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

What about Olympic gold medalist Nancy Lagat?

I would love to see an American 1-2-3 finish in the womens 1500m(willard, wurth-thomas, rowbury).

Nancy Jebet Lagat has a habit of peaking later in the season i.e july/august time.So it is unlikely she will challenge Burka or Willard.

So true just because she's Olympic Champion doesn't mean anything that's the only international race she won last year and so far this year. Can you say got abit lucky last year and why is J. Barringer being mention in the same breath in the 1500m as Wurth-Thomas, Geleta, and even Anna Willard who just popped a near sub 1:59?

Hey, it is NOT true that she has only won one race.She won the 800M world junior champs in 2000 in a time of 2.01( see below).She was outstanding as a junior actually but then was sidelined by injuries and the husband's problems ( i.e Kenneth Cheruiyot- former Rotherdam marathon winner who was arrested for allegedly commiting murder).

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IAAF/Coca Cola World Junior Championships 1 f 2:01.51 Santiago de Chile 20/10/2000

Maybe Alan Webb should drop out...

and im a big fan of his.

On the distance races I'll defer to the Brojos.

Men

100 - Dix, Martina, Rodgers

300 - Merritt, Spearmon, Quow

400H - Clement, Phillips, Jackson

HJ - Williams, Ukhov, Silnov

PV - Miles, Jeng, Scott

LJ - Saladino, Phillips, Berrabah

SP - Taylor, Hoffa, Majewski

Women

100 - Jeter, Fraser, Stewart

400 - Richards, S Williams, Hastings

100H - Lopes-Schliep, Harper, Cherry

LJ - Reese, Sokolova, Jimoh

DT - Brown Trafton, Powell Roos, Thurmond

HT - Menkova, Heidler, Frizell

The real question is:

Will Alan Webb hit the NCAA Regional qualifying mark?

Check out the post alittle closer next time I said she won one international race last year not in her career so the 2000 race you speak of is irrelavant; however, I'm sure you recognized that and decided to post a non issue anyway!

You were trying to sugest that she came from 'no where' to winning an olympic medal which is not factually correct.So i assumed you do not know her history hence decided to enlighten you and anyone else who has the same notion.

Please just stop saying she won one race has nothing to do with what your discussing. The fact of the matter is she will be just as irrelavant in the upcoming Pre race as your comments.

I agree she won't challenge Burka and Willard at pre.As someone else pointed out she peaks late in the season.

Yes she won the Olympics and have a Gold and Silver medal from the World Jr. Track Championships but other than those she don't win very often. The last international 1500m race she won before the Olympics go all the way back to Milano in 2005 and she competed regularly every year, maybe later this year she lives up to her potential and Olympic title and win alittle more than in the past.

Have there been any indication as to what the pace will be for any of the distance races?

After the way Ezekiel kemboi crushed Koech in Doha why are people still adamant that Koech will beat him 2morrow?

where is it being shown on TV? Thanks

Does anyone know if it is possible to watch it online in the UK.I realised Universal sports is not showing it onutside the US.

400 METER HURDLES

Kerron Clement

800 METERS

Yuriy Borzakovskiy (Russia)

BOWERMAN MILE

Haron Keitany (Kenya)

3000 METERS

Eliud Kipchoge (Kenya)

STEEPLECHASE

Paul Koech (Kenya)

SHOT PUT

Dan Taylor

HIGH JUMP

Ivan Ukhov (Russia)

LONG JUMP

Dwight Phillips

POLE VAULT

Derek Miles

100 HURDLES

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada)

800 METERS

Janet Jepkosgei (Kenya)

1500 METERS

Gelete Burka (Ethiopia)

2000 METERS

Maryam Jamal (Bahrain) **

DISCUS THROW

Stephanie Brown Trafton

HAMMER THROW

Darya Pchelnick (Belarus)

LONG JUMP

Brittney Reese

Seem to be missing Rob Watson in the steeple....also does anyone know why he is listed as USA in the official start list. I know he went to college in the states at Colorado State, but I am pretty sure he retains Canadian citizenship as he lives in Guelph and trains with the Speed River Track Club.