OCVarsity’s Orange County girls track and field preview for the 2017 season.
TOP THREE GIRLS ATHLETES TO WATCH
Rachel Baxter, Canyon: The reigning O.C. athlete of the year will again have all eyes on her as she enters her senior season. Baxter won the CIF-SS Division 2 championship and CIF State championship in pole vault, set the state record at the O.C. Championships and has eyes on possibly attaining the national record.
McKenna Caskey, Mater Dei: Caskey was one of the few who could push Baxter last season, but she did so on the biggest stage. Now a senior, Caskey, All-County last season, took second in the CIF State meet pole vault with a mark of 13 feet, 8 inches.
Erika Adler, Northwood: Adler joined track late last season but learned quickly. She finished second in the 3,200 meters at the Pacific Coast League Finals and just missed out on the CIF-SS Division 2 Finals. As a senior, Adler had a meteoric rise in her first cross country season to be named the Register’s girls cross country athlete of the year after finishing second at CIF State by just five-tenths of a second.
OTHER TOP GIRLS ATHLETES TO WATCH
Mellisa Alani, Ocean View
Kaitlyn Alvarado, Marina
Brooke Anger, Los Alamitos
Emmi Armstrong, Marina
Rosalie Ballo, Dana Hills
Mallory Barnes, Santa Margarita
Lisette Barrera, Cypress
Xochitl Bryson, Oxford Academy
Joanna Cao, La Quinta
Sydney Carr, El Modena
McKenna Caskey, Mater Dei
Analisa Chavez, Ocean View
Sophia Chiaramonte, Mater Dei
Emily Coombs, Orange Lutheran
Felicia Crenshaw, Costa Mesa
Jennifer Daly, Dana Hills
Cora Davis, Fountain Valley
Sapna Dholakia, Esperanza
Lauren Drysch, Santa Margarita
Makenna Duda, Trabuco Hills
Liana Edgar, Santa Margarita
Grace Ellis, Marina
Nina Espeleta, Huntington Beach
Ashley Faller, Fountain Valley
Sara Feitz, Fountain Valley
Emily Garner, Woodbridge
Erin Gerardo, Santa Margarita
Adriana Gil, Ocean View
Kallie Given, Los Alamitos
Kelli Godin, Mater Dei
Madison Goerlinger, Villa Park
Alaysha Green, El Toro
Tessa Green, Santa Margarita
Katie Hansen, San Juan Hills
Haley Herberg, Capistrano Valley
Whitney Hessler, Mission Viejo
Kelli Hines, Mission Viejo
Marley Jacobs, Tesoro
Madison Johnson, El Modena
Jessica Jones, Marina
Kathryn Kaloroumakis, Dana Hills
Malia Kaye, Huntington Beach
Lindsay Kenefick, Huntington Beach
Julianna Kolk, Trabuco Hills
Shannon MacKellar, Esperanza
Milana Malec, Woodbridge
Jessica Marquez, Ocean View
Amanda May, Fountain Valley
Kellie May, Northwood
Lauren McCaffrey, St. Margaret’s
Catherine McGettigan, Tesoro
Maliyah Medley, El Toro
Kaitlyn Meeder, El Modena
Nikki Merritt, Santa Margarita
Paige Metayer, University
Shayla Mizukami, Marina
Nicole Moeller, Trabuco Hills
Breanna Moreno, Fountain Valley
Courtnee Moreno, Fountain Valley
Alexa Munoz, Trabuco Hills
Samantha Murphy, Northwood
Kelsie Newman, Ocean View
Nina Nguyen, La Quinta
Becky Obinma, Rosary
Kayla Pemasa, Marina
Mackenzie Perez, Tesoro
Raegan Peterson, Villa Park
Leigh Polson, Villa Park
Raquel Powers, Corona del Mar
McKenna Rinke, Laguna Hills
Camdy Roberts, Trabuco Hills
Dominique Ruotolo, Mater Dei
Faimalie Sale, Los Alamitos
Micayla Shook, Ocean View
Shelby Stitt, Marina
Sydney To, Villa Park
Emily Sun, St. Margaret’s
Nadia Tabrizi, JSerra
Olivia Teegarden, Mission Viejo
Kate Thomas, Santa Margarita
Hannah Tobin, El Toro
Oanh Tran, La Quinta
Brianna Uipi, Orange Lutheran
Ieva Vaicunas, Ocean View
Karina Vergara, La Quinta
Cindy Vu, Beckman
Elizabeth Weeks, Santa Margarita
Kylee Wehrly, Trabuco Hills
Kayla Westman, Trabuco Hills
Callie Wilcox, Tesoro
Kyleigh Wilkerson, Trabuco Hills
Alison Young, Huntington Beach
