All about the appearance fees. Now he has something to strike up a conversation with Damu about.
absolutely, and it was orchestrated with his teammate taking the first one. Good move IMO. All Nike pressure aside, he needs to be healthy for Beijing.
That’s exactly what I was thinking too - just wanted some confirmation from more experienced eyes :). My friend and I were discussing that the first false start was far too early and it was so Xiang didn’t have to false start twice - it would be too obvious that way.
HERE’S THE LOT THEN …
08/06/2008
Prefontaine Classic
Eugene, OR, 08/06/2008
Men’ results
100 Metres - Men Wind: -0.5 m/s
Pts
1 Brown , Darrel TRI 10.07 10
2 Williams , Ivory USA 10.10 8
3 Demps , Jeffery USA 10.19 7
4 Spearmon , Wallace USA 10.24 6
5 Crawford , Shawn USA 10.24 5
6 Frater , Michael JAM 10.24 4
7 Martin , Rodney USA 10.27 3
8 Jelks , Mark USA 10.31 2
200 Metres - Men Wind: +1.6 m/s
Pts
1 Spearmon , Wallace USA 20.14 10
2 Crawford , Shawn USA 20.25 8
3 Carter , Xavier USA 20.29 7
4 Martin , Rodney USA 20.31 6
5 Berrian , Chris USA 20.45 5
6 Williams , Christopher JAM 20.74 4
7 Bailey , Ryan USA 20.78 3
8 Brown , Joel USA 21.02 2
400 Metres - Men
Pts
1 Merritt , LaShawn USA 44.65 10
2 Taylor , Angelo USA 45.14 8
3 Quow , Renny TRI 45.41 7
4 Christopher , Tyler CAN 45.52 6
5 Kikaya , Gary COD 45.55 5
6 Neville , David USA 45.74 4
7 Clement , Kerron USA 45.77 3
8 Williamson , Darold USA 46.93 2
800 Metres - Men
Pts
1 Yego , Alfred Kirwa KEN 1:44.01 10
2 Kamel , Yusuf Saad BRN 1:44.18 8
3 Robinson , Khadevis USA 1:44.55 7
4 Symmonds , Nick USA 1:45.01 6
5 Reed , Gary CAN 1:45.68 5
6 Kombich , Ismael Kipngetich KEN 1:46.07 4
7 Scherer , Matthew USA 1:46.11 3
8 Yokota , Masato JPN 1:47.35 2
9 Shaw , Brandon USA 1:49.00
Blount , Elliot USA DNF
One Mile - Men
Pts
1 Korir , Shedrack Kibet KEN 3:50.49 10
2 Willis , Nicholas NZL 3:50.66 8
3 Komen , Daniel Kipchirchir KEN 3:50.95 7
4 Ali , Belal Mansoor BRN 3:53.12 6
5 Lomong , Lopez USA 3:53.97 5
6 Rankin , Jon USA 3:54.68 4
7 Webb , Alan USA 3:55.47 3
8 Kipchirchir , Alex KEN 3:57.43 2
9 Leer , Will USA 3:58.16 1
Kivuna , Jackson Mumbwa KEN DNF
Elliott , Kevin USA DNF
Tegenkamp , Matthew USA DNS
Sullivan , Kevin CAN DNS
Two Miles - Men
Pts
1 Lagat , Bernard USA 8:12.45 10
2 Ramzi , Rashid BRN 8:13.16 8
3 Koech , Paul Kipsiele KEN 8:13.31 7
4 Solinsky , Chris USA 8:15.77 6
5 Mottram , Craig AUS 8:18.19 5
6 Kosgei , Shadrack KEN 8:21.34 4
7 Shaheen , Saif Saaeed QAT 8:22.86 3
8 Asmerom , Bolota USA 8:32.16 2
9 Birmingham , Collis AUS 8:40.22 1
10 Puskedra , Luke USA 8:46.41 1
Riley , Jonathon USA DNF
Kithii , Josphat Mitunga KEN DNF
Bak , Ryan USA DNF
Wall , Scott USA DNF
Moran , Ed USA DNS
10,000 Metres - Men
Pts
1 Bekele , Kenenisa ETH 26:25.97 10
2 Jeilan , Ibrahim ETH 27:13.85 8
3 Zewdie , Maregu ETH 27:14.13 7
