When Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce of Jamaica and Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast crossed the finish line of the IAAF Diamond League 100 meters at the Prefontaine Classic, it was impossible to tell who had won. Both women were credited with a… Continue Reading
Renaud Lavillenie broke the Hayward Field record by a half-inch in the men’s pole vault with 19 feet, 10 1/4 inches (6.05 meters) in the 41st Prefontaine Classic on Saturday. The jump is also an outdoor personal best, the same… Continue Reading
Johnny Dutch was 16 years old when Bershawn Jackson set the Prefontaine Classic record in the 400-meter hurdles in 2005. Ten years later, the two are now training and competing together. Saturday’s finish to the 400-meter hurdle race was an… Continue Reading
In the weeks leading up to this year’s Prefontaine Classic, rumors swirled around the possibility of Ethiopia’s Genzebe Dibaba setting a world record in the 5,000 meters at Hayward Field. While Dibaba fell eight seconds short of her sister Tirunesh Dibaba’s… Continue Reading
Eunice Jepkoech Sum of Kenya outsprinted American Anjee Wilson in the final straightaway to win the 800 meters at the Prefontaine Classic Saturday afternoon. She finished in 1 minute, 57.82 seconds, with Wilson coming in at 1:57.87. Sum is the only two-time… Continue Reading
As a former NCAA champion for the Oregon Ducks, Matthew Centrowitz Jr. is comfortable in front of the crowd at Hayward Field, and he knows how to feed off of its energy. So he was comfortably near the front of… Continue Reading
American sprinter Justin Gatlin was asked on Friday, in the lead-up to his appearance at the Prefontaine Classic, how he’s still able, at 33, to post world-leading marks. Gatlin was quick to respond: “Because I have teammates like Isiah Young.” Young… Continue Reading
It only took Mutaz Essa Barshim four jumps to solidify his domination over the competition in the high jump at the 2015 Prefontaine Classic, which he won with a jump of 7 feet, 10 3/4 inches (2.41 meters), the highest… Continue Reading
In her first 400-meter race in over a year, Allyson Felix just wanted to see how she compared to the competition. Felix was up against American record holder Sanya Richards-Ross and the 2014 Diamond League champion, Novlene Williams-Mills, and she measured up.… Continue Reading
American Jenny Simpson won the women’s 1,500-meter race at the Prefontaine Classic Saturday afternoon at Hayward Field. It’s the first time an American has won this race since Christin Wurth-Thomas did in 2005. Simpson kicked past fellow American Shannon Rowbury… Continue Reading