Prefontaine Classic 2013 Results: Daily Updates and Standings

Named after legendary track and field star Steve Prefontaine, the Prefontaine Classic is one of the most respected and popular American track meets.

The 39th annual edition began on Friday with Nike providing sponsorship for the 30th consecutive year. The meet is held at historic Hayward Field in Eugene, OR and massive crowds of over 12,000 fans have made it one of the largest attended track and field events in the country, per Diamond League Eugene.com.

Here are the results of the events with the most recent day of action appearing first:

UPDATE: Saturday, June. 1, at 6:51 p.m. ET by Brian Mazique

Saturday's action featured several prominent athletes from around the world. American sprinter Justin Gatlin shined in the 100 meters and Great Britain's Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah took silver in the 5000 meters.

Here are the results.

Pole Vault

Place	Athlete	Country	Meters
1	Renaud Lavillenie	FRA	5.95
2	Bjorn Otto	GER	5.90
3	Raphael Holzdeppe	GER	5.84

Women's Triple Jump

Place	Athlete	Country	Meters
1	Caterine Ibarguen	COL	14.93
2	Olha Saladukha	UKR	14.85
3	Kimberly Williams	JAM	14.78

Women's 400 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Amantle Montsho	BOT	50.01
2	Francena McCorory	USA	50.37
3	Novolene Williams-Mills	JAM	51.14

Women's 5000 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Tirunesh Dibaba	ETH	14:42.01
2	Mercy Cherono	KEN	14:42.51
3	Margaret Wangari Muriuki	KEN	14:43.68

Men's High Jump

Place	Athlete	Country	Meters
1	Mutaz Essa Barshim	QAT	2.40
2	Erik Kynard	USA	2.36
3	Derek Drouin	CAN	2.36

Women's 400 Meter Hurdles

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Zuzana Hejnova	CZE	53.70
2	Georganne Moline	USA	54.75
3	Kaliese Spencer	JAM	55.03

Men's 3000 Meter Steeplechase

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Conseslus Kipruto	KEN	8:03.59
2	Paul Kipsiele Koech	KEN	8:05.86
3	Mahiedine Mekhissi Benabbad	FRA	8:06.60

Women's 1500 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Hellen Obiri	KEN	3:58.58
2	Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon	KEN	4:01.08
3	Nancy Jebet Langat	KEN	4:01.41

Women's 100 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Shelley-Ann Fraser-Pryce	JAM	10.71
2	Blessing Okagbare	NGR	10.75
3	Veronica Campbell-Brown	JAM	10.78

Men's Discus

Place	Athlete	Country	Meters
1	Robert Harting	GER	69.75
2	Piotr Malachowski	POL	68.19
3	Ehsan Hadadi	IRI	65.63

Men's 100 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Justin Gatlin	USA	9.88
2	Michael Rodgers	USA	9.94
3	Ryan Bailey	USA	10.00

Men's 400 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Lashawn Merritt	USA	44.32
2	Kirani James	GRN	44.39
3	Tony McQuay	USA	45.31

Women's 800 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Francine Niyonsaba	BDI	1:56.72
2	Brenda Martinez	USA	1:58.18
3	Janeth Jepkosgei	KEN	1:58.71

Men's 110 Meter Hurdles

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Hansle Parchment	JAM	13.05
2	Orlando Ortega	CUB	13.08
3	David Oliver	USA	13.10

Men's 200 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Nickel Ashmeade	JAM	20.14
2	Walter Dix	USA	20.16
3	Jason Young	JAM	20.20

Men's 5000 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Edwin Cheruiyot Soi	KEN	13:04.75
2	Mo Farah	GBR	13:05.88
3	Yenew Alamirew	ETH	13:06.45

Men's 800 Meters

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Mohammed Aman	ETH	1:44.42
2	Timothy Kitum	KEN	1:45.16
3	Nick Symmonds	USA	1:45.40

Bowerman Mile

Place	Athlete	Country	Time
1	Silas Kiplagat	KEN	3:49.48
2	Asbel Kiprop	KEN	3:49.53
3	Aman Wote	ETH	3:49.88

---End of Update---

Ethiopian runner Kenenisa Bekele captured the men's 10,000-meter victory with the year's best performance on "Distance Night" of the 2013 Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

A beautiful night in Oregon and top track and field competitors drew quite a crowd for the first night of the 39th annual edition of the meet. With over 12,000 in attendance, it was standing room only as it has been during the past 15 years in Eugene.

Greg Skipper, a hammer thrower at the University of Oregon, tweeted a picture that captured the full crowd on hand for the event:

Before the action started, the crowd and participants broke out in a “Go Pre!” chant. The crowd and athletes were honoring Steve Prefontaine, an American long-distance runner who tragically died at the age of 24.

