2010 Stockholm DN Galan Diamond League Predictions

By: LetsRun.com
August 5, 2010

Our Stockholm Prediction Contest is going on. You have until 1:30 pm eastern on Friday August 6th to get in your picks here.

One of the best things about our prediction contests is it lets us see who you, the most educated track and field fans in the world, think will win at each of the meets.

So below is your picks from the Prediction Contest for Friday's DN Galan Meet in Stockholm. We have the athletes in each event ranked by the perct of the first place votes they received. The next column Top 3 % is what percent of ballots had the athlete finish either 1st, 2nd or 3rd in Stockholm.

So here is the collective wisdom of the LetsRun.com faithful as of 1am eastern on Friday.

If you're smarter than the pickers below, get your picks in here. A simpler contest is Puma's. All you have to do is pick Bolt's winning time and you would win his race spieks. That is here.

Women's 800m: With Athing Mu running 400 this is open for the taking

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Lindsey Butler	38.2%	0.0%	ACC champ. First NCAA appearance	2:01.96	Virginia Tech SO
2. Aaliyah Miller	24.0%	0.0%	Big 12 champ.	2:02.35	Baylor SR
3. Laurie Barton	21.6%	0.0%	ACC runner-up. First NCAA appearance	2:01.99	Clemson SR
4. Claire Seymour	10.5%	0.0%	2nd at Husky Classic	2:02.20	BYU JR
5. Gabrielle Wilkinson	2.9%	0.0%	2nd at SECs	2:02.85	Florida SO
6. Shafiqua Maloney	2.5%	0.0%	3rd at SECs. 52 second quarter speed	2:03.12	Arkansas SR
7. Sarah Hendrick	0.2%	0.0%	Atlantic Sun champ	2:03.73	Kennesaw State JR
8. Other	0.2%	0.0%
9. Andrea Foster	%	0.0%	3rd at ACCs	2:03.54	Clemson SR
10. Kayla Johnson	%	0.0%	4th at ACCs	2:03.80	Miami (Fla.) SR

Women's 800m: A lot of fastest milers are opting for other events

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Sage Hurta	63.5%	0.0%	3 women with faster times are running different events. Has also run 2:02. On 2017 NCAA winning DMR team.	4:31.80	Colorado SR
2. Krissy Gear	31.4%	0.0%	SEC champ	4:31.83	Arkansas JR
3. Lotte Black	1.9%	0.0%	A10 XC champ. 10th fastest miler in NCAAs this year	4:35.54	Rhode Island SR
4. Aneta Konieczek	1.1%	0.0%	6th at Tyson Invite	4:35.88	Oregon JR
5. Katie Rainsperger	0.8%	0.0%	Only 11th at Husky. Her mom won Boston, and she was 4th at NCAA cross as a frosh.	4:38.15	Washington SR
6. Kaley Richards	0.6%	0.0%	8th at Camel City milre	4:35.64	UMass Lowell JR
7. Heather Hanson	0.3%	0.0%	7th at Husky Classic	4:36.49	BYU JR
8. Other	0.3%	0.0%
9. Kate Hunter	%	0.0%	8th at Husky Classic	4:37.17	BYU SR

Women's 800m: Courtney Wayment has the top time in the mile this year and has been great at cross.

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Courtney Wayment	59.4%	0.0%	Won Husky Invite, has been 5th at NCAA Cross	8:54.90	BYU SR
2. Joyce Kimeli	22.4%	0.0%	SEC 3k/5k champ and former regional XC champ.	8:56.02	Auburn JR
3. Katie Izzo	11.8%	0.0%	2nd at SECs in 3k/5k. Hard to believe this is her first NCAA track. 3rd at NCAA XC in 2019	8:56.55	Arkansas JR
4. Lauren Gregory	2.1%	0.0%	3rd in mile/3k at SECs. Has 2nd fastest time in 5k but doing DMR/3k	8:58.36	Arkansas SO
5. Elly Henes	1.7%	0.0%	ACC champ. Mom is coach at NC State	9:00.53	NC State SR
6. Olivia Hoj	1.3%	0.0%	5th at UW Invite (2nd collegian)	8:56.91	BYU SR
7. Allie Schadler	0.9%	0.0%	6th at UW Invite	8:58.13	Washington SR
8. Other	0.3%	0.0%
9. Jessica Drop	%	0.0%	DNF at SECs	9:03.29	Georgia SR

Women's 5000m: Is Joyce Kimeli going to get NCAA title #1?

