Nia Harrison / Credit: MileSplit
As we say goodbye to another Spring Break, track fans' attention will soon turn to the final meets of the regular season, and before we know it, the SPC State Track & Field Championships, May 1-2 hosted by St. John's at Awty International Track& Field, will be upon us.
For almost 70 years, the SPC has crowned new champions, but one thing that always catches our eye is the athlete or relay team who sets an all-time record. In 2025, three (3) SPC all-time girls records fell: Bellaire Episcopal claimed the 4x100 title, Huntley Buckingham (Bellaire Episcopal) raced to the top of the 1600, and Mila Signorelli (John Cooper School) soared above all others in the pole vault. As you read this, student-athletes are getting back into shape mentally and physically, and meet entries are shrinking to mostly varsity athletes. In other words, it's time for athletes to hone their craft and coaches to figure out roster spots with medical precision - and a touch of luck.
So, let's peer into the future with an eye to the past to see which SPC girls' state records are in danger of falling as the calendar clings to the last few days of March.
Let's start with the short sprints: 100-400 meters.
Greenhill's Rian Kinsler is the favorite to unseat Houston Kinkaid's Kennedy Gamble in both the 100 and 200. In 2017, Gamble set the SPC 100m standard with a time of 11.76, and in 2018, she claimed the 200m crown with a time of 23.96. Rian Kinsler owns a PR of 11.71 (3.9w) run at the Greenhill Relays on February 28, 2026. Only a sophomore, Kinsler has a 200 PR of 24.23, which she ran at the USATF Southwestern Association District meet. Before her career is over, there's a good chance she may dethrone Gamble in either or both the 100 and 200.
Rian Kinsler / Credit: Texas MileSplit
The 400 record appears safe for another year. Currently standing at 53.82, Olympian Raevyn Rogers of Houston Kinkaid should be able to maintain her time set back in 2012. The SPC-leading quarter miler at the end of March is St. John's Thea Popovic's 55.62.
Back in 2008-09, Greenhill's Chelsey Sveinsson set the distance world on fire. From local meets in North Texas to Texas Relays to national meets, she helped spur the distance bonanza in Texas. She broke records at an astounding pace. Sveinsson's 800 time of 2:08.55 seems to be safe for another year, as the leading 800 time toward the end of March is St. John's super sophomore Taylor Synnott's 2:20.40.
Bellaire Episcopal's Huntley Buckingham swept the 1600 and 3200 last year; in doing so, she set the SPC all-time 1600 time of 4:56.84. Buckingham returned to Florida's IMG Academy for the 2026 season, so both distance races are up for grabs. The question is: can anyone get close to 4:56.84 or Megan Flowers' (Trinity Valley) 3200 time of 10:47.74 set in 1990?
Georgia Bass of Bellaire Episcopal leads the SPC in both categories as we head deep into the Spring season: 5:08.72 and 11:06.55, respectively. While not impossible, it'll take a Herculean effort from the senior to get close to either all-time record.
Mary Taylor of Bellaire Episcopal leads the SPC in both hurdle races, 14.29 (5.0w)and 46.87. The SPC's 100h all-time leader is Greenhill's Jernaya Sharp, who, in 2016, ran the sprint hurdles in 14.04. With warmer weather approaching, a healthyTaylor could make a run at Sharp's time. Isabell Paine of St. John's owns the all-time 300h time of 43.81. Taylor - or someone else - will need a super strong April and May to cut into this all-time hurdle time.
Mary Taylor / Credit: Mary Taylor's Twitter
In 2025, Bellaire Episcopal rewrote the 4x100 record books. The team of Sophia Cormier, Mary Taylor, Ariana White, and Emilia Sanchez lowered the 2016 time of 47.61 set by Houston Kinkaid to 47.51. All four ladies return, so the possibility of breaking their own record is strong.
Bellaire Episcopal owns the SPC 4x400 and 4x800 relay times, but as of the halfway point of the season, no team is close to threatening either time of 3:55.78(2008) or 9:25.03 (2007).
Both throws are safe.
The all-time shot put mark is 46-00.00 by Tyjae Scales of Houston Kinkaid, and the all-time discus mark is 139-11 by Jenny Carmichael of Holland Hall. Current leaders are at 33-09.00 in the shot put (Kinkaid's Alexandra Gordon) and 105-03, also by Gordon.
Current high jump record holder and University of Southern California commit Nia Harrison of Greenhill just won the Nike Indoor National with a clearance of 5-
11.50, so she has a fantastic chance of breaking her own SPC all-time mark of 5-10.00 set in 2024.
Nia Harrison / Credit: Nia Harrison Instagram
In 2025, Mila Signorelli raised the bar in the pole vault from 12-06.00 to 12-07.00. At the top of this year's list is Bellaire Episcopal's Kamille Bishop, who sits at 12-00.00. Climbing eight inches isn't impossible, but it'll take some great vaults to claim the spot from Signorelli.
Finally, the horizontals.
Both the long and triple jump marks are owned by April Holliness of Greenhill, and they've stood for 25 years.
Long jump: 19-04.00.Triple jump: 41-00.50.
Bellaire Episcopal's Mary Taylor soared 19-02.00 (4.0w) at the Texas A&M Bluebonnet Festival on March 7th, so she has a legitimate chance to overtake Holliness' mark, but the leading triple jump of Hockaday's Lili Roberts is still a little over four feet away.
Nia Harrison / Credit: MileSplit As we say goodbye to another Spring Break, track fans' attention will soon turn to the final meets of the regular season, and before we know it, the SPC State Track & Field Championships, May 1-2 hosted by St. John's at Awty International Track& Field, will be upon us.
For almost 70 years, the SPC has crowned new champions, but one thing that always catches our eye is the athlete or relay team who sets an all-time record. In 2025, three (3) SPC all-time girls records fell: Bellaire Episcopal claimed the 4x100 title, Huntley Buckingham (Bellaire Episcopal) raced to the top of the 1600, and Mila Signorelli (John Cooper School) soared above all others in the pole vault. As you read this, student-athletes are getting back into shape mentally and physically, and meet entries are shrinking to mostly varsity athletes. In other words, it's time for athletes to hone their craft and coaches to figure out roster spots with medical precision - and a touch of luck.
So, let's peer into the future with an eye to the past to see which SPC girls' state records are in danger of falling as the calendar clings to the last few days of March.
