LAST YEAR Fedrick Dacres became the first Jamaican ever to earn a Top 10 spot in the discus, reaching No. 3 in his debut; this year he ascended to the very top… It was a rather easy decision, since he had a winning record against all comers, most notably 6–3 over defending No. 1 Andreas Gudžius, 5–1 against Ehsan Hadadi and 5-–4 over Daniel Ståhl, who ended up 2-3-4. Gudžius, in turn, was 6–1 over Hadadi and 7–1 over Ståhl. And with Hadadi being 7–2 over Ståhl, the ordering of the top 4 was rather obvious. Dacres also won 4 of the DL meets, including the Final, with Gudžius claiming the other…
LAST YEAR Mason Finley ended a 6-year U.S. drought with no U.S. rankers; this year he combined with Reggie Jagers to provide the U.S. with a pair of rankers for the first time since Ian Waltz and Jarred Rome turned the trick in ’06. It’s a major feat for the left-handed Jagers to score, given that so many facilities are set up with general wind conditions that greatly benefit righties…
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| 1. FEDRICK DACRES (Jamaica) (2/28/94, 6-3¼/214) (1.91/97) | |||||
| 65.16 | 213-9 | … | 1)Kingston | 1/13 | ||
| 68.08 | 223-4 | … | 1)Kingston | 1/20 | ||
| 66.90 | 219-6 | … | 1)Kingston | 2/03 | ||
| 66.42 | 217-11 | … | 1)Kingston | 2/17 | ||
| 68.20 | 223-9 | … | 1)Comm G | 4/13 | ||
| (66.20q) | |||||
| 66.53 | 218-3 | … | 1)Kingston | 5/05 | ||
| 66.14 | 217-0 | … | 1)Kingston | 5/13 | ||
| 68.35 | 224-3 | … | 1)Turnov | 5/29 | ||
| 68.51 | 224-9 | … | 1)Rome DL | 5/31 | ||
| 68.12 | 223-6 | … | 1)Tartu | 6/03 | ||
| 63.85 | 209-5 | … | 8)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi; 3. Stahl; 4. Harting; 5. Finley; 6. Milanov; 7. Jasinski |
| 69.67 | 228-7 | … | 1)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ||
| 65.36 | 214-5 | … | 2)Ostrava IWC | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| 67.18 | 220-5 | … | 2)Bottnaryd | 6/16 | ▷ | 1. Stahl |
| 65.13 | 213-8 | … | 1)Jam Ch | 6/23 | ||
| 66.16 | 217-1 | … | 2)Sollentuna | 6/28 | ▷ | 1. Stahl |
| 67.01 | 219-10 | … | 1)Paris DL | 6/30 | ||
| 67.24 | 220-7 | … | 1)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ||
| 65.96 | 216-5 | … | 1)Oslo | 7/05 | ||
| 65.32 | 214-4 | … | 1)World Cup | 7/14 | ||
| 68.47 | 224-7 | … | 1)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ||
| 68.67 | 225-3 | … | 1)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ||
| 68.17 | 223-8 | … | 1)Zagreb IWC | 9/04 | ||
| 67.97 | 223-0 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ||
| 64.76 | 212-5 | … | 3)Tallinn | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Stahl; 2. Gudzius |
| 2. ANDRIUS GUDŽIUS (Lithuania) (2/14/91, 6-6¾/287) (2.00/130) | |||||
| 68.98 | 226-4 | … | 1)Vilnius | 4/24 | ||
| 66.78 | 219-1 | … | 1)Klaipeda | 5/11 | ||
| 69.13 | 226-9 | … | 1)Tartu | 5/19 | ||
| 67.02 | 219-10 | … | 1)Randvere | 5/20 | ||
| 67.82 | 222-6 | … | 1)Birmingham | 5/26 | ||
| 68.17 | 223-8 | … | 2)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 68.98 | 226-4 | … | 1)Utena | 6/02 | ||
| 69.04 | 226-6 | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ||
| 69.30 | 227-4 | … | 1)Chorzów | 6/08 | ||
| 69.59 | 228-3 | … | 2)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 66.30 | 217-6 | … | 1)Ostrava IWC | 6/12 | ||
| 61.31 | 201-1 | … | 10)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting; 3. Urbanek; 4. Malachowski; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Hadadi; 7. Milanov; 8. Jasinski; 9. Finley |
| 66.33 | 217-7 | … | 2)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 66.78 | 219-1 | … | 1)Bellinzona | 7/18 | ||
