Whatever Happened To ... 2017 CIF-State Medal Winners?

2018 Ariyonna Augustine (Long Beach Poly/SS) won the title in 11.58 (1.1) with 2019 Deanna Nowling (Calabasas/SS) 4th in 11.77, 2018 Aaliyah Wilson (Stockdale/CS) 5th in 11.85, and 2018 Kirsten Carter (Santa Rosa/NC) 6th in 11.87. (Jeffrey Parenti photo above)

Augustine completed the double with a 23.41 (3.3) and 2018 Maliyah Medley (El Toro/SS) was the only other non-senior on the podium, placing 4th in 23.73.

Three 2018s ran behind winner Shae Anderson (Norco/SS), who won in 52.91 and is now running for the University of Oregon. But 2018s Tierra Robinson-Jones (Bishop O'Dowd/NC) 53.24 was 2nd with Medley (El Toro/SS) 3rd in 53.32 and Alexis Surrell (Newark Memorial/NC) was 5th in 54.23.

Four 2018s placed among the top five, including winner Maddy Denner (Oak Ridge/SJ) who took gold in 4:44.89 and Olivia O'Keeffe (Davis Senior/SJ), who was 2nd in 4:51.02. Rylee Bowen (Sonoma Academy/NC) was 4th in 4:53.92 and McKenna Brown (La Costa Canyon/SD) was 5th in 4:54.39.

Four of the top five in this event return, including two in the 2019 class. Leading the then-sophomore medalists was winner Claudia Lane (Malibu/SS) whose 10:07.33 was a definitive victory over runner-up and 2018 Maddy Denner (Oak Ridge/SJ) in 10:19.18. Denner's twin, Elena Denner (Oak Ridge/SJ) was 4th in 10:21.44 and 2019 Sylvia Cruz-Albrecht (Oak Park/SS) was 5th in 10:26.75. (Eric Taylor photo below)

Tara Davis (Agoura/SS), now at the University of Georgia, was the winner here in 12.83 (3.7) with 2018 Jada Hicks (Upland/SS) 3rd in 13.40 and 2018 Breanna Bernard-Joseph (Roosevelt/SS) 6th in 13.78.

Norco's Anderson was the winner in 40.31 with Bernard-Joseph 4th in 42.63 and 2018 Nyree Brown (Segerstrom/SS) 5th in 43.30.

Four of the top six here are back, including defending champion Abigail Burke (Riverside Poly/SS), who won on misses over three others also at 5-8, a group the included runner-up 2019 Katie Hurst (Fortuna/NC) and 3rd-place 2018 Chinenye Agina (Sanger/CS). Another 2019, Emily Garner (Woodbridge/SS) was 5th at 5-6.

Agoura's Davis won with a best of 22-01.25 (3.2) with two 2018s also on the podium. Jaala Downes (Stockton Lincoln/SJ) was 5th in 19-00.50 and Kali Hatcher (St. Mary's/NC) was 6th in 18-11.25.

Davis was again the winner with a best of 42-11.75 (2.4) but four of the other five on the podium are back, including three 2018s and one 2019. Current senior Kali Hatcher (St. Mary's College HS/NC) was 2nd at 41-01.25, 2018 Allanah Lee (Castro Valley/NC) was 3rd in 40-11.50 and classmate Micah Fulton (Muir/SS) was 4th at 40-094.75. 2019 Anneke Moersdorf (San Luis Obispo/SS) was 6th at 39-08.50.

A senior-dominated event led by the 14-00 winning clearance of Rachel Baxter (Anaheim Canyon/SS) included tow 2019s on the ends of the medals stand. Laurel Wong (Santa Catalina/CC) and Elizabeth Funk (Clovis West/CS) both cleared 12-06 and placed 5th and 6th, respectively. 

Seniors Ashley Anumba (Los Osos/SS) and Amaechi went 1-2 (177-08 and 177-00) but the other four on the medals stand were non-seniors, including three 2018s. Erica Grotegeer (Wheatland/NS) was 3rd at 167-09, 2019 Jocelynn Budwig (Fowler/CS) was 4th 162-10, Felicia Crenshaw (Costa Mesa/SS) was 5th at 156-08 and Hall was 6th at 150-03.