Now that we have a good feel for Friday night’s atmosphere, let’s get into the results.

Men's 10,000 Meters 

The men’s 10,000-meter race was the final event but definitely the highlight of the night. The competition was labeled as having a “world-class” field that consisted of six Ethiopians, five Kenyans, one Italian and one Frenchman.

London Olympics gold medalist (10,000 and 5,000 meters) Mo Farah did not participate in the race, but he will compete in Saturday’s 5,000-meter running.

Things were pretty quiet during the first half of the endurance-challenging race. Things changed down the stretch as they always do.

With about 1,600 meters left, 12 runners were in a deadlock when Kenyan Bitan Karoki broke ahead and distanced himself from that pack. Only eight members of that group were able to keep up to maintain pace with the leader.

He set the tone but ultimately wasn't able to keep that pace.

Bekele was among those eight leaders. He eventually surpassed Karoki before the start of the final lap and held on to the top spot despite a fierce challenge by Ethiopian Imane Merga. Bekele’s finish was the fastest time in the world this year but fell short of his previous world record.

Karoki fell back and out of the top three, barely, at the finish line.

Place	Athlete	Country	Time (Min:Sec)
1	Bekele, Kenenisa	ETH	27:12.08
2	Merga, Imane	ETH	27:12.37
3	Kuma, Abera	ETH	27:13.10

Men’s National 1,500 Meters

Earlier, the running action got started with an exciting finish in the men’s national 1,500-meter race.

American Garrett Heath broke out to a huge lead and held on during a final-stretch push by Kenyan Jonathan Kiplimo and American Jordan McNamara during the last 100 meters.

Pre Classic Media captured a shot of the race winner following the action:

Place	Athlete	Country	Time (Min:Sec)
1	Heath, Garrett	USA	3:38.54
2	Kiplimo, Jonathan	KEN	3:38.61
3	McNamara, Jordan	USA	3:38.95

Women’s National 800 Meters

Next up was the women’s national 800-meter race. Things were close throughout the shorter race, but Shanelle Price moved to the front after the first half of the action. She couldn’t hold on, though, as Phoebe Wright broke through during the final stretch to capture a strong win.

Place	Athlete	Country	Time (Min:Sec)
1	Wright, Phoebe	USA	2:00.85
2	Bishop, Melissa	CAN	2:01.16
3	Wilson, Ajee	USA	2:01.24

Men’s International Mile

The men’s international mile, Friday night’s penultimate event, came up next.

Kenyan Daniel Komen built a sizable early lead until he lost his lead during the final 200 meters to finish in third place. Henrik Ingebrigtsen was the first to pass the leader during the final 20 meters, but he fell to second place as Kenyan James Magut surged into the lead to cross the finish line first.

Place	Athlete	Country	Time (Min:Sec)
1	Magut, James Kiplagat	KEN	3:55.24
2	Ingebrigtsen, Henrik	NOR	3:55.50
3	Komen, Daniel Kichirchir	KEN	3:56.13

Other Results

Women’s Hammer Throw

Place	Athlete	Country	Distance (Meters)
1	Heidler, Betty	GER	75.21
2	Wlodarczyk, Anita	POL	74.73
3	Lysenko, Tatyana	RUS	72.62

Women’s Shot Put

Place	Athlete	Country	Distance (Meters)
1	Adams, Valerie	NZL	20.15
2	Gong, Lijiao	CHN	20.12
3	Carter, Michelle	USA	19.65

Men’s Long Jump

Place	Athlete	Country	Distance (Meters)
1	Menkov, Aleksandr	RUS	8.3 (+1.7)
2	Da Silva, Mauro Vinicius	BRA	8.22 (+2.2)
3	Rutherford, Greg	GBR	8.22 (+1.6)

Women’s Javelin Throw

Place	Athlete	Country	Distance (Meters)
1	Obergfoll, Christina	GER	67.7
2	Mickle, Kimberley	AUS	63.8
3	Viljoen, Sunette	RSA	63.00

IAAF Diamond League Standings

Women’s Shot Put

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points
1	Adams, Valerie	NZL	4
1	Schwanitz, Christina	GER	4
3	Gong, Lijiao	CHN	4
4	Carter, Michelle	USA	2

Men’s Long Jump

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points
1	Menkov, Aleksandr	RUS	6
2	Li, Jinzhe	CHN	4
3	Da Silva, Mauro Vinicius	BRA	2
3	Rutherford, Greg	GBR	2

Women’s Javelin Throw

Rank	Athlete	Country	Points
1	Obergfoll, Christina	GER	8
2	Mickle, Kimberley	AUS	3
3	Abakumova, Mariya	RUS	2
4	Viljoen, Sunette	RSA	1

*For a full list of finishers outside of the top three of each event, click each section’s subheadline.

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