| 67.21 | 220-6 | … | 1)Lit Ch | 7/27 | ||
| 68.46 | 224-7 | … | 1)European Ch | 8/08 | ||
| (64.30q) | |||||
| 66.15 | 217-0 | … | 1)Chorzów | 8/22 | ||
| 67.56 | 221-8 | … | 2)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 66.95 | 219-8 | … | 2)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 64.89 | 212-10 | … | 2)Tallinn | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Stahl |
| 3. EHSAN HADADI (Iran) (1/21/85, 6-4/276) (1.93/125) | |||||
| 68.85 | 225-10 | … | 1)Chula Vista | 4/12 | ||
| 67.04 | 219-11 | … | 1)La Jolla | 4/14 | ||
| 66.20 | 217-2 | … | 1)Long Beach | 4/21 | ||
| 66.13 | 216-11 | … | 3)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Smikle; 2. Stahl |
| 65.93 | 216-3 | … | 3)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius |
| 67.55 | 221-7 | … | 2)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| 66.68 | 218-9 | … | 2)Chorzów | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| 67.68 | 222-0 | … | 3)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius |
| 64.45 | 211-5 | … | 5)Ostrava IWC | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Dacres; 3. Harting; 4. Weißhaidinger |
| 64.36 | 211-2 | … | 6)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting; 3. Urbanek; 4. Malachowski; 5. Weißhaidinger |
| 65.71 | 215-7 | … | 1)Asian G | 8/29 | ||
| 63.48 | 208-3 | … | 8)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Stahl; 4. Finley; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Harting; 7. Urbanek |
| 4. DANIEL STÅHL (Sweden) (8/27/92, 6-6¾/320) (2.00/145) | |||||
| 66.81 | 219-2 | … | 1)Leiria | 3/10 | ||
| 68.03 | 223-2 | … | 2)Chula Vista | 4/12 | ▷ | 1. Hadadi |
| 64.98 | 213-2 | … | 4)La Jolla | 4/14 | ▷ | 1. Hadadi; 2. Mattis; 3. Jagers |
| 64.35 | 211-1 | … | 3)Long Beach | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Hadadi; 2. Jagers |
| 63.16 | 207-3 | … | 2)Irvine | 4/28 | ▷ | 1. Pettersson |
| 66.65 | 218-8 | … | 2)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Smikle |
| 64.84 | 212-9 | … | 4)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi |
| 67.04 | 219-11 | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi |
| 66.16 | 217-1 | … | 6)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Milanov; 5. Weißhaidinger |
| 67.39 | 221-1 | … | 1)Bottnaryd | 6/16 | ||
| 66.17 | 217-1 | … | 1)Sollentuna | 6/28 | ||
| 60.46 | 198-4 | … | 12)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting; 3. Urbanek; 4. Malachowski; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Hadadi; 7. Milanov; 8. Jasinski; 9. Finley; 10. Gudzius; 11. Djouhan |
| 64.46 | 211-6 | … | 4)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Malachowski |
| 68.12 | 223-6 | … | 1)Helsingborg | 7/06 | ||
| 69.11 | 226-9 | … | 1)Karlstad | 7/25 | ||
| 68.23 | 223-10 | … | 2)European Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| (67.07q) | |||||
| 6f | … | –)Gothenburg | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. Weißhaidinger; 2. Pettersson; 3. Mattis |
| 69.72 | 228-9 | … | 1)Swe Ch | 8/26 | ||
| 66.74 | 218-11 | … | 3)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius |
| 68.00 | 223-1 | … | 1)v Fin | 9/01 | ||
| 64.84 | 212-9 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ||
| 64.91 | 212-11 | … | 1)Tallinn | 9/13 | ||
| 66.00 | 216-6 | … | 1)Sätra | 9/17 | ||
| 5. LUKAS WEIßHAIDINGER (Austria) (2/20/92, 6-3½/254) (1.92/115) | |||||
| 63.91 | 209-8i | … | 1)Berlin | 1/26 | ||
