2026 High School Girls' 3000m Championship

Records
NR	Timpview	8:40.03	2025	Jane Hedengren
PR	Lawrenceville School (NJ)	9:13.60	2025	Blair Bartlett

Last year, Blair Bartlett (Lawrenceville School, NJ) came in as the underdog and won against the favorite after making a decisive move within less than 2 laps to go. This year, she's the favorite. Blair took the lead from the field 500m into the race and began to thin out the field. By 600m, Blair and Leah Starkey (Ocean Township, NJ) broke away from the rest of the field. Leah raced just a step behind Blair for the next 1500m as they widen their lead against the field. At 2100m, Leah made her move and passed Blair. Blair kept contact with Leah. At the bell lap, Leah was only 2 steps ahead of Blair. Blair made her move with 250m remaining, but Leah could not find another gear to respond. Blair sprinted to the finish line, shattering the meet record that she had established just the year before. Leah's finishing time also broke the previous meet record. Blair is the first runner to repeat as champion in this event since Lake Braddock's Sophie Chase did in 2012-2013.

Results

PL	ID	Athlete	School/Affiliation	Mark
1	22	Blair Bartlett	Lawrenceville School  (Lawrenceville, NJ)	9:04.92
2	21	Leah Starkey	Ocean Township  (Oakhurst, NJ)	9:08.61
3	25	Julia Kelly	Downingtown West  (Downingtown, PA)	9:27.76
4	23	Maggie McCormick	Bay Shore  (Bay Shore, NY)	9:28.59
5	35	Abigail Mesfin	Oakton  (Vienna, VA)	9:29.54
6	42	Maeve Going	Sacred Heart  (Hempstead, NY)	9:29.88
7	24	Sloan Wasserman	John Jay - CR  (Cross River, NY)	9:31.33
8	31	Maddy Lane	Hopkinton  (Hopkinton, NH)	9:33.72
9	29	Cayleigh Kaiser	Union Catholic  (Scotch Plains, NJ)	9:35.41
10	26	Kendra Williamson	Episcopal Academy  (Newtown Square, PA)	9:36.69
11	32	Caroline Sapperstein	Oakton  (Vienna, VA)	9:42.09
12	30	Maddie Laezza	Eastport South Manor  (Manorville, NY)	9:47.18
13	41	Anna Furman	Tri-Valley Central  (Grahamsville, NY)	9:47.42
14	43	Lexie Cole	Comsewogue  (Port Jefferson Station, NY)	9:48.94
15	40	Cali Buxbaum	Wall  (Wall Twp., NJ)	9:51.99
16	36	Melia Murphy	Clinton School  (New York, NY)	9:52.54
17	33	Joanna Kenney	North Shore  (Glen Head, NY)	9:52.75
18	45	Ruby Garner-Valle	J.P. McCaskey  (Lancaster, PA)	9:52.86
19	28	Olivia DiGaetano	Connetquot  (Bohemia, NY)	9:58.15
20	39	Berkeley Marcelis	Wissahickon  (Ambler, PA)	10:18.61
21	44	Kyleen Brady	Auburn  (Auburn, NY)	10:19.19
22	34	Mackenzie Skelly	William Penn Charter  (Philadelphia, PA)	DNS

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