Ariana Washington
Long Beach Polytechnic High School
Impact Statement
Ariana Washington is no stranger to success. She has excelled on every level from high school to international competition.
Biography
Ariana Washington closed-out her high school career by winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 in California state championship meet.
It was the third time in a row that Washington accomplished that double. She also captured gold by anchoring Poly’s 400 relay team. The back-to-back-to-back gold medals left her one shy of Marion Jones, who did it four straight times while at Thousand Oaks High School.
This year’s gold medal performances 11.22 in the 100 and 22.96 in the 200 were both national best times in America this past year. Both were not that far behind the national high school records of 11.14 in the 100 in 1992 by Jones and 22.52 in the 2000 by Allyson Felix of Los Angeles Baptist High School in 2003. Felix was the 2003 NHSCA Girls’ Track & Field National Athlete of the Year. Washington was named MaxPreps.com’s 2013-14 Female Athlete of the Year.
Washington went on to place 7th at the Junior World Championships in 2014.
While at Oregon, Washington’s success continued. She became the first freshman to win two individual events at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in 2016. She won another National Title and earned All America status ten times.
Internationally, Washington was an Olympic Team member in 2016. She continues to train with her eyes on the next summer Olympic Games.
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