Every record broken during 2023 UIL State Track & Field Meet

An in-depth look at all the Texas high school state records broken May 11-13 at the 2023 UIL State Track & Field Meet

Last weekend the Lone Star State’s top high school sprinters, throwers, hurdlers, jumpers and distance runners converged on Mike A. Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin to compete for three days at the 2023 UIL State Track & Field Meet.

The most elite athletes in Texas high school track and field put on a show in the state capital with many standout medalists and several record-breaking performances highlighted the action during the 112th edition of the UIL’s track and field state championship meet.

The state’s top Class 1A-6A track and field stars combined to break nearly two dozen UIL state records in three days.

Here’s a complete list of every state record broken from Thursday, May 11th, to Saturday, May 13th, at the University of Texas’ Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin.

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Editor’s note: Broken records listed in chronological order below. Unless noted otherwise, broken records are classification-specific UIL state meet records. * indicates overall UIL/Texas high school track & field record. ^ indicates national high school record.

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Thursday, May 11th (Class 4A/3A)

Class 3A Girls Long Jump

New record — 20 feet, 2.5 inches (Taylor Nunez, Universal City Randolph, Sophomore)

Previous record — 19 feet, 11 inches (Monique Hackney, Alto, 2005)

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Class 3A Boys 3200-Meter Run

New record — 9 minutes, 11.73 seconds (Noah Strohman, Holliday, Freshman)

Previous record — 9 minutes, 15.46 seconds (Wyatt Hoover, Poth, 2022)

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Class 4A Girls 3200-Meter Run

New record — 10 minutes, 30.12 seconds (Hannah Stuart, Canyon, Junior)

Previous record — 10 minutes, 41.83 seconds (Kristie Krueger, Argyle, 2007)

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Class 4A Girls Pole Vault

New record — 13 feet, 6 inches (Alencia Lentz, Canyon Lake, Senior & Kashlee Dickinson, Canyon, Senior)

Previous record — 13 feet, 6 inches (Alencia Lentz, Canyon Lake, 2022)

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Class 4A Girls 100-Meter Hurdles

New record — 13.98 seconds (Kalani Lawson, Fort Worth Dunbar, Sophomore)

Previous record — 14.04 seconds (Chimika Carter, Groesbeck, 1996)

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Class 3A Girls 100-Meter Dash

New record — 11.44 seconds (Taylor Nunez, Universal City Randolph, Sophomore)

Previous record — 11.59 seconds (Taylor Nunez, Universal City Randolph, 2022)

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Class 3A Girls 200-Meter Dash

New record — 54.51 seconds (Yierra Flemings, Cameron Yoe, Junior)

Previous record — 54.84 seconds (Essie Kelley, Spur, 1974)

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Class 4A Boys 300-Meter Hurdles

New record — 35.96 seconds (Jarvis Anderson, Taylor, Senior)

Previous record — 36.44 seconds (Tony Brooks, Rockdale, 1985)

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Class 3A Girls 200-Meter Dash

New record — 23.42 seconds (Taylor Nunez, Universal City Randolph, Sophomore)

Previous record — 23.44 seconds (Cynthia Titus, Hamlin, 1986)

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Friday, May 12th (Class 5A/2A)

Class 5A Boys High Jump

New record — 7 feet, 1.75 inches (Bradford Jennings, Corpus Christi Flour Bluff, Senior)

Previous record — 7 feet, 1.5 inches (Ernie Mendez, Canyon, 1983)

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Class 5A Girls Discus

New record — 175 feet, 8 inches (Madeline Fey, Midlothian, Junior)

Previous record — 163 feet, 6 inches (D’Andra Carter, Red Oak, 2005)

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Class 5A Girls Pole Vault

New record — 13 feet, 9.25 inches (Alexandra Harber, McKinney North, Senior)

Previous record — 13 feet, 9 inches (Nastassja Campbell, New Caney, 2019)

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Class 2A Boys 100-Meter Dash

New record — 10.22 seconds (Ernest Campbell, Refugio, Junior)

Previous record — 10.34 seconds (Stanley Kerr, Snook, 1985)

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Saturday, May 13th (Class 6A/1A)

Class 1A Girls 3200-Meter Run

New record — 10 minutes, 56.53 seconds (Taytum Goodman, Earth Springlake, Junior)

Previous record — 11 minutes, 19.92 seconds (Jorja Bessonett, Cumby Miller Grove, 2019)

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Class 6A Boys 3200-Meter Run

New record — 8 minutes, 49.10 seconds (Reese Vannerson, Houston Strake Jesuit, Senior)

Previous record — 8 minutes, 50.43 seconds (Reed Brown, Southlake Carroll, 2016)

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Class 1A Boys Shot Put

New record — 57 feet, 7.75 inches (Joseph Bond, Cherokee, Senior)

Previous record — 57 feet, 4.75 inches (Kylor Gilbreath, Guthrie, 2014)

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Class 1A Boys 4x100-Meter Relay

New record — 42.80 seconds (Paducah: Joshua Gonzales, Cord Piper, Jaden Frawner, Jakyen Wright)

Previous record — 42.99 seconds (Paducah: Jimmy Rogers, Darius Flemons, Cord Piper, Mark Flemons; 2021)

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Class 1A Girls 800-Meter Run

New record — 2 minutes, 16.53 seconds (Taytum Goodman, Earth Springlake, Junior)

Previous record — 2 minutes, 17.26 seconds (Taytum Goodman, Earth Springlake, 2021)

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Class 1A Girls 100-Meter Hurdles

New record — 15.42 seconds (Alli Scott, Moran, Junior)

Previous record — 15.67 seconds (Alexandra Hensley, Menard, 2018)

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Class 6A Girls 400-Meter Dash

New record — 51.45 seconds (Lauren Lewis, Proper, Senior)

Previous record — 52.46 seconds (Brandi Cross, Fort Bend Marshall, 2005)

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Class 1A Boys 200-Meter Dash

New record — 22.20 seconds (Jakyen Wright, Paducah, Junior)

Previous record — 22.23 seconds (Zachary Adee, Happy, 2017)

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Class 1A Girls 1600-Meter Run

New record — 5 minutes, 4.92 seconds (Taytum Goodman, Earth Springlake, Junior)

Previous record — 5 minutes, 6.78 seconds (Taytum Goodman, Earth Springlake, 2021)