2010 Prefontaine Classic Recap And Video
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July 6, 2010
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The 2010 version of the Prefontaine meet may have been the best ever.
We give a brief LRC recap of all the distance events and the top events with video of the races compliments of the meet website.
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Men's 1,000m: Abubaker Kaki And Nick Symmonds Come Up Short In Record Attempts
Abubaker Kaki's world record attempt (world record 2:11.96) and Nick Symmonds' American record attempt (Rick Wohlhuter AR of 2:13.9) both came up well short. The pacers did a good job (1:45.53 for Khadevis Robinson at 800) but at that point, Kaki was not right on the rabbit and the WR attempt was well off. The problem with record attempts is when they are off, often the races are a bit anticlimatic.
1000 Metres - Men 1 Kaki , Abubaker SUD 2:13.62 2 Lalang , Boaz Kiplagat KEN 2:14.83 3 Symmonds , Nick USA 2:16.35 4 Yego , Alfred Kirwa KEN 2:17.60 5 Solomon , Duane USA 2:17.84 6 Mulder , Tyler USA 2:17.91 7 Hernandez , Jacob USA 2:18.42 8 Brown , Ryan USA 2:21.21 Scherer , Matthew USA DNF Robinson , Khadevis USA DNF |
Video Of Pre 1,000m |
Bowerman Mile: Kiprop Reigns Supreme Again
If you had any doubt to who the top miler in the world is, you shouldn't. It's Olympic Champ Asbel Kiprop. Kiprop loves running at Pre (last year he celebrated most of the final 100m) and this year he got another sub-3:50 win. Kiprop pulled away the last 50m from Amine Lalou (World Champ finalist at 800 and 1,500 last year for Morocco) and the 2 other challengers, Mekonnen Gebremedhin (runner-up to Kiprop in the Dream Mile in Oslo) and the
always-consistent Daniel Komen. Those four were clear of the field, but
getting a roar from the crowd was University of Oregon's Andrew Wheating, who just completed his NCAA career by winning the 800 and 1,500 at NCAAs. Wheating had moved up from last place early in the race and would finish best of the Americans in a very respectable 5th in 3:51.74. The other Americans (all World Championships finalists last year, including bronze medalist Bernard Lagat) all disappointed. We said beforehand that Wheating should
be much better than Alan Webb's 3:53 as a high schooler at Pre and were right. We didn't expect the
other Americans not to be.
The field featured 7 of the top 10 milers in the world last year. Nice run for Wheating. Too bad NBC NEVER mentioned the double NCAA champ, hometown hero's name during the race.
One Mile - Men Race 1 1 Kiprop , Asbel KEN 3:49.75 2 Laalou , Amine MAR 3:50.22 3 Gebremedhin , Mekonnen ETH 3:50.68 4 Komen , Daniel KEN 3:50.70 5 Wheating , Andrew USA 3:51.74 6 Kemboi , Nicholas Kiptanui KEN 3:52.84 7 Lomong , Lopez USA 3:53.18 8 Moustaoui , Mohamed MAR 3:53.70 9 Lagat , Bernard USA 3:54.36 10 Keitany , Haron KEN 3:57.07 11 Manzano , Leonel USA 4:06.51 Kamel , Yusuf Saad BRN DNF Renshaw , Lachlan AUS DNF Gathimba , Gideon KEN DNF |
Video Of Pre Mile |
One Mile - Men Race 2 1 Gregson , Ryan AUS 3:53.19 2 Acosta , Andrew J. USA 3:53.76 3 van Deventer , Juan RSA 3:54.12 4 Torrence , David USA 3:54.47 6 van der Westhuizen , Peter RSA 3:55.98 5 Kithii , Josphat Mitunga KEN 3:55.16 7 Pifer , Stephen USA 3:56.12 8 Brown , Russell USA 3:56.92 9 Ali , Belal Mansoor BRN 3:57.22 10 Rupp , Galen USA 3:57.72 11 Leer , Will USA 4:08.45 Novak , Rob USA DNF Wieczorek , Mark USA DNF |
Video Of Pre "B" Mile |
Men's 5,000m: Tariku Bekele Gets Win First Sub-13 Clocking On US Soil
Beforehand, a lot of the discussion on this race centered on whether Chris Solinsky or Matt Tegenkamp (both sub-13 minute runners) could be the first Americans under 13 minutes on US soil. For that to happen, however, another barrier would also likely have to be broken first, the first foreigner to go sub-13 on US soil. Hard to believe no one has ever gone sub-13 in the US, but now it has happened. Tariku Bekele had the best sprint finish and prevailed on the final lap over Dejen Gebremeskel (bronze medalist at 2008 World Junior champs, never had broken 13 until Pre), Imane Merga (who had won 2 Diamond League meets already this year) and Eliud Kipchoge (who had won in Doha in a world-leading 12:51).