4 Kiptoo , Mark Kosgei KEN 27:14.67 6
5 Tola , Tadese ETH 27:15.17 5
6 Kimutai , Kiplimo KEN 27:16.49 4
7 Abdirahman , Abdihakem USA 27:16.99 3
8 Kosgei , Barnabas Kiplagat KEN 28:15.66 2
9 Harroufi , Ridouane MAR 28:20.67 1
Cherkos , Abreham ETH DNF
Luchini Jr. , Louis USA DNF
Cheboiywo , Boaz KEN DNF
Regassa , Tilahun ETH DNS
Meftah , Abdellatif MAR DNS
Kipngetich , Robert Sigei KEN DNS
110 Metres Hurdles - Men Wind: +2.7 m/s
Pts
1 Moore , Anwar USA 13.09 10
2 Payne , David USA 13.28 8
3 Hicks , Antwon USA 13.30 7
4 Brown , Joel USA 13.45 6
5 Shi , Dongpeng CHN 13.50 5
Liu , Xiang CHN DQ
Wilson , Ryan USA DNF
High Jump - Men
Pts
1 Silnov , Andrey RUS 2.31 10
2 Harris , Tora USA 2.30 8
3 Williams , Jesse USA 2.25 7
4 Thomas , Donald BAH 2.25 6
5 Mason , Germaine GBR 2.20 5
6 Nieto , Jamie USA 2.20 4
7 Ukhov , Ivan RUS 2.20 3
Pole Vault - Men
Pts
1 Walker , Brad USA 6.04 10
2 Miles , Derek USA 5.80 8
3 Mack , Timothy USA 5.70 7
4 Hartwig , Jeff USA 5.60 5.50
4 Buller , Russ USA 5.60 5.50
6 Skipper , Tommy USA 5.45 4
7 Hollis , Mark USA 5.45 3
Pauli , Jacob USA NM
Triple Jump - Men
Pts Wind
1 Gregório , Jadel BRA 17.26 10 +1.3
2 Curry , Rafeeq USA 17.11 8 +2.1
3 Sands , Leevan BAH 16.94 7 +0.0
4 Bell , Kenta USA 16.66 6 +0.6
5 Willis , Lawrence USA 16.28 5 +1.7
Davis , Walter USA DNS
Shot Put - Men
Pts
1 Nelson , Adam USA 22.12 10
2 Hoffa , Reese USA 21.73 8
3 Taylor , Daniel USA 20.63 7
4 Armstrong , Dylan CAN 20.40 6
Cantwell , Christian USA DNS
Scott , Dorian JAM DNS
Women’ results
100 Metres - Women Wind: +1.3 m/s
Pts
1 Edwards , Torri USA 10.94 10
2 Simpson , Sherone JAM 10.99 8
3 Stewart , Kerron JAM 10.99 7
4 Felix , Allyson USA 11.06 6
5 Jeter , Carmelita USA 11.07 5
6 Williams , Lauryn USA 11.21 4
7 Dowdie , Peta-Gaye JAM 11.31 3
8 Osayomi , Oludamola NGR 11.32 2
400 Metres - Women
Pts
1 Richards , Sanya USA 50.10 10
2 Wineberg , Mary USA 50.32 8
3 Williams , Shericka JAM 50.34 7
4 Williams , Novlene JAM 50.92 6
5 Floyd , Ebony USA 51.25 5
6 Hastings , Natasha USA 51.34 4
7 Woods , Shareese USA 52.36 3
8 Tanno , Asami JPN 52.54 2
800 Metres - Women
Pts
1 Mutola , Maria de Lurdes MOZ 1:59.24 10
2 Schmidt , Alice USA 2:00.01 8
3 Clark , Hazel USA 2:00.51 7
4 Rowbury , Shannon USA 2:01.03 6
5 Teter , Nicole USA 2:01.07 5
6 Price , Chanelle USA 2:01.61 4
7 Cummins , Diane CAN 2:01.70 3
8 Sato , Miho JPN 2:06.75 2
Hardy , Melanie USA DNF
1500 Metres - Women
Pts
1 Burka , Gelete ETH 4:00.44 10
2 Lagat , Nancy Jebet KEN 4:03.80 8
3 Wurth-Thomas , Christin USA 4:04.88 7
4 Donohue , Erin USA 4:07.65 6
5 Fleshman , Lauren USA 4:09.43 5
6 Mortimer , Amy USA 4:09.81 4
7 Tomashova , Tatyana RUS 4:10.49 3
8 Douma-Hussar , Carmen CAN 4:11.44 2
9 Clement , Treniere USA 4:11.87 1
Corrigan , Lisa AUS DNF
Green , Nikeya USA DNF
Jamal , Maryam Yusuf BRN DNS
Legesse , Meskerem ETH DNS
