National Records That Could Go Down In Girls Events In 2018


Girls 800m Dash

Bronxville (NY) graduate Mary Cain set this record in 2013, producing a time of 1:59.51. She's been the only high school girls athlete to break 2 minutes in the 800m. 

Closest Overall: Kim Gallagher, Upper Dublin (PA), 2:00.07, 1982

Closest in 2018: Caitlin Collier, Bolles (FL), 2:02.77

Prediction: Hard to say. Collier still has plenty of time left before moving on to Stanford, but she'll need to make a major improvement from now until the World U20 Championships. Tight competition can usually pull an athlete like Collier through to a personal best -- and she hasn't lost since the Pan American Junior Championships, when she finished third in 2:05.26. Maybe a battle with Australian Keely Small, who went 2:00.81 at the Gold Coast Games.