Chris Solinsky hung with the lead pack until the final 2 laps and had to settle for a 13:08.11. But as this message board thread points out: "Solinsky: There has never been an American in history to run three races in a row at this level", when 13:08 is your worst of your last 3 races, you're doing pretty well.
5000 Metres - Men 1 Bekele , Tariku ETH 12:58.93 2 Gebremeskel , Dejen ETH 12:59.30 3 Merga , Imane ETH 13:00.18 4 Kipchoge , Eliud KEN 13:01.17 5 Daba , Bekana ETH 13:05.35 6 Kisorio , Mathew Kipkoech KEN 13:07.26 7 Solinsky , Chris USA 13:08.11 8 Salel , Daniel Lemashon KEN 13:09.80 9 Birmingham , Collis AUS 13:10.97 10 Kipkoech , Josphat Bett KEN 13:11.60 11 Kuma , Abera ETH 13:11.92 12 Macharinyang , Hosea Mwok KEN 13:21.05 13 Tegenkamp , Matthew USA 13:25.09 14 Barrios , Juan Luis MEX 13:30.09 15 Komon , Leonard Patrick KEN 13:31.68 Mutahi , Sammy Alex KEN DNF Rono , Aron KEN DNF True , Ben USA DNF Renshaw , Lachlan AUS DNS |
Video Of Last Mile Of Pre 5,000 |
Women's 800m: Mariya Savinova Wins Tight Battle In World-Leading Time, NCAA Champ Phoebe Wright Smashes 2-Minute Barrier For First Time (1:58.22!)
Mariya Savinova was the favorite in our opinion, as she won World indoors and had the top time in the world coming in. However, she faced 2007 World Champ Janeth Jepkosgei, Olympic 1,500m champ Nancy Langat and 3 Americans given a great chance to challenge: Anna Pierce (undefeated at 800 last year, world ranked #2, with wins at 2 Golden League meets and the World Athletics Final), Alysia Johnson (2010 US champ, world indoor bronze this year), and Maggie Vessey (US leader last year at 1:57.84, wins at Pre and Rome Golden League).
In the end, down the final 100m it was a battle between Jepkosgei and Savinova with Savinova pulling away and Langat edging Jepkosgei before the line for 2nd. Alysia Johnson was the only American to get in the mix and she faded the last 100m to a PR of 1:58.84.
Surprisingly, the top American was NCAA champ Phoebe Wright. The former Tennessee Vol had run 16 800s this year and had come up short of breaking 2 minutes each time. In fact, she had only run under 2:01 twice. That all changed in a big, big way. She told the Eugene Register Guard afterwards, "When I was getting on the line, they were announcing everyone, and I was like, 'Why am I here?' My second thought was, 'I'm such a lucky person. Don't blow this.'" She definitely did not blow it. Wright competed all the way to the line and the result was a stunning 1:58.22 - a more than 2-second improvement on her former PR, a 2:00.47 3rd-place finish at USATFs last weekend.
Anna Pierce and Maggie Vessey did run seasonal bests and break 2:00, but the 2009 US world beaters were disappointments at Pre. All in all, 9 women broken 2-flat at Pre. In a less deep field, we might have been praising Pierce and Vessey for running seasonal bests and breaking 2-flat. But because of the quality at Pre, they were afterthoughts.
And for the message board poster who started this thread last week: "Has Sam Bair's curse been passed to Phoebe Wright?", the answer is clearly no (Sam Bair was the guy who's dad had run sub-four in the mile and he for a couple of years kept running 4:00 before finally going sub-4). And in case you didn't think NBC needed an announcer who knew something about distance races, they never mention Phoebe Wright's name in the video below.
800 Metres - Women 1 Savinova , Mariya RUS 1:57.56 2 Langat , Nancy Jebet KEN 1:57.75 3 Busienei , Janeth Jepkosgei KEN 1:57.84 4 Wright , Phoebe USA 1:58.22 5 Johnson , Alysia USA 1:58.84 6 Pierce , Anna USA 1:59.42 7 Sinclair , Kenia JAM 1:59.55 8 Jamal , Maryam Yusuf BRN 1:59.89 9 Vessey , Maggie USA 1:59.90 10 Rowbury , Shannon USA 2:00.47 11 Jelimo , Pamela KEN 2:03.14 Shinkins , Karen IRL DNF |
Video Of Pre Women's 800m |
Women's 5,000m: Dibaba Dominates, Flanagan Does Better
Tirunesh Diaba ran the world record of 14:11 two years ago and is only 24. Shalane Flanagan got the Olympic bronze in 2008 but last year she switched coaches and struggled a bit.
