Georgia's top high school girls track and field athletes: Meet the state’s best hurdlers

By Darren Nichols | Photo by Ben Ennis

Over the past few weeks, we've been taking a look at some of the top track and field athletes in Georgia.

We started with the top sprinters in the boys division, then focused on girls sprinters, followed by the best distance runners in the boys division and girls division.

Next up were the best boys throwers, followed by the best girls throwers. Then we featured the top jumpers in the boys division and the top jumpers in the girls division.

The last group up is the hurdlers. We started with the boys, and last but not least we feature the girls hurdlers.

There are hundreds of standout hurdlers in Georgia, and these lists are not intended to be comprehensive! Tag us on Twitter or Instagram at @SBLiveGA and let us know about other athletes worthy of fans’ attention.

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Emily Asola, Valdosta

Asola's PR of 45.80 earlier this month is good for 10th in the state in the 300-meter hurdles. She also has a top 20 time in the 100 hurdles.

Kailey Elliot, Arabia Mountain

Elliot’s PR this season of 14.37 in the 100-meter hurdles is good for the eighth-fastest time in the state and second all-time on the Arabia Mountain leaderboard.

Makaya Fofana, West Forsyth

Fofana already has West Forsyth’s 100-meter hurdles record with a time of 15.31. She added to her trophy room when she took home gold in the 100 hurdles in the Forsyth County Championships.

Jeanne Hardy, Dunwoody

Hardy showed out in the DeKalb County Championships as she came in first place with a time of 46.27 in the 300-meter hurdles.

Jasmine Harmon, Westlake

The junior took the No. 1 spot this season among Georgia runners with a 13.78 in the 100 hurdles last week at the Arcadia Invitational in California. She was also on the winning 4x100 team (Harmon, Madyson Wilson, Colleen Branch, Imari Johnson) that set the national mark this season. 

Danayja Harper, Midtown

Harper is one of two freshmen to have a top 10 time in the 300-meter hurdles. She set a Midtown record with her PR of 45.11 in the 300.

Aminah Jabbie, Lambert

Aminah is the twin sister of Salima, and both have taken Forsyth County by storm. Aminah came in second in the Forsyth County 300-meter hurdles, trailing her sister by .04 seconds.

Salima Jabbie, Lambert

Salima is Forsyth County’s fastest 300-meter hurdler. Her time of 48.02 barely inched out her sister in the same race.

Synai Jones, Dutchtown

Jones is the fastest 100-meter hurdler in Henry County. She came in first in the Henry County Championships with a time of 15.98.

Allyria McBride, Wheeler

McBride is the fastest 300-meter hurdler in Cobb County, and it's not particularly close. She ran a 43.81 in the 300-meter hurdles in the Cobb County Championships, and the next-closest time was 47.02.

Carson Moore, Parkview

Moore is the fastest 100-meter hurdler in Gwinnett County after she took home gold in the Gwinnett County Championships with a time of 14.67.

Olivia Powell, Woodward Academy

Powell's time of 13.83 seconds in the 100-meter hurdles is by far a Woodward Academy record and the second-fastest in the state. She also has the fastest 300-meter hurdle time in the state at 42.97.

Zionn Rice, Campbell

Rice is tied for the sixth-fastest time in the state in the 100-meter hurdles at 14.31. She also has a top 20 time in the 300-meter hurdles.

Celeania Rollerson, Heritage (Conyers)

Rollerson has the eighth-fastest 300-meter hurdle time in the state this season. Her time of 44.90 is second all-time on the Heritage leaderboard.

Laila Stowe, Union Grove

Stowe has been showing out in her freshman season. She came in second in the 100-meter hurdles at the Henry County Championships, but had the fastest time of any hurdler during her prelim race.

Madyson Wilson, Westlake

The senior took the No. 2 spot this season among Georgia runners with a 43.04 in the 300-meter hurdles last week at the Arcadia Invitational in California. She was also on the winning 4x100 team that set the national mark this season.

Kalani Witherspoon, Carrollton

Witherspoon is Carrollton’s record holder in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 14.19 (fifth in the state), and she is second in the 300-meter hurdles by .06 seconds.

Jessicka Woods, Maynard H. Jackson

Woods has the third-fastest 100-meter hurdle time in the state at 13.95, along with the third-fastest 300 time at 43.20.

Marianna Wright, Monroe

Wright’s time of 44.65 in the 300-meter hurdles is first among all freshmen in the state.

Ron-Niah Wright, Peachtree Ridge

Wright took home gold in 300-meter hurdles in the Gwinnett County Championships with a time of 45.82 seconds.