Enttire 2009 Prefontaine Classic start list: Let's have fun pick your winners

Men

800m............Alfred Kirwa

Bowerman Mile...Asbel Kiprop

3000m...........Fekele OR Kipchoge

steeple.........Paul Koech

Women

100Hurdles......Priscilla Lopes- I PRAY SHE WINS,I LIKE HER

800m............Pamela Jelimo( She has regained some form)

1500m...........Anna Willard ( I f***ing hope so ! ) BUT Burka will be very hard to beat.

2000m...........Vivian Cheruiyot OR Jemal ( New WR ).

800 METERS

1 Alfred Yego (Kenya) 1.44.9

2 Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia) 1.45.2

3 Gary Reed (Canada) 1.45.5

4 Nick Symmonds 1.45.9

5 Khadevis Robinson 1.46.0

6 Ahmad Ismail (Sudan) 1.46.4

7 Boaz Lalang (Kenya) 1.46.9

8 Christian Smith 1.48.4

9 Elijah Greer (Ore HS) 1.48.7

BOWERMAN MILE

1 Haron Keitany (Kenya) 3.49.5

2 Asbel Kiprop (Kenya) 3.50.0

3 Shedrack Korir (Kenya) 3.51.5

4 Belal Mansoor (Bahrain) 3.53.9

5 Leonel Manzano 3.54.2

6 Lopez Lomong 3.54.9

7 Nicholas Kemboi (Kenya) 3.55.6

8 Nate Brannen (Canada) 3.55.7

9 Peter van der Westhuisen (S Africa) 3.56.7

10 Will Leer 3.56.9

11 Alan Webb 3.57.4

12 Henok Legesse (Ethiopia) 3.58.2

13 Evan Jager 3.59.0

14 Josephat Kithii (Kenya) 4.01.0

3000 METERS

1 Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya) 7.33.4

2 Sileshi Sihine 7.33.5

3 Abreham Feleke (Ethiopia) 7.34.2

4 Dejen Gebremeskel 7.35.0

5 Leonard Komon (Kenya) 7.35.4

6 Matthew Kisorio (Kenya) 7.35.7

7 Saif Shaheen (Qatar) 7.36.8

8 Bernard Lagat 7.37.8

9 Moses Masai (Kenya) 7.38.1

10 Chris Solinsky 7.42.8

11 Matt Tegenkamp 7.43.0

12 Alistair Craig 7.44.5

13 Jonathan Riley 7.47.5

14 Brent Vaughn 7.50.0

MEN

400 METER HURDLES

Kerron Clement

800 METERS

Khadevis Robinson

BOWERMAN MILE

Leonel Manzano

3000 METERS

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)

STEEPLECHASE

Paul Koech (Kenya)

SHOT PUT

Reese Hoffa

HIGH JUMP

Andra Manson

LONG JUMP

Brian Johnson

POLE VAULT

Giovanni Lanaro (Mexico)

PSL are you on drugs. You seriously think Manzano can compete with Keitany and Kiprop?

men

400H

1 Taylor

2 Jackson

3 Clement

800

1 Yego

2 KD

3 Borzo

mile

1 Kiprop

2 Keitany

3 Leo - a hopeful pick

3000 - great field

1 Kipchoge

2 Sihine - not sure what type of shape he's in

3 Shaheen

steeple

1 Koech

women

800

1 Jepkosgei

2 Jelimo

3 Sinclair

1500

1 Burka - always seems to be in good shape at this point in the season

2 Willard

3 Lagat

4 Jenny B

2000

1 Jamal

2 Cheruiyot

The lad who said who is Keitany obviously doesnt watch much 1500m action. The guy won Weltklasse last year in 3.32.0 beating the world class field of Kiprop, Ramzi (cheat), Higuero, Baala, Gathimba, Iguider. He ran 3.30 in Doha about 5 weeks ago, the quickest anyone has run since 2007.

Everyone is underestimating Dejen Gebremeskel in the 3k. Hes only 19 and is the next big thing in Ethiopian distance running along with Fekele Abraham Cherkos whose also running. Dejen ran 13.03 for 5k last week.

Here are the sprint start lists:

NUTRILITE 300 METERS (MEN)

LaShawn Merritt

Xavier Carter

David Neville

Tyler Christopher (Canada)

Rennie Quow (Trinidad)

Wallace Spearmon

Darold Williamson

Rodney Martin

VISA 100 METERS (WOMEN)

Shelly-Ann Fraser (Jamaica)

Muna Lee

Torri Edwards

Lauryn Williams

Kerron Stewart (Jamaica)

Carmelita Jeter

Marshevet Hooker

Tianna Madison

100 METERS (MEN) Section I

Michael Frater (Jamaica)

Ivory Williams

Leroy Dixon

Shawn Crawford

Rae Edwards

Nesta Carter (Jamaica)

Ryan Bailey

100 METERS (MEN) Section II

Asafa Powell (Jamaica)

Walter Dix

Michael Rodgers

Churandy Martina (Neth Antilles)

Richard Thompson (Trinidad)

Marc Burns (Trinidad)

Jaysuma Ndure (Norway)

Travis Padgett

NUTRILITE 400 METERS (WOMEN)

Sanya Richards

Yuliya Guschina (Russia)

Anastasia Kapachinskaia (Russia)

Novlene Williams (Jamaica)

Amantle Montsho (Botswana)

Shericka Williams (Jamaica)

Melaine Walker (Jamaica)

Natasha Hastings

predicto wrote:

PSL are you on drugs. You seriously think Manzano can compete with Keitany and Kiprop?

