2023-24 Winter All-Met: Girls’ indoor track first team, honorable mention

Jasmine Sharps of Archbishop Carroll is the 2023-24 girls' indoor track Athlete of the Year. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)

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The following student-athletes have been selected to The Washington Post’s 2023-24 All-Met team for girls’ indoor track and field:

Athlete of the Year

Jasmine Sharps, Jr., Archbishop Carroll

Sharps, one of the area’s top sprinters, shined throughout her junior season. She broke three records at February’s D.C. State Athletic Association meet with a 6.99-second 55-meter sprint, a 38.20-second 300-meter dash and one leg of Carroll’s rapid 4x200-meter relay (1 minute 38.57 seconds). The performance helped her maintain her short-distance dominance over D.C. — she has won every 55 and 300 DCSAA title since joining Carroll as a freshman.

First team

Carson Boteler, Sr., Broadneck

Boteler broke the Maryland Class 4A record and had the area’s best pole vault performance at the state meet, clearing 11 feet 9 inches.

Brooke Cochran, Sr., Blake

Cochran won the Maryland 3A 300-meter title (39.80) and took part in the Bengals’ winning 4x400-relay, which helped Blake to a runner-up team finish at February’s state meet.

Gabby Cope, Sr., Northern

Cope had a personal-best 43 feet 9.25 inches on her last shot put throw of the night at the Maryland 3A state meet in February to claim victory in the event and help Northern earn its third consecutive indoor title.

Caroline Elliott, So., South Lakes

Elliot cemented herself as the area’s dominant long-distance runner as a sophomore. She secured the Virginia Class 6 1,000 and 1,600 state titles and ran in the Seahawks’ elite 4x800 team, helping South Lakes claim its first state title in 36 years.

Alisha Jackson, Sr., Alexandria City

Jackson notched the area’s best triple jump performance with a leap of 40 feet 4 inches in February before coming in second in the event at the Virginia Class 6 state meet.

Brooklyn Lyttle, So., Elizabeth Seton

Her 20-foot, 6-inch long jump at the PVA Youth Indoor Invitational championship in March was the No. 3 mark in the country this season.

Madison Rassas, Sr., Georgetown Visitation

Rassas helped Georgetown Visitation dominate middle- and long-distance events at February’s DCSAA meet. She claimed first in the 500 and 800 while helping the Cubs break the meet’s 4x800 record.

Ava Rice, Jr., Battlefield

Boasting a top-10 time in the nation this season, Rice won the Virginia Class 6 55-meter hurdles title in 7.89 seconds.

Hannah Riolo, Sr., Independence

Riolo broke the Virginia Class 5 record with an area-best high jump (5-9) in February and earned fifth place in the event at New Balance nationals.

Sierra Sommers, Jr., West Springfield

Sommers continued her reign as the top shot putter in the area. She recorded a personal-best 44-11.5 and claimed an individual Virginia Class 6 title in the event, which helped the Spartans secure their best finish ever at the state meet.

Sydney Sutton, Jr., Bullis

Sutton competed among the best short-distance runners in the nation throughout her junior season and ended the year with top-five times in the 300 and 400. She finished third at New Balance nationals in the 400 and recorded a personal-best time of 53.08 seconds.

Amber Wimbish, Sr., Bishop McNamara

Wimbish notched the area’s best 800 time at the 2024 Big Apple Invitational in February, running a 2:11.11.

Cymia Yourish, Jr., St. John’s

Yourish notched top-three finishes in the 300 and 500 and also was part of the Cadets’ 4x400 team that broke the state meet record. She played a large role as St. John’s claimed its sixth straight DCSAA girls’ indoor track title in February.

Coach of the Year

Scott Raczko, South Lakes

With his team’s long-distance prowess throughout February’s Virginia Class 6 state meet, Raczko coached the Seahawks to their first state championship since 1988. South Lakes’ 4x800 team shattered the state record by more than 11 seconds (8:55.79) during their state title triumph, which also served as the U.S. No. 3 time this season.

Relays

4x200: Sydney Sutton, Jr.; Payton Payne, Jr.; Kennedy Flynn, Sr.; Kennedy Brown, Fr. (Bullis): 1:35.25

4x400: Payton Payne, Jr.; Kennedy Brown, Fr.; Sydney Sutton, Jr.; Morgan Rothwell, Jr. (Bullis): 3:41.58

4x800: Aya Ryan, So.; Catalina Simon, Jr.; Caroline Elliott, So.; Bella Harsanyi, Jr. (South Lakes): 8:55.79

Honorable mention

Abigail Anstett, Fr., Georgetown Visitation

Valerie Ashamu, Sr., Oakland Mills

Kennedy Brown, Fr., Bullis

Alysa Carrigan, Sr., Tuscarora

Iyanni Daley, So., Wheaton

Tressia Davis, Jr., Friendly

Laura Fiegel, So., Heritage Christian

Grace Finnegan, Sr., Richard Montgomery

Kennedy Flynn, Sr., Bullis

Jordann Germain, Sr., South County

Casey Gish, Sr., Broadneck

Alicia Hall, Jr., Oakland Mills

Bella Harsanyi, Jr., South Lakes

Riley Herdson, Jr., Centennial

Kassidy Hopkins, So., Bullis

Aria Ibiezugbe, Jr., Riverside

Siena Jacobson, Sr., Robinson

Rena Johnson, Sr., Patriot

Lucinda Jones, Jr., Alexandria City

Psalmn Jones, Sr., Colgan

Nadia Lytle, Jr., School Without Walls

Mianna Mason, Jr., South County

Katherine Morey, Fr., Churchill

Farah Nasir, Jr., Gainesville

Sidney Nolan, Sr., Patriot

Payton Payne, Jr., Bullis

Journy Phillips, Jr., Eleanor Roosevelt

Viviana Rodriguez, Sr., Osbourn Park

Evelyn Rogers, Sr., Elizabeth Seton

Morgan Rothwell, Jr., Bullis

Catalina Sanchious, Jr., South County

Athena Stith, Sr., Archbishop Spalding

Johanna Stuard, Sr., Westfield

Sierra Swangin, Jr., Blake

Kadynce Taylor, Sr., Colgan

Lauren Thomas, Jr., Independence

Avery Voeltner, Sr., Centennial

Julia Wallace, Fr., South County

Indie Wallace-Persaud, Jr., Jackson-Reed

Olivia Waymer, Sr., School Without Walls