

Nicole Barnes

Sierra Leonard

Trinity Price

EXPLAINING MILESPLIT50:

These are subjective rankings of the top 50 athletes across all indoor track and field events. Feel free to reach out to MileSplit via email (travis.miller@flosports.tv) or on Twitter (@milesplit or @TravisMillerFlo)

Here are the attributes MileSplit considered when ranking athletes (in no particular order):

- IAAF points for ballpark numbers to compare performances across different events

- PRs

- Returning indoor track & field rankings

- Significant wins/results in previous indoor seasons

- More weight on "championship" events (I took stats and performances from ALL events into consideration, but championship events are more important at the national level)

- Participation in relays

- 2018 indoor track & field results

- Indoor competition frequency (these are rankings for indoor track & field, not necessarily the best all around XC/indoor/outdoor athletes)