We’ve gone through the listing of State Records by distance and pulled out the oldest standing record by gender. In a few cases, multiple records are from the same year, so they’re all provided. There are a few historic names included, but most of them are essentially unknowns who went back into obscurity soon after posting these performances, never to make the jump into the national or international level of competition. This is one way to appreciate the 50+ year history of Race Walking being done at a relatively high level by High School athletes all over the country.
Indoor 1500m
| B | Washington | 7:40.9 | Allen James | 1981 |
| G | Washington | 9:33.4 | Kristin Hickman | 1981 |
Indoor Mile
| B | Oregon | 7:14.62 | Steve Pecinovsky | 1973 |
| B | Washington | 8:41.2 | Jennifer Fisher | 1988 |
Indoor 3000m
| B | New York | 12:29.6 | James Spahr | 1992 |
| B | California | 15:45.6 | Rebecca Villavazo | 1975 |
Outdoor 1500m
| B | California | 6:26.72 | Hojabri Kurash | 1980 |
| B | Iowa | 6:37.0 | Rob Hyten | 1980 |
| B | Nebraska | 6:35.5 | Scott Irwin | 1980 |
| B | Nevada | 6:26.72 | Rob Campbell | 1980 |
| B | North Carolina | 8:24.0 | Herbert Turner | 1980 |
| G | Iowa | 9:01.0 | Shirley Adam | 1974 |
Outdoor Mile
| B | Pennsylvania | 7:01.0 | Howie Palamaruk | 1971 |
| G | Montana | 10:29.6 | Laurie Siderius | 1971 |
Outdoor 3000m
| B | Michigan | 15:49.0 | John Padrick | 1980 |
| B | New Mexico | 14:53.5 | Mica Comstock | 1980 |
| G | Connecticut | 16:45.09 | Tamera McPoland | 1982 |
Outdoor 5000m
| B | Massachusetts | 26:02.0 | Dennis Slattery | 1975 |
| G | Colorado | 29:49.0 | Ingrid Martin | 1972 |
| G | Nevada | 28:46.0 | Sheryl Robinson | 1972 |
Outdoor 10000m
| B | Kansas | 49:07.8 | Steve Herrman | 1974 |
| G | Idaho | 58:35.0 | Julie Partridge | 1977 |
