As he rounded the backstretch at the 2,000-meter mark, Joshua Cheptegei made the decision to pull back a bit. Entering the Prefontaine Classic, he had hopes of breaking his own world record in the 5,000 meters. As he fought the… Continue Reading
Two-time women’s 100-meter gold medalist Elaine Thompson-Herah of Jamaica is battling nagging injuries going into the Prefontaine Classic. “I’m a tough cookie,” Thompson-Herah said. Thompson-Herah dropped out of last week’s Birmingham Diamond League meet due to discomfort in her Achilles… Continue Reading
Earlier this week, former Oregon distance star Cooper Teare shared a post on social media that turned some heads in the sport. The post, featured on Teare’s Instagram, held the caption, “Many people may not know (including him) but @jakobing… Continue Reading
Even with reigning Olympic champion Lamont Jacobs withdrawing from the Prefontaine Classic with an injury, the men’s 100-meter field features both the silver and bronze Olympic medalists from Tokyo as well as several other world champion winning sprinters. Fred Kerley,… Continue Reading
The men’s and women’s 10,000-meter U.S. championships will be contested not in late June, but Friday during distance night at the Prefontaine Classic. The decision is to give athletes more time to recover before the world championships in mid July. … Continue Reading
A trio of Olympic medalists, Francine Niyonsaba, Letesenbet Gidey and Joshua Cheptegei, will chase history Friday night as the Prefontaine Classic weekend opens with an appetizer of world-record attempts to kick off the festivities. Niyonsaba, a two-time indoor 800-meter world… Continue Reading
PALO ALTO, Calif. — Stanford’s Cobb Track and Angell Field played home to the 2019 Prefontaine Classic on Sunday while reconstruction of Hayward Field continues. And though it wasn’t in our backyard, as usual, the SOJC Track Bureau was on… Continue Reading
By Nate Mann PALO ALTO, Calif.—Ajeé Wilson doesn’t think anyone’s unbeatable—not even Caster Semenya, who hasn’t lost an 800-meter race since September 2015. “That’s the mentality my coach and I go into training with, even if it is that one… Continue Reading
By Brett Taylor PALO ALTO, Calif. — When Jessica Hull walked onto Stanford’s Cobb Track and Angell Field on Saturday, she found herself on the track with the Australian 1,500-meter record holder, Linden Hall, for the first time. She remembered,… Continue Reading
By Alex Castle PALO ALTO, Calif. — If this year’s world championship final is anything like the Prefontaine Classic’s women’s 1,500 meters, then Doha is due for a thrilling race to the podium. In her return from a 21-month maternity… Continue Reading