Presenting the 2020 NSAF-NBNI Girls All-American Team

by NSAF Staff


It was heartbreaking for the NSAF – and everyone who was participating in and looking forward to three days of incredible competition – when the New Balance Nationals Indoor had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. There’s many things about NBNI weekend that we missed being able to enjoy, including seeing six great All-Americans taking the podium after each Championship event, and honoring them with All-American certificates and T-shirts.

So even though the meet couldn’t be held, the NSAF wants to recognize the best of the best for the hard work each put in to get to The Armory. Therefore we’ve selected a 2020 NSAF/NBNI All-American team, with six choices for each individual Championship event – based on season accomplishments in terms of both marks and honors won. The selected athletes are listed in alphabetical order below.

Those considered for this All-American team are athletes who qualified for and entered those respective events in the Championship division at NBNI. Final choices are based on top performances during the season for those Championship events, as well as performances at distances eligible to be converted to qualify, such as the 55m, 300m, 500m and 600m dashes, the 1000m, 3000m, 3200m runs, the 55m hurdles, and the 1500m race walk. We also may have used altitude conversions for 800m-2 Miles.

We will be sending All-American certificates and T-shirts to each of the athletes named below, with plans for those to be sent out in the days ahead. Each All-American should have received an email and will be asked for their T-shirt size. Any athlete on the lists below who did not receive their email can email us at allamericancertificates@gmail.com.

For several different reasons, we have not chosen All-Americans for the relays, but we want to recognize the nation’s top 5 performers entered for NBNI in the 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m, sprint medley and distance medley relays. We’ve listed only actual times run this indoor season and only those that would qualify for NBNI based on the NSAF eligibility rules and were entered in those respective events. You’ll see these listed at the end of this story.

Because some relay teams' entered times at the New Balance Nationals Indoor meet were projections, it would not be fair to list them as All-Americans. That means that those teams in those events did not necessarily run the times entered, but were estimates. Therefore, the teams listed below are listed as a courtesy, not as All-Americans.

We hope that this recognition and these certificates and T-shirts will help honor your efforts to qualify for and compete in NBNI this winter, and help you stay motivated for when competition resumes. As of the end of March, we are still hoping to be able to host New Balance Nationals Outdoor June 18-21, or possibly sometime in July pending our recovery from the impact of COVID-19.  Congratulations to these All-Americans ... and we encourage everyone to stay safe and healthy.

 

GIRLS SPRINTS/HURDLES

60m dash
  • Serena Clark – Lakota East, OH, 2020
  • Michaela Francois – Weiss, TX, 2021
  • Sydney Holiday – Broomfield, CO, 2020
  • Shawnti Jackson – Wakefield, NC, 2023
  • Laila Owens – Fort Bend Bush, TX, 2020
  • Autumn Wilson – St. Dominic Savio Catholic, TX, 2022

 

200m dash
  • Talitha Diggs – Saucon Valley, PA, 2020
  • Shawnti Jackson – Wakefield, NC, 2023
  • Mia O’Neil – Landstown HS, VA, 2021
  • Laila Owens – Fort Bend Bush, TX, 2020
  • Leah Phillips – Bullis School, MD, 2020
  • Autumn Wilson – St. Dominic Savio Catholic, TX, 2022

 

400m dash
  • Aaliyah Butler – Piper, FL, 2022
  • Margaret Conteh – Girard College, PA, 2021
  • Kayla Davis – William A. Hough, NC, 2022
  • Shaniya Hall – Bullis School, MD, 2020
  • Jasmine Muhammad-Graham – Medgar Evers, NY, 2020
  • Isabella Whittaker – Mount De Sales, MD, 2020

 

60m hurdles
  • Zariyah Black – Eastern Guilford, NC, 2021
  • Jasmine Jones – Greater Atlanta Christian, GA, 2020
  • Aasia Laurencin – Oak Park, MI, 2020
  • Kerrigan Myers – Galion, OH, 2020
  • Leah Phillips – Bullis School, MD, 2020
  • Savannah Sutherland – Bishop Mahoney, SK/CAN, 2021

 


GIRLS DISTANCES

800m run
  • Bailey Goggans – Marble Falls, TX ,2021
  • Sophia Gorriaran – Moses Brown, RI, 2023
  • Athing Mu – Trenton Central, NJ, 2020
  • Michaela Rose - Homeschooled, Suffolk, VA, 2021
  • Victoria Vanriele – Governor Livingston, NJ, 2020
  • Juliette Whittaker – Mount De Sales, MD, 2022
  • Roisin Willis – Stevens Point, WI, 2022

 

Mile run
  • Zofia Dudek – Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI, 2020
  • Carlee Hansen – Woods Cross, UT, 2021
  • Lea Hatcher – Morgantown, WV, 2022
  • Lucy Jenks – Newton South, MA, 2020
  • Ava Parekh – Chicago Latin, IL, 2022
  • Taryn Parks – Greencastle-Antrim, PA, 2020

 