Both ran relatively well at Pre and showed that 2010 may be much better for both of them than 2009.
Dibaba got the easy win in 14:34.07 and was never challenged. Flanagan was definitely the best of the rest, as she was 5 seconds clear of NCAA star Sally Kipyego.
5000 Metres - Women 1 Dibaba , Tirunesh ETH 14:34.07 2 Flanagan , Shalane USA 14:49.08 3 Kipyego , Sally KEN 14:54.50 4 Korikwiang , Pauline Chemning KEN 14:55.27 5 Begley , Amy USA 14:56.72 6 Ayalew , Wude ETH 15:02.47 7 Metcalfe , Megan CAN 15:21.70 8 Rhines , Jennifer USA 15:22.05 9 Davila , Desireé USA 15:29.78 10 Fleshman , Lauren USA 15:33.32 11 Metivier Baillie , Renee USA 15:41.95 12 Hastings , Amy USA 16:39.85 Clement Moser , Treniere USA DNF Howard , Julia CAN DNF Dimoff , Carrie USA DNF Wellings , Eloise AUS DNF |
Video Of Pre Women's 5,000m |
Women's Steeple: Milcah Chemos Is Top Steepler In 2010
2009 World Champion Marta Dominguez is considered by many to be the class of the steeplechase ranks. She has run 8:28 for 3k and has great finishing speed. So when she was sitting on the back of 2009 World Champs bronze medalist Milcah Chemos with a lap to go, many assumed Dominguez would dominate the final lap. They were wrong.
Chemos showed great finishing speed in her come-from-behind Diamong League win in Rome (she has now won 3 of the 4 Diamond League steeples) and showed she had enough speed on Saturday to hold off Dominguez. On the last lap, Chemos opened up a 5-meter gap heading into the last water jump and when Dominguez stumbled, it was all over. Bridge Franek bounced back from a disappointing 5th-place finish at USATFs to be the first American in 5th in a PR of 9:32.35.
3000 Metres Steeplechase - Women 1 Cheywa , Milcah Chemos KEN 9:26.70 2 Dominguez , Marta ESP 9:29.61 3 Assefa , Sofia ETH 9:30.05 4 Hinds , Korene JAM 9:32.20 5 Franek , Bridget USA 9:32.35 6 Parker , Barbara GBR 9:35.17 7 Galaviz , Lisa USA 9:45.50 8 Bush , Nicole USA 9:53.34 9 Houlihan , Shayla USA 9:57.11 10 June , Kara USA 10:18.50 Zarudneva , Yuliya RUS DNF Hyman , Mardrea JAM DNF |
Video Of Pre Women's Steeplechase |
Men's 200m: Watler Dix Stops Tyson Gay
Tyson Gay's return to action from injury featured a showdown with Walter Dix and they delivered a great duel. In the end, Gay did not have the top-end speed that some might have expected, although Dix and Gay both ran in the 19.70s. Results and NBC video below.
200 Metres - Men Wind: +1.8 m/s 1 Dix , Walter USA 19.72 2 Gay , Tyson USA 19.76 3 Bailey , Ryan USA 20.17 4 Carter , Xavier USA 20.30 5 Thompson , Richard TRI 20.48 6 Crawford , Shawn USA 20.50 7 Martina , Churandy AHO 20.52 8 Saidy Ndure , Jaysuma NOR 20.67 |
Video Of Pre 200m |
Women's 400m: Allyson Felix Beats The World's Best At 400m
Allyson Felix was the surprise winner of the 100m last week at USATFs and this week she took on the World's best including 2010 world leader and USATF champ Debbie Dunn over 400. The final straight at Pre was super tight as 5 women were within a third of a second of each other. Debbie Dunn's great finish deserted her and Felix had just enough to get the win.
400 Metres - Women 1 Felix , Allyson USA 50.27 2 Montsho , Amantle BOT 50.30 3 Williams , Shericka JAM 50.31 4 Dunn , Debbie USA 50.56 5 Krivoshapka , Antonina RUS 50.60 6 Hastings , Natasha USA 50.64 7 Williams-Mills , Novlene JAM 51.11 8 Baker , Keshia USA 51.60 |
Video of Pre 400m |
Men's 110m Hurdles: David Oliver Ties American Record In The 110 Hurdles
David Oliver ran 12.93 to dominate USA nationals last week. He took it a step further at Pre, running 12.90 to tie Dominique Arnold's American record and to crush the field (world champ Ryan Brathwaite was actually last in 13.53).