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Joyce Kimeli	48.4%	0.0%	Is she the favorite? Beat Izzo in 3k and 5k at SECs	15:46.88	Auburn JR
2. Katie Izzo	42.4%	0.0%	2nd at SECs in 3k/5k. Hard to believe this is her first NCAA track. 3rd at NCAA XC in 2019	15:36.22	Arkansas JR
3. Jenna Magness	6.2%	0.0%	Big 10 champ	15:42.73	Michigan State JR
4. Hannah Steelman	0.8%	0.0%	Didn't run ACCs	15:47.43	NC State SR
5. Ericka VanderLende	0.5%	0.0%	2nd at Big 10s	15:48.88	Michigan SO
6. Elly Henes	0.5%	0.0%	2nd to Steelman at Virginia Beach	15:49.96	NC State SR
7. Grace Forbes	0.5%	0.0%	Conf USA Mile champ	15:50.38	Rice SO
8. Bethany Hasz	0.5%	0.0%	Big 10 3k and XC champ	15:50.74	Minnesota SR
9. Abbey Wheeler	0.3%	0.0%	Won Camel City	15:50.00	Providence SR
10. Other	0.3%	0.0%

Women's 5000m: Arkansas is the favorite

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Arkansas	87.1%	0.0%	Top seed and home track	10:53.77
2. Oregon	7.7%	0.0%		10:56.79
3. BYU	3.8%	0.0%		11:03.62
4. Ole Miss	1.2%	0.0%		11:04.27
5. Florida State	0.6%	0.0%		10:57.24
6. Alabama	0.5%	0.0%		10:59.21
7. Oklahoma State	0.3%	0.0%		10:57.60
8. Other	0.3%	0.0%
9. Florida	0.2%	0.0%		11:00.31

Women's Team Title: Home track and #1 ranking

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Arkansas	85.8%	0.0%	1st in coaches' poll
2. Texas A&M	13.2%	0.0%	2nd in coaches' poll
3. Oregon	7.7%	0.0%	9th in coaches' poll
4. Texas	0.3%	0.0%	3rd in coaches' poll
5. Georgia	0.3%	0.0%	4th in coaches' poll
6. BYU	0.3%	0.0%	8th in coaches' poll
7. Other	0.3%	0.0%
8. Florida	0.2%	0.0%	5th in coaches' poll
9. LSU	0.2%	0.0%	6th in coaches' poll
10. Southern California	%	0.0%	7th in coaches' poll
11. Texas Tech	%	0.0%	10th in coaches' poll

Women's Team Title: This is as wide open as we can remember

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Whittni Orton	35.3%	0.0%	7th last year and presumptive favorite entering season but hasn't raced since Oct.		BYU
2. Ella Donaghu	29.6%	0.0%	8th in '19 and wins at FSU & Battle Born in '21, but only 2nd at Pac-12s		Stanford
3. Haley Herberg	12.4%	0.0%	Surprise Pac-12 champ has run 15:40 on track		Washington
4. Zofia Dudek	7.8%	0.0%	2019 FL champ has finished in top 3 in all 3 races in '21		Stanford
5. Jenna Magness	6.2%	0.0%	3rd at Big 10s; ran 15:42 to win Big 10 indoors & will run NCAA 5k		Michigan State
6. Cailie Logue	5.6%	0.0%	15th in '19; undefeated last fall in XC including win at Big 12s		Iowa State
7. Mercy Chelangat	4.5%	0.0%	SEC champ was only 3rd (5k) & 4th (3k) at SEC indoors		Alabama
8. Taryn O'Neill	2.7%	0.0%	Big Sky champ has been in top 3 in all 3 races in '21		NAU
9. Dominique Clairmonte	0.9%	0.0%	ACC champ but hasn't raced since October		NC State
10. Other	0.6%	0.0%
11. Bethany Hasz	0.5%	0.0%	Big 10 champ is also running NCAA 5k		Minnesota
12. Mahala Norris	0.2%	0.0%	Beat a solid field to win Mountain West title; also running NCAA 5k		Air Force

Women's Team Title:

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Arkansas	41.9%	0.0%	1st in coaches' poll
2. BYU	41.3%	0.0%	2nd in coaches' poll
3. Stanford	13.0%	0.0%	4th in coaches' poll
4. New Mexico	2.4%	0.0%	3rd in coaches' poll
5. Colorado	0.6%	0.0%	6th in coaches' poll
6. NC State	0.5%	0.0%	5th in coaches' poll
7. Northern Arizona	0.2%	0.0%	9th in coaches' poll
8. Other	0.2%	0.0%
9. Michigan State	%	0.0%	7th in coaches' poll
10. Michigan	%	0.0%	8th in coaches' poll
11. Boise State	%	0.0%	10th in coaches' poll

Men's 800m: Is Hunter really an 800 runner?