| 61.82 | 202-10 | … | 6)Leiria | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Stahl; 2. Pettersson; 3. Huszak; 4. Harting; 5. Butenko |
| 68.21 | 223-9 | … | 1)Santa Cruz | 4/15 | ||
| 66.10 | 216-10 | … | 1)Schwechat | 5/08 | ||
| 68.98 | 226-4 | … | 1)Rehlingen | 5/20 | ||
| 64.16 | 210-6 | … | 7)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Stahl; 5. Harting; 6. Finley |
| 66.25 | 217-4 | … | 5)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Milanov |
| 64.55 | 211-9 | … | 4)Ostrava IWC | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Dacres; 3. Harting |
| 65.55 | 215-0 | … | 1)Ried | 6/15 | ||
| 64.44 | 211-5 | … | 5)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting; 3. Urbanek; 4. Malachowski |
| 64.50 | 211-7 | … | 2)Bellinzona | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| 64.53 | 211-8 | … | 1)Aut Ch | 7/21 | ||
| 65.57 | 215-1 | … | 1)Andorf | 7/28 | ||
| 65.14 | 213-8 | … | 3)European Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Stahl |
| (62.26q) | |||||
| 65.37 | 214-5 | … | 1)Gothenburg | 8/18 | ||
| 65.66 | 215-5 | … | 5)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Stahl; 4. Finley |
| 64.50 | 211-7 | … | 2)Zagreb IWC | 9/04 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 6. CHRISTOPH HARTING (Germany) (4/10/90, 6-8¾/258) (2.05/117) | |||||
| 62.88 | 206-3 | … | 4)Leiria | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Stahl; 2. Pettersson; 3. Huszak |
| 67.59 | 221-9 | … | 1)Schönebeck | 5/18 | ||
| 66.76 | 219-0 | … | 2)Rehlingen | 5/20 | ▷ | 1. Weißhaidinger |
| 65.85 | 216-0 | … | 5)Halle | 5/26 | ▷ | 1. Smikle; 2. Stahl; 3. Hadadi; 4. Jasinski |
| 65.68 | 215-6 | … | 4)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi; 3. Stahl |
| 65.90 | 216-2 | … | 1)Berlin | 6/09 | ||
| 64.80 | 212-7 | … | 2)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres |
| 66.98 | 219-9 | … | 1)Ger Ch | 7/21 | ||
| 3 | 9-10f | … | nq)European Ch | 8/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Stahl; 3. Weißhaidinger; 4. Pettersson; 5. Kanter; 6. Harting; 7. Firfirica; 8. Parrelis; 9. Buteno; 10. Djouhan; 11. Isene; 12. Nesterenko |
| 65.13 | 213-8 | … | 6)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Stahl; 4. Finley; 5. Weißhaidinger |
| 65.67 | 215-5 | … | 1)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ||
| 7. MASON FINLEY (US) (10/07/90, 6-7¾/331) (2.03/150) | |||||
| 63.88 | 209-7 | … | 1)Kansas R | 4/21 | ||
| 64.17 | 210-6 | … | 6)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Stahl; 5. Harting |
| 65.16 | 213-9 | … | 5)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi; 3. Stahl; 4. Harting |
| 62.86 | 206-3 | … | 8)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Milanov; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Stahl; 7. Pettersson |
| 67.06 | 220-0 | … | 2)USATF | 6/24 | ▷ | 1. R. Jagers |
| 61.91 | 203-1 | … | 9)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting; 3. Urbanek; 4. Malachowski; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Hadadi; 7. Milanov; 8. Jasinski |
| 63.79 | 209-3 | … | 7)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Malachowski; 4. Stahl; 5. Urbanek; 6. Pettersson |
| 61.55 | 201-11 | … | 4)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Smikle; 3. Jagers |
| 66.09 | 216-10 | … | 4)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Stahl |
| 64.21 | 210-8 | … | 3)Zagreb IWC | 9/04 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Weißhaidinger |
| 8. ROBERT HARTING (Germany) (10/18/84, 6-7/278) (2.01/126) | |||||
| 62.32 | 204-5i | … | 2)Berlin | 1/26 | ▷ | 1. Weißhaidinger |