Sure, why not.

400H: Bershawn Jackson

800: Boaz Lalang

Mile: Asbel Kiprop

3000: Eliud Kipchoge

Steeple: Paul Koech

Shot Put: Dan Taylor

High Jump: Jesse Williams

Long Jump: Dwight Phillips

Pole Vault: Derek Miles

100H: Damu Cherry

800: Pamela Jelimo

1500: Gelete Burka

2000: Linet Masai

Discus: Stephanie Brown Trafton

Hammer: Betty Heidler

Long Jump: Brittany Reese

MEN'S

100a - Ivory Williams

100b - Richard Thompson

300 - Xavier Carter

400H - Kerron Clement

800 - Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Elijah Greer 1:46.15 HSR)

BOWERMAN MILE - Asbel Kiprop

3000 - Sileshi Sihine

STEEPLECHASE - Paul Koech

SHOT PUT - Christian Cantwell

HIGH JUMP - Yaroslav Rybakov

LONG JUMP - Irving Saladino

POLE VAULT - Derek Miles

WOMEN'S

100 - Muna Lee

100H - Priscilla Lopes-Schliep

400 - Sanya Richards

800 - Pamela Jelimo

1500 - Anna Willard

2000 - Linet Masai

DISCUS - Stephanie Brown Trafton

HAMMER - Betty Heidler

LONG JUMP - Yelena Sokolova

Kemboi is in the steeple now. Should be a great race with Koech.

Link http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/display_article.php?id=32412

NUTRILITE 300 METERS (MEN)

Wallace Spearmon

VISA 100 METERS (WOMEN)

Marshevet Hooker

100 METERS (MEN) Section I

Leroy Dixon

100 METERS (MEN) Section II

Asafa Powell (Jamaica)

NUTRILITE 400 METERS (WOMEN)

Sanya Richards

Anastasia Kapachinskaia (Russia)

I have to say congratulations to the meet directors for pulling this one off. Quite an amazing field for any track meet, let alone one on American soil. Meet organizers in America are really going all out it seems. I'm not going to put down my picks for every event, just these few:

Mens 800m:

Khadevis Robinson

Gary Reed

Yuriy Borazkovsky

Alfred Yego

Nick Symmonds

Ahmad Ismail

Elijah Greer (1:46.high, but no AR)

Mens Bowerman Mile

Asbel Kiprop, 3:49.xx

Josephat Kithii

Haron Keitany

Leonel Manzano

Henok Legesse

Shedrack Korir

Belal Mansoor

Nicholas Kemboi

Nate Brannen

Van der Westhuisen

Alan Webb, 3:56.xx

Lopez Lomong

Evan Jager

Will Leer

Mens 3000m:

Eliud Kipchoge

Bernard Lagat

Saif Shaheen

Sileshi Sihine

Dejen Gebremeskel

Alistair Craig

Matthew Kisorio

Matt Tegenkamp

Leonard Komon

Abreham Feleke

Chris Solinsky

Jonathan Riley

Moses Masai

Brent Vaughn

1500 METERS

Nancy Lagat

Anna Willard

Gelete Burka

Christin Wurth-Thomas

Anna Alminova

Shannon Rowbury

Jenny Barringer

Shalane Flanagan

Nuria Fernandez

Treniere Clement

Erin Donohue

Shayne Culpepper

Meskerem Assefa

This should be a sick meet. If I could get a ticket, I'd strongly consider making the 15 hour drive to see it, with or without a place to sleep for the night.

irun wrote:This should be a sick meet. If I could get a ticket, I'd strongly consider making the 15 hour drive to see it, with or without a place to sleep for the night.

GA tickets $21:

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Am surprised people are overlooking Lagat in the 3, he rarely loses at this distance and he'll be tough to beat.

eliud kipchoge ran 7:28 in doha last month. however, it seems like he has been racing a bit much. ran a 5k in 13:00 for 3rd place in hengelo last weekend. i say good luck to steve sherer at keeping the pace honest. take them out in 3:45ish?

First let me say i just hat had a look at LRC's predictions and i have to say they are crap.Anyway here are mine:-

800: Alfred Yego

Mile: (1) Asbel Kiprop (2) Keitany,

3000: (1) Sihine (2) Lagat (3) Kipchoge

Steeple: Ezekiel Kemboi( Sub 8:00 )

800: (1) Pamela Jelimo (2) Sinclair( a 70% fit Jelimo is good enough for the win).

1500: Anna Willard ( To beat Burka in a sprint finish)

2000: (1) Vivian Cheruiyot(2) Jemal(3) Linet Masai ( Jemal will set out in a suicidal pace which will backfire on her)

MEN

400H-A.Taylor

800-Yego

Mile-Kiprop, 3:50

3k-Kipchoge over Sihine and Lagat, prob. 7:31

St-Koech

SP-Cantwell

HJ-J. Williams

LJ-Saladino

PV-Lukuanenko

WMN

100H-Harper

800-Jepkosgei

1500-Burka

2k-Cheruiyot

Disc-Brown-Trafton

HT-Menkova

LJ-Sokolova