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Charlie Hunter	54.1%	0.0%	NCAA leader hadn't run under 1:49 until this year. 3:53 miler is only Oregon 3rd fastest miler	1:45.59	Oregon JR
2. Takieddine Hedeilli	38.9%	0.0%	Gets his chance at his first NCAAs. Won ATL mile this year as well.	1:45.68	Texas Tech SR
3. Jason Gomez	3.5%	0.0%	Big 12 champ	1:47.02	Iowa State SO
4. Finley McLear	1.8%	0.0%	Hasn't lost this year at 800	1:47.47	Miami (Ohio) SO
5. Cooper Williams	0.7%	0.0%	Undefeated at 600/800 this year	1:48.09	Indiana SR
6. Luis Peralta	0.3%	0.0%	NB National high school champ from Jersey	1:47.61	Oregon SO
7. Samuel Voelz	0.3%	0.0%	2nd at ACCs	1:47.93	Notre Dame JR
8. Juan Diego Castro	0.2%	0.0%	3rd at Big 12s	1:47.98	Oklahoma State FR
9. Other	0.2%	0.0%
10. Kieran Taylor	%	0.0%	4th at SECs	1:48.32	Arkansas SR

Men's 800m: Should be a great one

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Cole Hocker	49.4%	0.0%	2nd fastest ever in NCAA indoor mile	3:50.55	Oregon SO
2. Sam Tanner	42.9%	0.0%	Ran 3:34.72 at NBIGP	3:55.23	Washington SO
3. Waleed Suliman	3.2%	0.0%	Also ran 3:58 at SEC meet to win. Impressive	3:55.60	Ole Miss SR
4. Eliud Kipsang	2.9%	0.0%	Ran 3:51.73 DMR split as well	3:56.88	Alabama FR
5. Lucas Bons	0.8%	0.0%	Cinderalla story. Came out of nowhere to run 3:55 as a returning from mission frosh	3:55.45	BYU FR
6. Reed Brown	0.5%	0.0%	Only Oregon's 4th fastest miler this year	3:56.61	Oregon JR
7. Yusuf Bizimana	0.3%	0.0%	Big 12 champ	3:57.81	Texas FR
8. Other	0.3%	0.0%
9. Duncan Hamilton	%	0.0%	Altitude adjusted mile from 4:05	3:57.30	Montana State SO
10. Davis Bove	%	0.0%	4th at SECs	3:57.49	LSU SO

Men's 800m: This comes at end of meet so it might depend on what happens before it

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Cooper Teare	83.8%	0.0%	Running this and DMR	7:46.10	Oregon SR
2. Mario Garcia Romo	10.9%	0.0%	Crazy kick to win SECs	7:48.40	Ole Miss SO
3. Cole Hocker	3.1%	0.0%	Also running mile and that final would be 1 hour before 3000	7:46.44	Oregon SO
4. Amon Kemboi	1.0%	0.0%	Scored at NCAAs in 2019	7:52.70	Arkansas SR
5. Ahmed Jaziri	0.5%	0.0%	6th at Camel City	7:50.24	Eastern Kentucky JR
6. Cameron Ponder	0.3%	0.0%	7th at Camel City	7:50.89	Furman JR
7. Gilbert Boit	0.2%	0.0%	2nd at SECs in 5000	7:53.62	Arkansas SR
8. Other	0.2%	0.0%
9. Colton Johnsen	%	0.0%	Won Husky invite	7:53.18	Washington St. SR

Men's 5000m: Can Kiptoo get the 1st part of double?

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Wesley Kiptoo	86.5%	0.0%	Big 12 3k and 5k champ. Also going to run XC on Monday	13:31.70	Iowa State JR
2. Aaron Bienenfeld	6.3%	0.0%	Won Camel City	13:33.18	Cincinnati SR
3. Amon Kemboi	2.7%	0.0%	Won Tyson Invite	13:38.95	Arkansas SR
4. Eric Hamer	1.3%	0.0%	Won Iowa State Classic	13:36.18	Colorado St. SR
5. Shea Foster	1.0%	0.0%		13:40.36	SE Louisiana JR
6. Alec Sandusky	0.7%	0.0%	2nd at Camel City	13:34.30	Cincinnati SR
7. Gilbert Boit	0.5%	0.0%	2nd at SECs	13:40.20	Arkansas SR
8. Ben Veatch	0.5%	0.0%	Big 10 3k and 5k champ	13:42.08	Indiana SR
9. Adriaan Wildschutt	0.2%	0.0%	2nd at Tyson Invite	13:39.43	Florida State SR
10. Jacob McLeod	0.2%	0.0%		13:41.26	Arkansas JR
11. Other	0.2%	0.0%

