Boys' and girls' state mile times barely overlap

What this chart asks

How far do boys' and girls' state-final 1600m times overlap?

Why it is shown this way

• Two distributions on one baseline show how little they overlap; the dot views show every finish as its own dot.
• The overlap band and the rank callouts are computed from the rows, so they can't drift from the data.

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Dataset wa-girls-mile-record-vs-boys, analysis every-finish

Sources

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Washington high-school 1600m: the fastest girls ever vs boys' state finals, 2022-2026

1. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2022 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships.

   Retrieved October 12, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. Marks are facts; FactHub republishes places, marks and grades only, without athlete names or schools.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

2. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2023 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships.

   Retrieved October 12, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. Marks are facts; FactHub republishes places, marks and grades only, without athlete names or schools.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

3. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2024 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships.

   Retrieved October 12, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. Marks are facts; FactHub republishes places, marks and grades only, without athlete names or schools.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

4. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2025 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships.

   Retrieved October 12, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. Marks are facts; FactHub republishes places, marks and grades only, without athlete names or schools.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

5. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2026 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships, Mount Tahoma Stadium, Tacoma, May 28-30, 2026 (Hy-Tek Meet Manager printout, linked from wiaa.com Track & Field Past Results).

   Retrieved October 10, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. Marks are facts; FactHub republishes places, marks and grades only, without athlete names or schools.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

6. Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) Official results of the 2014 State 2A-3A-4A Track and Field Championships, Tacoma (Hy-Tek printout). Event 322, girls' 4A 1600m: Alexa Efraimson, Camas, grade 11, 4:33.29, marked as a meet record.

   Retrieved October 14, 2026. Factual results published by WIAA; no license stated. FactHub republishes only the winning mark and the athlete's name; she is now an adult professional runner.

   Reliability: Other. The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association is the nonprofit that governs high-school sports in Washington and runs the state championships. This is the meet's official results printout from its timing software.

7. The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Independent news report of Efraimson's 4:33.29 at the 2014 state meet as a U.S. high-school girls' 1600m record.

   Retrieved October 14, 2026. All rights reserved (news article); cited, not redistributed. Linked only.

   Reliability: News report. A daily newspaper in Vancouver, Washington, near Camas, reporting on a local athlete's race.

8. MileSplit Independent track-statistics report of the 4:33.29 (lap splits 67, 71, 70, 65) as a national high-school girls' 1600m record.

   Retrieved October 14, 2026. All rights reserved (news article); cited, not redistributed. Linked only.

   Reliability: News report. A high-school track and cross-country news and results site that compiles marks from meet results.

9. The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Reports that before 2014 the best 1600m by a Washington high-school girl was 4:38.09 by Brie Felnagle of Bellarmine Prep in 2005.

   Retrieved October 14, 2026. All rights reserved (news article); cited, not redistributed. Linked only.

   Reliability: News report. A daily newspaper in Vancouver, Washington, near Camas, reporting on a local athlete's race.

10. Athletic.net Washington high-school girls' outdoor performance lists by season (2026 list linked; each season's list URL is in the season-leaders table). Used for the fastest 1600m of each season 2014-2026. Only the top five of each list are public without an account.

    Retrieved October 14, 2026. Athletic.net terms of use; facts only. FactHub republishes the season-leading mark, grade and meet only, without names.

    Reliability: Other. A results database where meet hosts and coaches enter results, so a season list is only as complete as the meets entered.

11. Wikipedia: List of United States high school national records in track and field Compiled U.S. high-school records: girls' mile 4:23.50 and the 4:21.81 1600m split inside it (Jane Hedengren, June 5, 2025, awaiting NFHS ratification when retrieved); prior girls' 1600m marks.

    Retrieved October 14, 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0. Facts only.

    Reliability: Other. An open wiki that anyone can edit; each record on the list cites outside sources. The 4:23.50 mile it lists is also reported by Runner's World (runners-world-hedengren).

12. Runner's World Independent report of Hedengren's 4:23.50 U.S. high-school girls' mile record, June 5, 2025.

    Retrieved October 14, 2026. All rights reserved (news article); cited, not redistributed. Linked only.

    Reliability: News report. A national running magazine, reporting the record mile.

Limitations

• Finals only, 2A-4A only; a runner can appear in more than one year.
• State-final times are one race per athlete and can be slower than season bests.