The 2023 Pre Classic was one of the finest meets ever held in North America. In fact, Tom Casacky, a noted statistician, told RunBlogRun that one had to go back to the 1956 U.S. Olympic Trials’ first day to see a day that disrupted WLs, WBs, and top ten lists as much as day 1 did in Eugene.
The day 2, with two world records, was amazing, and the double by Jakob Ingebrigtsen was stunning.
Prefontaine Classic
Hayward Field, Eugene, OR (USA) – 16-17 September 2023
Men’s 100m – Diamond Discipline – 16 SEP
Final Wind: +0.1
1 Christian COLEMAN USA 9.83
2 Noah LYLES USA 9.85
3 Ferdinand OMANYALA KEN 9.85
4 Kishane THOMPSON JAM 9.87
5 Marvin BRACY-WILLIAMS USA 10.01
6 Yohan BLAKE JAM 10.08
7 Joshua HARTMANN GER 10.30
8 Letsile TEBOGO BOT 10.61
Ackeem BLAKE JAM DQ
Men’s 200m – Diamond Discipline – 17 SEP
Final Wind: +0.6
1 Andre DE GRASSE CAN 19.76
2 Kenneth BEDNAREK USA 19.95
3 Erriyon KNIGHTON USA 19.97
4 Alexander OGANDO DOM 20.08
5 Kyree KING USA 20.16
6 Aaron BROWN CAN 20.23
7 Joseph FAHNBULLEH LBR 20.38
Men’s 400m – Diamond Discipline – 16 SEP
Final
1 Kirani JAMES GRN 44.30
2 Quincy HALL USA 44.44
3 Vernon NORWOOD USA 44.61
4 Bryce DEADMON USA 44.90
5 Rusheen MCDONALD JAM 45.10
6 Leungo SCOTCH BOT 45.18
7 Gilles BIRON FRA 45.51
Matthew HUDSON-SMITH GBR DNF
Alexander OGANDO DOM DQ
Men’s 800m – Diamond Discipline – 17 SEP
Final
1 Emmanuel WANYONYI KEN 1:42.80
2 Marco AROP CAN 1:42.85
3 Djamel SEDJATI ALG 1:43.06
4 Yanis MEZIANE FRA 1:43.94
5 Daniel ROWDEN GBR 1:44.21
6 Bryce HOPPEL USA 1:44.63
7 Benjamin ROBERT FRA 1:45.43
8 Saúl ORDÓÑEZ ESP 1:45.90
9 Wyclife KINYAMAL KEN 1:46.33
Navasky ANDERSON JAM DNF
Men’s Mile – Diamond Discipline – 16 SEP
Final
1 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 3:43.73
2 Yared NUGUSE USA 3:43.97
3 George MILLS GBR 3:47.65
4 Mario GARCÍA ESP 3:47.69
5 Reynold Kipkorir CHERUIYOT KEN 3:48.06
6 Cole HOCKER USA 3:48.08
7 Narve Gilje NORDÅS NOR 3:48.24
8 Azeddine HABZ FRA 3:48.64
9 Niels LAROS NED 3:48.93
10 Stewart MCSWEYN AUS 3:49.32
11 Samuel TANNER NZL 3:49.51
12 Elliot GILES GBR 3:51.63
13 Abel KIPSANG KEN 3:53.50
Cameron MYERS AUS DNF
Erik SOWINSKI USA DNF
Men’s 3000m – Diamond Discipline – 17 SEP
Final
1 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN NOR 7:23.63
2 Yomif KEJELCHA ETH 7:23.64
3 Grant FISHER USA 7:25.47
4 Telahun Haile BEKELE ETH 7:25.48
5 Selemon BAREGA ETH 7:26.28
6 Berihu AREGAWI ETH 7:28.38
7 Luis GRIJALVA GUA 7:29.43
8 Stewart MCSWEYN AUS 7:31.14
9 Brian FAY IRL 7:54.73
Craig NOWAK USA DNF
Getnet WALE ETH DNF
Samuel PRAKEL USA DNF
Men’s 110mH –…
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