I have been told that my daughter, Rachel Collins, has the best 3200
meter track time of any current USA high school female. I was wanting
to verify if this was true. She ran in the Texas Relays last weekend
and had a time of 10:39.

Hello bestmudeva-ga,

Unfortunately, the answer appears to be that it depends on how you
look at it.  (Also, it may depend on whether other faster results have
not been reported.)

According to the web pages I have seen, your daughter ran 10:39.89 at
the Texas Relays this past Friday April 4.

"Collins tops in Austin", by Jeff Blackmon (April 07, 2003)
Hood County News
http://www.hcnews.com/news/get-news.asp?id=5297&catid=2&cpg=get-news.asp

"Texas Relays - April 2-5, 2003 at Myers Stadium, Austin TX"
DyeStat
http://www.dyestat.com/3us/3out/texasrelays/

The following day, in Mobile, Alabama, Joy Griffith won the 2-mile run
at the Challenge of Champions in 10:43.57.

"Mobile Challenge of Champions - April 4-5, 2003 at Mobile AL"
DyeStat
http://www.dyestat.com/3us/3out/mobile/#winners

The Mobile race was 2 miles, which is slightly longer than 3200
meters.  The Mile Split Network has decided to correct the times for
this race down to 3200 meters.  It gives Joy Griffith a time of
10:39.84 for the 3200 meters, and lists it as the fastest time for
3200 meters in its network of results for seven states.  (For some
reason, even though Texas is part of its database, it does not yet
list your daughter's time in its list of bests in 2003.)

"Challenge of Champions - April 5, 2003 in Mobile, AL"
Mile Split Network
http://www.milesplit.com/meet.php?MeetID=3613&Site=Alabama

"Top 2003 __ HS Girls - Outdoor Track & Field 3200m Overall Bests"
Mile Split Network
http://www.milesplit.com/stats/Outdoor/HS/girls/2003/__/3200m

So Joy Griffith did not run a 3200 meter race, but according to Mile
Split Network, she ran slightly faster time for 3200 meters.

You might wish to contact Mile Split Network to determine how it
calculated Joy Griffith's time, as well as to note that your
daughter's time should be listed in the bests.

"Mile Split Ad Packages" [e-mail address in link to "Email us", and
elsewhere on the page]
Mile Split Network
http://www.milesplit.com/help/ads.php 

You also might want to contact DyeStat, to see whether any faster
times have been reported for 2003, or whether it considers your
daughter's time to be the fastest.

"Contact Us" [e-mail address in link for "John Dye"]
DyeStat
http://www.dyestat.com/#contact

I hope that this information is helpful.

- justaskscott-ga


I used the following search terms, individually or in combinations, on
Google and Google News:

"rachel collins"
"collins rachel"
"molly huddle" [last year's US #1 in the 3000 meters and 2-mile
according to DyeStat]
"huddle molly"
3200
3200m
"challenge of champions"
"joy griffith"
"griffith joy"

[I also browsed the web sites of DyeStat and Mile Split Network.]

as a high school track official i know of the NFHS (national
Feferation of State High School Associations)sports record book it
lists the national records for all high school events.  it can be
bought from the nfhs at www.nfhs.org it might even be able to be
viewed at www.ihigh.com hope this helps