Thurston County Girls Track and Field Record Board

                     Patsy Walker of  Yelm in her high school days

Thurston County Track and Field History

For the first time, here are the Thurston County High School Girls Track and Field all-time records. I have now completed both the boys and girls Thurston County all-time High School Track and Field Records.

100 meters

Janae Young, River Ridge 11.82 in 2001

100-meter hurdles

Patsy Walker, Yelm 14.42 in 1977

200 meters

Janae Young, River Ridge 24.42 in 2001

300-meter hurdles

Erin Rinear, River Ridge 43.92 in 1995

400 meters

Brooke Feldmeier. Tumwater 54.37 in 2013

800 meters

Charlotte Neel, North Thurston 2:12.69 in 1997

1600 meters

Jesse McLaughlin, Olympia 4:53.25 in 2001

3200 meters

Sophia Kane, Olympia 10:39.77 in 2014

Girls 4x 100-meter relay

Tumwater, 48.74 in 1988

Girls 4x 200-meter relay

River Ridge, 1:41.57 in 1995

Girls 4x400 meter relay

Olympia, 3:57.55 in 2005

Girls High Jump

Patsy Walker, Yelm 5’10” in 1976

Girls Pole Vault

Hanna Moll, Capital 14' 9.5" in 2022 (Hanna competes for Northwest Pole Vault Club where she is coached)

Girls Long Jump

LaShonda Christopher, River Ridge 20 8 ¼ in 1994

Girls Triple Jump

Lashonda Christopher, River Ridge 42’ 9” River in 1995

Girls Shot Put

Kris Larson, Olympia 46’ 2” in 1984

Girls Discus

Kris Larson, Olympia 153’ 7” in 1984

New Style Javelin

Karen Bulger, NW Chr, Lacey, 161' 5" in 2013

Old Style Javelin

Leslie Erickson, North Thurston 170' 6" in 1999

Hammer Throw

Olivia Midles, Capital 175’ 10” in 2010

Greatest Female Athlete Of All-Time

My pick for the greatest female track and field athlete in Thurston County History is Patsy Walker-Pointer from Yelm High School. See my story about Patsy below Here: https://www.coachweber.org/Patsy-Walker-Pointer.html

Oldest Track & Field Records

The oldest field event record in Thurston County History for girls is Patsy Walker’s 5’ 10” high jump set in 1976. The oldest running record is Patsy Walker’s 14.42 in the 100-meter hurdles. Patsy is also second on the all-time 400-meter list with a time of 56.6 set in 1975. She went on to win the national collegiate championship in the Heptathlon and was on the USA WORLD HEPTAHLON TEAM.

Source data: Washington State High School Track & Field Annual 39th Edition. Thank you, John Sells for your continued work on Washington State Track & Field records. Thanks to John Schultz for the hammer throw information.

State Team Champions

Yelm, Capital, Northwest Christian, Tumwater and Pope John Paul II have all won state team championships.

Compiled by Larry Weber, Thurston County Volunteer Running, and Track and Field Historian. Copyright 2022.

Check out the Thurston County Boys Records here: https://www.coachweber.org/Thurston-County.html

For our worldwide readers, Thurston County is in the State of Washington about 60 miles south of Seattle, Washington.

All records are as of June, 2022.