This Decade in Review: Top 500 Girls in the 55 Hurdles

Photo by Craig Amoss

The Bullis girls absolutely dominated the latter half of the decade when it came to the 55 meter hurdles. Of the seven girls who broke the eight-second barrier this past decade, five of them came from Bullis, and none were faster than Leah Phillips. She officially surpassed her old teammate, Masai Russell, for the top spot on the 2010s leaderboard when she ran 7.72 at the Virginia Showcase back in January, It remained the top time in the US throughout the rest of the year, and was the 16th-fastest time of the decade throughout the country.

Photo by Andrew Kicinski

Of the seven girls who broke eight seconds, Howard's Christine London (middle) was the only one from a public high school to do so. She did so at the 3A indoor state championships, and her 7.98 time would have been a state meet record in any other classification. London continued to roll undefeated in both the 100 and 300 meter hurdles during her outdoor senior season - she would rack up a total of eight individual state titles before she went to compete at Virginia Tech University.

55 Meter Hurdles