| 63.67 | 208-10 | … | 4)Schönebeck | 5/18 | ▷ | 1. C. Harting; 2. Wierig; 3. Wrobel |
| 64.64 | 212-1 | … | 5)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Stahl |
| 65.13 | 213-8 | … | 3)Chorzów | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi |
| 62.33 | 204-6 | … | 9)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Milanov; 5. Weißhaidinger; 6. Stahl; 7. Pettersson; 8. Finley |
| 64.79 | 212-6 | … | 3)Ostrava IWC | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Dacres |
| 63.92 | 209-8 | … | 3)Ger Ch | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. C. Harting; 2. Jasinski |
| 64.33 | 211-0 | … | 6)European Ch | 8/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Stahl; 3. Weißhaidinger; 4. Pettersson; 5. Kanter |
| 62.94 | 206-6 | … | 4)Chorzów | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Urbanek; 3. Kanter |
| 64.95 | 213-1 | … | 2)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. C. Harting |
| 9. ROBERT URBANEK (Poland) (4/29/87, 6-6¾/265) (2.00/120) | |||||
| 65.15 | 213-9 | … | 1)Radom | 5/27 | ||
| 63.88 | 209-7 | … | 5)Turnov | 5/29 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Jasinski; 3. Malachowski; 4. Wierig |
| 64.10 | 210-4 | … | 8)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Hadadi; 4. Stahl; 5. Harting; 6. Finley; 7. Weisshaidinger |
| 61.75 | 202-7 | … | 5)Chorzów | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Hadadi; 3. Harting; 4. Malachowski |
| 64.62 | 212-0 | … | 1)Gliwice | 6/10 | ||
| 63.31 | 207-8 | … | 2)Marseille | 6/16 | ▷ | 1. Hogan |
| 64.68 | 212-2 | … | 3)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Harting |
| 64.13 | 210-4 | … | 5)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Malachowski; 4. Stahl |
| 64.42 | 211-4 | … | 3)Bellinzona | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius; 2. Weisshaidinger |
| 62.91 | 206-4 | … | 2)Pol Ch | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Malachowski |
| 64.50 | 211-7 | … | 2)Chorzów | 8/22 | ▷ | 1. Gudzius |
| 64.03 | 210-1 | … | 7)Brussels DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Gudzius; 3. Stahl; 4. Finley; 5. Weisshaidinger; 6. Harting |
| 63.20 | 207-4 | … | 4)Berlin IWC | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. C. Harting; 2. R. Harting; 3. Wierig |
| 63.13 | 207-1 | … | 5)Zagreb IWC | 9/04 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Weisshaidinger; 3. Finley; 4. Smikle |
| 60.92 | 199-10 | … | 4)Tallinn | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Stahl; 2. Gudzius; 3. Dacres |
| 10. REGGIE JAGERS (US) (8/13/94, 6-¾/220) (1.85/100) | |||||
| 65.46 | 214-9 | … | 1)Texas R | 3/30 | ||
| 65.12 | 213-8 | … | 3)La Jolla | 4/14 | ▷ | 1. Hadadi; 2. Mattis |
| 64.63 | 212-0 | … | 2)Long Beach | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Hadadi |
| 64.59 | 211-11 | … | 1)Drake R | 4/28 | ||
| 63.39 | 207-11 | … | 2)Tucson | 5/17 | ▷ | 1. Mattis |
| 65.79 | 215-10 | … | 1)Tucson | 5/19 | ||
| 65.27 | 214-1 | … | 3)Iron Wood | 6/01 | ▷ | 1. Evans; 2. Brown |
| 65.54 | 215-0 | … | 1)Kingston | 6/09 | ||
| 68.61 | 225-1 | … | 1)USATF | 6/24 | ||
| 61.88 | 203-0 | … | 2)Lignano | 7/11 | ▷ | 1. Mattis |
| 63.15 | 207-2 | … | 5)World Cup | 7/14 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Hogan; 3. Djouhan; 4. Jasinski |
| 62.53 | 205-2 | … | 4)Karlstad | 7/25 | ▷ | 1. Stahl; 2. Wright; 3. Mattis |
| 62.70 | 205-8 | … | 3)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. Dacres; 2. Smikle |
| 63.49 | 208-3 | … | –)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ||