5000 Metres - Women
Pts
1 Defar , Meseret ETH 14:38.73 10
2 Cheruiyot , Vivian KEN 14:57.43 8
3 Goucher , Kara USA 14:58.10 7
4 Jepchumba , Peninah KEN 15:17.59 6
5 Clarke , Georgie AUS 15:36.82 5
Komyagina , Olga RUS DNF
Galaviz , Lisa USA DNF
Ferrell , Catherine USA DNF
Begley-Yoder , Amy USA DNF
100 Metres Hurdles - Women Wind: +3.1 m/s
Pts
1 Hayes , Joanna USA 12.53 10
2 Harper , Dawn USA 12.59 8
3 Golding-Clarke , Lacena JAM 12.65 7
4 Lopes-Schliep , Priscilla CAN 12.72 6
5 Foster-Hylton , Brigitte JAM 12.75 5
Cherry , Damu USA DQ
Long Jump - Women
Pts Wind
1 Maggi , Maurren Higa BRA 7.02 10 +3.3
2 Jimoh , Funmi USA 6.85 8 +2.6
3 Kotova , Tatyana RUS 6.69 7 +0.0
4 Upshaw , Grace USA 6.68 6 +2.6
5 Lebedeva , Tatyana RUS 6.62 5 +1.4
6 Richmond , Rose USA 6.53 4 +1.9
7 Bobby George , Anju IND 6.47 3 +1.4
8 Madison , Tianna USA 6.04 2 +2.2
Discus Throw - Women
Pts
1 Brown-Trafton , Stephanie USA 63.50 10
2 Pospíšilová-Cechlová , Vera CZE 63.10 8
3 Powell Ross , Suzanne USA 61.89 7
4 Breisch , Becky USA 61.73 6
5 Söderberg , Anna SWE 61.63 5
6 Thurmond , Aretha USA 61.01 4
7 Lewis , Gia USA 54.29 3
Hammer Throw - Women
Pts
1 Heidler , Betty GER 73.93 10
2 Brkljacic , Ivana CRO 73.73 8
3 Campbell , Amber USA 68.11 7
4 Henry , Britney USA 67.83 6
5 Hart , Bethany USA 67.21 5
6 Hopping Veress , Sarah USA 67.04 4
7 Smith , Loree USA 66.33 3
8 Kuzenkova , Olga RUS 62.96 2
9 Hinchcliffe , Brittany USA 61.97
10 Soong , Cari USA 60.13
where is the mens long jump?
In the longer runs… why don’t those rabbits just stay in the race?? They look quick and good enough to place well. why not?
Most of the time they go out at a pace they can’t possibly maintain and since they usually aren’t as good as they rest of the field, they would falter off, tighten up, and likely not run close to their PB. If you run 1:48-1:50 in the 800, you can likely go out in 50 flat pretty easily, but after about 600 meters your race would be over.
the exception being noah ngeny who paced el-g to his 1500 world record through 1100m and then a year later almost beat him in his mile wr.
but in general pace setters are there to pick up a little money and get a workout in.
That run was a 2sec PB for Willis but to give it some context there is a Kiwi from a while ago who was quite good :rolleyes:
All time Top 15 NZ Miles Times:
1 John Walker 3:49.08 7-Jul-82
2 John Walker 3:49.4 12-Aug-75
3 John Walker 3:49.50 26-Jun-82
4 John Walker 3:49.73 17-Aug-83
5 John Walker 3:49.73 29-Aug-84
6 John Walker 3:50.01 13-Jul-82
7 John Walker 3:50.12 19-Aug-81
8 John Walker 3:50.26 11-Jul-81
9 John Walker 3:50.27 22-Aug-84
10 John Walker 3:50.58 19-Mar-81
11 Nick Willis 3:50.66 8-Jun-08
12 John Walker 3:50.93 10-Sep-86
13 John Walker 3:51.59 13-Jul-83
14 John Walker 3:51.98 14-Jul-81
15 John Walker 3:52.0 11-Jul-77