Moving up among some all-time high school greats…
uctrack (NJ) junior paige.e.sheppard just ran 4:28.76 for 1600m to lower her own New Jersey state record at the Holmdel Twilight Series.
Here’s where that ranks among Track and Field News’ high school girls combined 1500m/1600m/mile list:
4:23.50 – Jane Hedengren (2025)
4:24.19+ – Mary Cain (2013)
4:26.82+ – Alexa Efraimson (2014)
4:26.99+ – Kate Murphy (2016)
4:27.13 – Sadie Engelhardt (2025)
4:27.71+ – Addy Wiley (2022)
4:28.77 – Paige Sheppard (2026)
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Note: Sheppard ran her time in a race that mixed boys and girls in the same heat.
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