2 Mile run
  • Sarah Connelly – Mt. Sinai, NY, 2020
  • Taylor Ewert – Beavercreek, OH, 2020
  • Katelynne Hart – Glenbard West, IL, 2020
  • Jenna Hutchins – Science Hill, TN, 2022
  • Marlee Starlilper – Northern, PA, 2020
  • Sydney Thorvaldson – Rawlins, WY, 2021

 

5000m run
  • Katelynne Hart – Glenbard West, IL, 2020

 

Mile walk
  • Angelea Collins – Corning, NY, 2020
  • Ciara Durcan – Pearl River, NY, 2021
  • Taylor Ewert – Beavercreek, OH, 2020
  • Annaliese Fabrizi – Sachem North, NY, 2021
  • Emily Porti – East Islip, NY, 2020
  • Isabella Rogler – West Islip, NY, 2020
  • Anne St.-Amand – LaPocatiare, QC/CAN, 2020

 


GIRLS JUMPS

High Jump
  • Kamiya Dendy – Pendleton, SC, 2020
  • Kennedy Jackson – Walled Lake Western, MI, 2020
  • Annika Kinley – Lakota West, OH, 2021
  • Elizabeth Knoll – Muskegon Mona Shores, MI, 2020
  • Jenna Rogers – Rutherford, NJ, 2020
  • Morgan Smalls – Panther Creek, NC, 2020

 

Pole Vault
  • Sydney Horn – Manheim Township, PA, 2020
  • Riley Hunt – Greenville, OH, 2020
  • Erin Kelleher – Padua Academy, DE, 2021
  • Mia Manson – Monarch, CO, 2020
  • Leah Pasqualetti – Orchard Park, NY, 2020
  • Kenna Stimmel – Margaretta, OH, 2022

 

Long Jump
  • Claire Bryant – Houston Memorial, TX, 2020
  • Kennedy Jackson – Walled Lake Western, MI, 2020
  • Brooklyn Manna – Woburn, MA, 2020
  • Sadie McMullen – Valor Christian, CO, 2020
  • Chelsea Mitchell – Canton, CT, 2020
  • Sasha Morency – École Édouard-Montpetit, QC/CAN, 2020
  • Morgan Smalls – Panther Creek, NC, 2020
  • Tess Stapleton – Fairfield Ludlowe, CT, 2021

 

Triple Jump
  • Riley Ammenhauser – Neuqua Valley, IL, 2021
  • Alissa Braxton – Commack, NY, 2020
  • Agur Dwol – Mullen, CO, 2022
  • Jordan Hardy – Hampton, VA, 2021
  • Nadia Saunders – North Rockland, NY, 2020
  • Morgan Smalls – Panther Creek, NC, 2020

 


GIRLS THROWS

Shot Put
  • Emma Callahan – Shenango, PA, 2022
  • Maria Deaviz – Souderton Area, PA, 2020
  • Amelia Flynt – Katy Cinco Ranch, TX, 2021
  • Valadian Pallett – Farmington, MI, 2021
  • Meaghan Toscano – Germantown Academy, PA, 2020
  • Jayden Ulrich – East Alton-Wood River, IL, 2021

 

Weight Throw
  • Ava David, Lake Oswego, OR, 2020
  • Cheyenne Figueroa – Classical, RI, 2020
  • Julia Garcia – Cornwall, NY, 2020
  • Monique Hardy – Webster Thomas, NY, 2020
  • Natalia Surdej – Lancaster, NY, 2021
  • Zoe Vlk – Wilson Central, TN, 2020

 


GIRLS MULTIS

Pentathlon
  • Addison Berry – West-Oak, SC, 2020
  • Patasha Bryan – South Walton, FL, 2021
  • Holly Cassels – Dwyer, FL, 2020
  • Bryanna Craig – Millville, NJ, 2022
  • Jada Johnson – Sharon, MA, 2020
  • Brianna Smith – Cheltenham, Pa, 2020


 

GIRLS RELAYS

4x200m
  • Bullis School, MD 1:37.19
  • Oak Park, MI 1:39.93
  • Paul Robeson, NY 1:40.24
  • Huntington, NY 1:40.27
  • Western Branch, VA 1:41.28

 

4x400m
  • Bullis School, MD 3:44.15
  • Oak Park, MI 3:47.56
  • Western Branch, VA 3:49.07
  • Neumann-Goretti, PA 3:50.09
  • Warwick Valley, PA 3:51.67

 

4x800m
  • Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI 9:03.06
  • Neumann-Goretti, PA 9:04.76
  • Shenendehowa, NY 9:05.27
  • Friends Central, PA 9:09.19
  • Hilliard Davidson, OH 9:11.17

 

Sprint Medley
  • Mount De Sales, MD 3:55.4 (HT)
  • Oak Park, MI 4:01.99
  • Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI 4:03.51
  • Bishop Loughlin, NY 4:05.20
  • Paul Robeson, NY 4:08.43

 

Distance Medley
  • Ann Arbor Pioneer, MI 11:35.45
  • Brentwood, TN 11:53.05
  • Cornwall, NY 11:55.48
  • Colts Neck, NJ 11:58.89
  • Westfield, NJ 12:03.36

 

 


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