MileSplit All-American Team - Girls 1600/Mile Run

<p> <span style="font-size: 14px;">The first ever MileSplit All-American Teams for this past 2014 outdoor track &amp; field season are being released this week. The selection process included taking into consideration multiple factors but not limited to: season best performances and national rankings, consistency and body of work, finishes in major championship and post-season meets as well as a head-to-head results against other top national ranked competition in their event were all used to determine the top 8 individuals and relays to make up our All-American squads.</span></p>

Two of the three fastest ever to run the 1500 meter run in high school will represent the United States next week at the World Junior Championships in junior Alexa Efraimson from Washington and senior Elise Cranny from Colorado. The two finally had their highly anticipated first head-to-head race of the track season in the finals of the 1500 at the US Junior Nationals with Efraimson leading wire to wire virtualy with Cranny staying right on her hip. The order and distance stayed the same all the way to the finish with both earning spots on the World Junior team. Both Efraimson and Cranny ran their 1500 PR races against elite pro competition with Efraimson's 4:07.05 at the adidas Grand Prix and Cranny's 4:10.95 at the Payton Jordan Invite. Along with Nike pro runner and high school senior Mary Cain, the trio is leading a resurgence of high school girls distance running to levels never seen before at this depth of fast times being run nationally. 

The following 8 individuals have been selected to the MileSplit All-American Team in the girls 1600/mile run from the 2014 outdoor season as they have been chosen by MileSplit as the 8 best national performers in their event from this past spring.

MileSplit All-American Girls 1500m/1600m/Mile Run Team

1. Alexa Efraimson (Camas WA - 2015)

1,500 Meter Run (Graph) 4:07.05
4:38.97 6th Prelims 2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
4:16.87 1st   2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
4:12.89 16th Prelims 2014-06-25 USATF Outdoor Track & Field Championships »
4:07.05 10th   2014-06-14 Adidas Grand Prix »
4:21.10 1st   2014-05-02 Nike/Jesuit Twilight Relays »
4:21.18 1st   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
4:15.65 7th   2014-02-15 Millrose Games »
1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:33.29
4:33.29 1st   2014-05-29 2A, 3A, 4A Washington State Meet »
4:37.85 1st   2014-05-24 4A District 3 »
4:54.72 1st   2014-05-14 Greater St. Helens 4A District Meet »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:32.15
4:38.46 1st   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
4:32.15 6th   2014-02-15 Millrose Games »

 

2. Elise Cranny (Niwot CO - 2014)

1,500 Meter Run (Graph) 4:10.95
4:38.43 4th Prelims 2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
4:17.40 2nd   2014-07-05 USATF Junior National Outdoor T&F Championships »
4:13.38 13th   2014-05-29 Prefontaine Classic »
4:10.95     2014-05-04 Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational »
1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:47.54
4:47.54 1st   2014-05-15 Colorado State Track and Field Championships »
5:02.53 1st   2014-05-07 Northern/Tri-Valley Conference Championships »

 

3. Sarah Feeny (Ogden UT - 2014)

1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:45.13
4:45.13 1st   2014-05-16 Utah State Track and Field Championships »
4:51.28 1st   2014-05-02 BYU High School Invitational »
5:01.34 1st   2014-03-25 Harry Burchell Memorial »
5:18.14 1st   2014-03-13 Ogden vs. Logan »
5:09.87 4th Prelims 2014-02-13 Simplot Games »
4:46.97 1st   2014-02-13 Simplot Games »
4:57.98 2nd   2014-02-07 UHSTCA Invitational Championships »
5:01.60 1st   2014-01-24 Utah Distance Challenge »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:39.23
4:39.42 1st   2014-06-21 Brooks PR Invitational »
4:39.23 1st   2014-06-14 Adidas Grand Prix »

 

4. Katie Rainsberger (Air Academy CO - 2016)

1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:48.84
4:48.84 2nd   2014-05-15 Colorado State Track and Field Championships »
4:56.40 1st   2014-04-25 Liberty Bell Invitational »
4:51.20 1st   2014-03-21 74th Chandler Rotary »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:41.07
4:41.07 2nd   2014-06-21 Brooks PR Invitational »
4:54.30 2nd   2014-04-17 Mt. SAC Relays »
4:52.83 1st   2014-03-21 74th Chandler Rotary »

 

5. Stephanie Jenks (Linn-Mar IA - 2016)

1,500 Meter Run (Graph) 4:28.72
4:31.10 1st   2014-05-22 Iowa State High School Track & Field Championships »
4:54.84 1st   2014-05-08 Mississippi Valley Conference, Valley Divisional (girls) »
4:28.72 1st   2014-04-24 Drake Relays »
4:40.51 1st   2014-04-08 Warrior Invitational (girls) »
4:30.78 5th   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
4:36.23 1st   2014-03-10 A.D. Dickinson Iowa HS Indoor Track & Field Meet (Girls) »
1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:57.48
4:57.48 1st   2014-04-16 Kansas Relays »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:42.68
4:42.68 2nd   2014-06-14 Adidas Grand Prix »
4:46.67 1st   2014-06-05 Nike Festival of Miles »
4:49.28 5th   2014-03-14 New Balance Nationals Indoor »
4:58.84 1st   2014-02-22 Big River Running High School Indoor Series Championship »
5:00.39 1st   2014-01-26 Big River Running High School Indoor Series Qualifying Meet 2 »

 

6. Anna Maxwell (San Lorenzo Valley CA - 2014)

1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:42.57
4:51.37 3rd Prelims 2014-06-06 CIF State Track and Field Championship Prelims and Finals »
4:57.84 11th   2014-06-06 CIF State Track and Field Championship Prelims and Finals »
4:43.82 1st   2014-05-30 CIF Central Coast Section Finals »
4:53.41 1st Prelims 2014-05-17 CIF Central Coast Section Trials »
4:48.23 1st   2014-03-13 San Lorenzo Valley Triangular »
4:53.38 1st   2014-03-08 K-Bell Invitational »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:43.27
4:44.07 3rd   2014-06-21 Brooks PR Invitational »
4:43.27 1st   2014-04-04 Stanford Invitational »

 

7. Dani Jones (Desert Vista AZ - 2015)

1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:48.73
4:48.73 1st   2014-05-07 AIA Division 1 State Championships »
4:57.95 1st   2014-04-30 Thunder Last Chance Meet »
4:49.28 2nd   2014-04-11 Arcadia Invitational »
One Mile Run (Graph) 4:43.40
4:43.40 3rd   2014-06-14 Adidas Grand Prix »
4:50.49 1st   2014-05-24 38th Golden South Classic »
4:50.81 2nd   2014-04-11 Arcadia Invitational »

 

8. Hannah Long (Eureka MO - 2015)

1,600 Meter Run (Graph) 4:45.84
4:46.21 1st   2014-05-30 MSHSAA Class 3 & 4 State Track & Field Championships »
4:59.98 1st   2014-05-24 Class 4 Sectional 1 »
5:04.49 1st   2014-05-17 Class 4 District 2 »
4:45.84 1st   2014-03-28 Festus Early Bird HS & MS Invitational »

 

One Mile Run (Graph) 4:44.01
4:44.01 4th   2014-06-14 Adidas Grand Prix »
4:54.25 2nd   2014-04-25 Eastern Relays presented by Primal Sport Mud »