Steve would go "DUDE!"

VERY late with this report!
My eyesight is getting worse, becoming more difficult to see results, or even my own Record Book scribblings!
That said, this is a truncated report,going in order of my notes!
The title comes because I'm sure Steve Prefontaine, the Pre Classic's namesake, surely would have been proud of the distance races there!!
Not forgetting to remind you the meet was at Stanford, not in Eugene!!

Rai Benjamin destoyed the 400H field with his 47.16 best as an American athlete!
Combined with his 44.31 for the flat 400, his 1:31.47 makes him 2nd US Combined Events!
Also the Meet Record and Age 21 Record!He's 3rd A-T US!!

Beatrice Chepkoech was close to WR pace for the first K, but slowed to "just" 8:55.51.
New MR.
Emma Coburn fell hard during the race, but got back yp and moved to race speed fairly fast!
But she lost maybe 4 seconfs, so her 9:04.42 was good!
Hyvin Jepkemoi took 3rd in 9:05.81
Courtney Frerichs and Colleen Quigley ended 5th & 7th, times of 9:09 and 9:11.
Allie Ostrander ran a 6 second PR of 9:31.44, making her 19th A-T US!

The Women's 100 featured Sha'Carri Richardson and SAFP, but the newbie Pro ended 4th in 11.15, and the Super Vet was LAST in 11.39!!
A blip??
BTW, Marie Josee Ta Lou and Aleia Hobbs eneded 1-2, times over 11 seconds!

The Men's Two Mile was won by Josh Cheptegai's 8:07.54!
He barely beat Paul Chelimo's 8:07.59!!
This makes Chelimo 3rd A-T US!
Selem0on Barega was 3rd in 8:08.60!
Ge's 11th A-T World, and gets the Age 19 Record!
Six Guys ended between 8:15 & 8:19, among them Mo Ahmed and Justyn Knight!

Eric Jenkins ran 8L22.27, making him 18th A-T US!

Liljao Gong's 64-11 tookk the Women's SP over the 63's of Danielle Thomas-Dodd and Chhase Ealey!

Orlando Ortega and Michael Norman won their specialties, but the times were too slow to mention!!


The WOMEN's 800 saw a US sweep!!
Ajee Wilson beat Raevyn Rogers and a slightly surprising Hanna Green!
Ajee ran 1:58.31, while Green ran her initial sub-2---1:58.75!!


Then came THE race of the meet!!
After a 4:13 first 1500, Sifan Hassan sped a 4:05-ish to run 8:18.49!!
This was the first OUTdoor sub-8:20 since the Chinese invasion of the 90's!!
She gets the Netherlands National Record, the Pre MR, and the Age 26 Record!!

Konstanze Klosterhalfen was brilliant in 2nd, her 8:20.07 destroying the NR of Germany!!
Hassan's C-E times of 3:55.93 and 8:18.49 adds to 12:14.44!
Sorry I don't have her place there!

Who got the NR of Ethiopia??
Letesenbet Gidey!!
Her 8:20.27 beat Genzebe Dibaba's 8:21.29!!
But G-D gets the Age 28 Record!

Fifth was GB's Laura Wightman's 8:26.07!
This makes her 2nd A-T GB, behind only Marathoner Paula Radcliffe---but ahead of Laura Muir!!

Helen Obiri and Agnes Tirop ran in the 8:27's!
Karissa Schweizer's 8:42.15 was a PR for the new Pro!


The Women's 200 saw Blessing Okagbare startle the favorites with her 22.05!1
Second went to Elaine Thompson's 22.21, with Bronze going to Dina Asher-Smith's 22.42!
Next came Salwa Naser's 22.51, breaking her own NR of Bahrain!


The Men's PV saw The Kid--Mondo Duplantis--beat Sam Kendricks, 19-5.25 to 19-3.25!

The Men's SP saw an upset of sorts!
Darian Romani blasted one out 74-2.50, getting the Brazil NR and the Pre Meet Record!
Ryan Crouser was next with 72-9!

In her rust-buster race --after giving birth and not racing for 2 years (!!!), Faith Kipyegon ran 3:59.04 to beat a classy field of 1500 Ladies!!Laura Muir took2nd with 3:59.47!
Shelby Houlihan came charging down the last 60 meters, going from 6th or 7th to 3rd, her 3:59.64 nipping Gudaf Tsegay's 3:59.65!!

A bit of a shock came from recent Oregon Duck grad Jessica Hull!!
She'd begun the year barely sub-4:10, then ran 4:06 at the NCAA's!
But she dropped her PR to 4:02.62 here!!
Kate Grace improved to 4:02.99, making her 18th A-T US!

Christian Coleman impressed with his 9.81 winner in the 100!
But impressing even more was Justin Gatlin, whose 9.87 gets him the Age 37 Record!

Mariya Lasitskene was her usualbrilliant self, winning the HJ with her 6-8.25!
But Vashti Cunningham had an ON day, hitting 2 meters for the first time!
Her 6-6.75  makes her 5th A-T US!
Yaroslava Mihuchikh  cleared 6-6.25 in 3rd!

The Bowerman Mile was taken by Tim Cheruiyot's 3:50.49!!
Ayanleh Souleiman ran 3:51.22 for the Silver!
Filip Ingebrigtsen beat his younger sibling Jakob--3:51.28 to 3:51.30!!

Craig Engels was first American with his 3:51.60 in 5th!
This makes him 17th A-T US!

Another good comeback came from Matthew Centrowitz, whose 3:52.26 was his 2019 rust buster!!

Ben Blankenship PR'ed behind him in 3:52.51!

Yomif Kejelcha ended just 12th in the 3L57 range!

Removed FROM my US list was Marty Liquori, his 3:52.2 dating from the year of Pre's death, 1975!!


Sorry for the late & shortened report from PRE!
There were several marks that emerged from the Throws elsewhere!!

Jeneva Stevens had a sP of 61-5!
DeAnna Price's 254-0 HT is the World Leader!!
Janeah Stewart's 247-5 makes her 5th A-T US!!

Dani Hill's sP measured 61-9!

Ariana Ince PR'd again in the JT--to 208.5!!
This makes her 4th A-T US!

Will Claye TJ'ed 59-6.25, moving to 2nd A-T US, and 3rd A-T World!!

Jon Jones improved in the SP to 70-7!
Alex Young had a HT PR of 250-7!

Brittney Reese LJ'ed 22-9.25!
And Brianna McNeal doubled in the 100 & 100H---11.20 and 12.71.

Rhonex Kipruto and Brigid Kosgei broke the Peachtree 10K Course Records, winning 50 G's in US dollars each!!

Kipruto ran 27:01, while Kosgei ran 30:22!!