110 Metres Hurdles - Men Wind: +1.6 m/s 1 Oliver , David USA 12.90 2 Wilson , Ryan USA 13.16 3 Ash , Ronnie USA 13.19 4 Payne , David USA 13.24 5 Noga , Artur POL 13.29 6 Hicks , Antwon USA 13.29 7 Richardson , Jason USA 13.50 8 Brathwaite , Ryan BAR 13.53 |
Video Of David Oliver's American Record |
More Action:
Results below. The meet website has videos of many of these events. Thank the meet for making the videos available.
Long Jump - Men Pts Wind 1 Saladino , Irving PAN 8.46 4 +3.2 2 Phillips , Dwight USA 8.41 2 +1.4 3 Li , Jinzhe CHN 8.29 1 +3.5 4 Quinley , Trevell USA 8.19 +1.9 5 Lapierre , Fabrice AUS 8.17 +0.8 6 Johnson , Brian USA 7.85 +2.1 7 Berrabah , Yahya MAR 7.77 +2.0 8 Bayer , Sebastian GER 7.65 +1.2 Shot Put - Men Pts 1 Cantwell , Christian USA 22.41 4 2 Armstrong , Dylan CAN 21.33 2 3 Nelson , Adam USA 21.16 1 4 Whiting , Ryan USA 20.93 5 Majewski , Tomasz POL 20.90 6 Hoffa , Reese USA 20.75 7 Martin , Cory USA 20.50 8 Taylor , Daniel USA 20.47 Discus Throw - Men Pts 1 Malachowski , Piotr POL 67.66 4 2 Kövágó , Zoltán HUN 67.55 2 3 Young , Jason USA 66.95 1 4 Malone , Casey USA 66.03 5 Kanter , Gerd EST 65.75 6 Alekna , Virgilijus LTU 63.55 7 Rome , Jarred USA 62.46 8 Waltz , Ian USA 60.70 Women' results 100 Metres - Women Wind: +0.8 m/s Pts 1 Campbell-Brown , Veronica JAM 10.78 4 2 Fraser , Shelly-Ann JAM 10.82 2 3 Jeter , Carmelita USA 10.83 1 4 Moore , LaShauntea USA 10.99 5 Okagbare , Blessing NGR 11.03 6 Simpson , Sherone JAM 11.14 7 Harrigan , Tahesia IVB 11.16 8 Sturrup , Chandra BAH 11.19 400 Metres Hurdles - Women Pts 1 Demus , Lashinda USA 53.03 4 2 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 53.78 2 3 Lucas , Josanne TRI 55.08 1 4 Tosta , Sheena USA 55.53 5 Odumosu , Muizat Ajoke NGR 55.76 6 Leach , Nicole USA 56.18 7 Dorr , Fawn USA 57.32 8 Collins , Ebony USA 58.36 Pole Vault - Women Pts 1 Murer , Fabiana BRA 4.58 4 2 Rogowska , Anna POL 4.58 2 3 Janson , Lacy USA 4.48 1 3 Golubchikova , Yuliya RUS 4.48 1 5 Kiryashova , Aleksandra RUS 4.48 6 Johnson , Chelsea USA 4.28 Suhr , Jennifer USA NM Pyrek , Monika POL NM Triple Jump - Women Pts Wind 1 Alekhina , Nadezhda RUS 14.62 4 -0.4 2 Rypakova , Olga KAZ 14.45 2 -0.4 3 McLain , Erica USA 14.33 1 -0.3 4 Charles , Tabia CAN 13.99 +0.6 5 Smith , Toni USA 13.81 +0.4 6 Walker-Welsch , Shakeema USA 13.62 -0.9 Xie , Limei CHN NM Taranova-Potapova , Anastasiya RUS NM Hammer Throw - Women 1 Lysenko , Tatyana RUS 75.98 2 Heidler , Betty GER 74.87 3 Frizell , Sultana CAN 70.76 4 Campbell , Amber USA 70.21 5 Henry , Britney USA 68.94 6 Cosby , Jessica USA 68.32 7 Smith , Loree USA 64.92 Javelin Throw - Women Pts 1 Patterson , Kara USA 65.90 4 2 Ratej , Martina SLO 64.40 2 3 Špotáková , Barbora CZE 61.12 1 4 Yurkovich , Rachel USA 58.42 5 Palameika , Madara LAT 53.37 6 DeShasier , Alicia USA 50.77
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