It's not all about the Large Schools. Coaching at the lower classifications have their own challenges and rewards. We wanted to take a look at what the All-Time best marks were for runners, adjusting for NYSPHSAA Classification.
We took an athlete's Classification at the time of the performance into consideration, disregarding if their school has since changed. We then pulled the Top 10 performances for each. We narrowed it down below.
Class A 1 Katelyn Tuohy 11 North Rockland Shore Coaches-NJ 10/6/2019 177 2 Aisling Cuffe 12 Cornwall Footlocker National 12/11/2010 170.3 3 Aislinn Ryan 11 Warwick Footlocker National 12/11/2004 167.7 4 Nicole Blood 11 Saratoga NY Federation 11/20/2004 166.9 5 Molly Huddle 12 Elmira ND Footlocker Natis 12/8/2001 165 6 Kelsey Chmiel 12 Saratoga NY States-Class A 11/10/2018 163.13 7 Claire Walters 12 FM Section 3 - Class A 11/9/2019 161.13 8 Hannah Davidson 9 Saratoga Footlocker NE-Chm 11/27/2004 160.3 9 Zariel Macchia 11 William Floyd USATF U20 Champ 1/20/2024 159.07 10 Christie Rutledge 11 FM NY States-Class AA 11/13/2010 158.7 Class B 1 Karrie Baloga 12 Cornwall Champs Sp Nationals 2/10/2022 167.1 2 Tracey Brauksieck 12 Homer Footlocker NE-Champ 11/24/2001 159.9 3 Nichole Lister 12 South Jefferson Section 3-Class B 11/6/2004 156 4 Liz Deir 11 Honeoye FL Footlocker NE-Sd 11/26/2005 154.7 5 Katherine Lee 11 Shoreham WR NXN-NY Regional 11/26/2016 154.07 6 Elizabeth Maloy 12 Holy Names Colonial Conf 10/22/2002 153 7 Samantha Nadel 12 North Shore Sec 8-Confer-4 10/30/2011 153 8 Sloan Wasserman 12 John Jay-CR NY States-Class B 11/15/2025 151.93 9 Brianna Nerud 12 North Shore Sec 8-Confer-4 10/30/2011 150 10 Maddie Laezza 11 Eastport-SM NY States-Class B 11/15/2025 148.93 Class C 1 Mary Cain 11 Bronxville Fred Lebow NYRR 11/18/2012 159 2 Kathleen DiCamillo 12 Holy Trinity NY Federation 11/20/2004 151 3 Angelina Napoleon 12 Allegany-Limestone Alden Bulldog Stampede 10/15/2022 148.31 4 Colleen Schmidt 11 Holy Trinity Footlocker NE-Sd 11/28/2009 148 5 Erin Cawley 12 Newark Valley Footlocker NE-Sd 11/29/2008 145.3 6 Michelle Rorke 12 Bronxville Manhattan Var A 10/13/2001 144.6 7 Emilia O'Leary 12 East Aurora Section 6-Class C 11/1/2024 142.96 8 Eva Borton 12 Clinton NXN-NY 11/24/2018 142.83 9 Sophia Tasselmyer 12 East Aurora Alden Bulldog-A 10/17/2015 142.53 10 Julia Stevenson 12 Hackley NYSAIS 11/8/0215 142.34 Class D 1 Caitlin Lane 10 Greenwich Footlocker NE-Sd 11/26/2005 157.7 2 MaryKate Champagne 12 Seton Catholic Footlocker NE-Sd 11/24/2007 157.3 3 Brooke Rauber 11 Tully NY States-Class D 11/16/2019 156.6 4 Sage Hurta 12 Hamilton Footlocker Finals 12/12/2015 150.07 5 Roxanne Henningson 11 Greenwich Section 2-Class D 10/31/2008 145.5 6 Emily Fung 8 Argyle Federation Champ 11/15/2003 143.7 7 Heather Iatauro 11 Tri-Valley Jim Smith Inv-Jr 9/14/2002 142.3 8 Amanda Moreland 11 Bloomfield NY States-Class D 11/8/2008 141.7 9 Erin McConnell 12 Fabius-Pompey Tully Invite-Sm 10/13/2012 141.5 10 Catha Mullen 10 Bronxville Footlocker NE Seeded 11/25/2000 139.8