Men's 5000m: Oregon's to lose

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Oregon	98.2%	0.0%	Crushed NCAA record. Have a lot of time to work with	9:19.42
2. Arkansas	85.8%	0.0%		9:34.61
3. Ole Miss	1.2%	0.0%		9:29.35
4. Alabama	0.5%	0.0%		9:31.77
5. Iowa State	0.3%	0.0%		9:27.90
6. Texas	0.3%	0.0%		9:33.37
7. Other	0.3%	0.0%
8. Virginia Tech	0.2%	0.0%		9:30.73
9. North Carolina	0.2%	0.0%		9:31.21
10. Miami (Ohio)	%	0.0%		9:29.34
11. Texas Tech	%	0.0%		9:32.06

Men's Team Title: Oregon favored

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Oregon	94.4%	0.0%	1st in coaches' poll
2. LSU	3.4%	0.0%	2nd in coaches' poll
3. Arkansas	1.7%	0.0%	3rd in coaches' poll
4. Florida State	0.6%	0.0%	4th in coaches' poll
5. Alabama	0.5%	0.0%	8th in coaches' poll
6. Georgia	0.3%	0.0%	6th in coaches' poll
7. Other	0.3%	0.0%
8. Florida	0.2%	0.0%	5th in coaches' poll
9. Texas	0.2%	0.0%	10th in coaches' poll
10. North Carolina A&T	%	0.0%	7th in coaches' poll
11. Tennesee	%	0.0%	9th in coaches' poll

Men's Team Title: Will Kiptoo be tired from track?

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. Wesley Kiptoo	42.9%	0.0%	Undefeated in XC this year; has run 7:48/13:42/27:37 on track; running 5k at NCAA Indoors on Friday		Iowa State
2. Conner Mantz	35.6%	0.0%	Top returner from last year (3rd)		BYU
3. Luis Grijalva	15.3%	0.0%	7:43/13:16 pbs; beat Mantz at OSU in Oct. but only 4th in his most recent XC race		NAU
4. Mario Garcia Romo	10.9%	0.0%	SEC champ is entered in 3k (and possibly DMR) at NCAA Indoors		Ole Miss
5. Aaron Bienenfeld	6.3%	0.0%	Ran 13:41 on a flat track at Camel City on Feb. 20; entered in NCAA 5k		Cincinnati
6. Amon Kemboi	2.7%	0.0%	8th in 2019; entered in both 3k & 5k at NCAA Indoors		Arkansas
7. Abdihamid Nur	2.3%	0.0%	NAU's top guy in last 2 races		NAU
8. Nico Young	1.7%	0.0%	2019 NXN champ has impressed as true freshman		NAU
9. Yared Nuguse	1.4%	0.0%	NCAA 1500/ACC XC champ gave up indoors to run this race		Notre Dame
10. Eduardo Herrera	0.3%	0.0%	Pac-12 champ		Colorado
11. Other	0.3%	0.0%
12. Alec Sandusky	0.2%	0.0%	Ran 13:43 on a flat track at Camel City on Feb. 20; entered in NCAA 5k		Cincinnati
13. Casey Clinger	%	0.0%	Has consistently run as BYU's 2 this year; 24th as a true frosh in '17		BYU
14. Patrick Dever	%	0.0%	11th last year		Tulsa
15. George Kusche	%	0.0%	Big 10 champ is entered in NCAA mile		Nebraska

Men's Team Title: NAU vs BYU is going to be great

Athlete	% of 1st place Votes	Top 3 %	Comments	2010 Best	Country
1. NAU	61.2%	0.0%	2 in coaches' poll. Are they healthy?
2. BYU	37.9%	0.0%	1st in coaches' poll, last year's champs. Did have 3 guys go sub-13:30 indoors this year
3. Arkansas	0.3%	0.0%	3rd in coaches' poll
4. Oklahoma State	0.3%	0.0%	6th in coaches' poll
5. Iowa State	0.3%	0.0%	7th in coaches' poll
6. Other	0.3%	0.0%
7. Stanford	0.2%	0.0%	4th in coaches' poll
8. Notre Dame	0.2%	0.0%	9th in coaches' poll
9. Tulsa	%	0.0%	5th in coaches' poll
10. Colorado	%	0.0%	8th in coaches' poll
11. Washington	%	0.0%	10th in coaches' poll

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