Watch Future Stanford Teammates Aragon and Donaghu Rewrite the Record Books




On Sunday night at Payton Jordan, Oregon's Ella Donaghu and Montana's Christina Aragon tore up the high school 1500m record books. First, Donaghu took second her section in 4:15.28--#5 of all-time when she ran it. Then slightly less than three hours later, Aragon won a loaded section in 4:11.24. That's #4 all-time and pushes Donaghu back to #6.

Donaghu said after the race that "I love racing, getting in there with people--just trying to beat people. That's what I love doing. I knew in this race that I'd have the chance to do that, and that was the game changer--not worrying about leading." 

Her future Stanford teammate Aragon, meanwhile, was "super excited to find myself feeling better with 400 to go than I thought I would. I definitely thought it'd be more of a hanging on [type race]. So I was really excited to feel good and get this opportunity to run with girls that are going to push you to be your best."

Women 1500 Meter Run Section 2
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals 
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  1 Christina Aragon             Unattached           4:16.36    4:11.24  
           50.302 (50.302)        1:59.548 (1:09.246)        3:07.800 (1:08.252)
       4:11.237 (1:03.438)
  2 Sara Sutherland              Saucony                         4:12.43  
           49.801 (49.801)        1:59.822 (1:10.021)        3:07.807 (1:07.985)
       4:12.425 (1:04.619)
  3 Anna Maxwell                 Washington           4:17.96    4:12.62   4:12.613
           49.939 (49.939)        2:00.071 (1:10.132)        3:07.804 (1:07.733)
       4:12.613 (1:04.810)
  4 Phoebe Wright                NIKE                 4:08.60    4:12.62   4:12.619
           49.029 (49.029)        1:59.224 (1:10.195)        3:07.095 (1:07.871)
       4:12.619 (1:05.525)
  5 Shannon Osika                Michigan             4:14.26    4:13.43  
           49.753 (49.753)        1:59.530 (1:09.777)        3:07.657 (1:08.127)
       4:13.423 (1:05.767)


Women 1500 Meter Run Section 3
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    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals 
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  1 Brook Handler                Unattached           4:15.48    4:15.22  
           49.966 (49.966)        2:01.478 (1:11.512)        3:08.978 (1:07.500)
       4:15.219 (1:06.242)
  2 Ella Donaghu                 Unattached           4:20.83    4:15.28  
           50.596 (50.596)        2:01.756 (1:11.160)        3:10.315 (1:08.559)
       4:15.274 (1:04.960)
  3 Laura Carlyle                Oiselle              4:16.00    4:15.36  
           50.142 (50.142)        2:01.480 (1:11.338)        3:09.665 (1:08.185)
       4:15.360 (1:05.696)
  4 Emily Lipari                 Baa                  4:12.17    4:17.12  
           49.813 (49.813)        2:01.139 (1:11.326)        3:08.406 (1:07.267)
       4:17.119 (1:08.713)