AS MIGHT BE EXPECTED in an event that is now so rarely contested, the results of the World Championships race produced the basic order, starting with the first 4 in order… Joseph Cheptegei’s World Champs win (with the year’s fastest time) was all that was required for the 23-year-old Ugandan to retain his top spot…
THE INDOOR MILE WR SETTER over the winter at 3:47.01, Yomif Kejelcha showed impressive range in his debut year in the track 10K, twice breaking 27:00. He claimed Doha silver for the No. 2 spot, edging Rhonex Kipruto, No. 3 for the second year in a row… A U.S. Ranker in the 1500 and 5000 for more than a decade, Lopez Lomong finally got his first World Ranking spot after moving up to the 10.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI (Uganda) (9/12/96, 5-10½/134) (1.79/61) | |||||
| 26:48.36 | … | 1)World Ch | 10/06 | ||
| 2. YOMIF KEJELCHA (Ethiopia) (8/01/97, 6-1¼/128) (1.86/58) | |||||
| 26:49.99 | … | 3)Eth Tr | 7/17 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Barega |
| 26:49.34 | … | 2)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei |
| 3. RHONEX KIPRUTO (Kenya) (10/12/99) | |||||
| 26:50.16 | … | 1)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ||
| 27:26.34(A) | … | 2)Ken Ch | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Kamworor |
| 26:50.32 | … | 3)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha |
| 4. RODGERS CHUMO (Kenya) (3/03/97, 5-5/108) (1.65/49) | |||||
| 27:55.27 | … | 1)Gifu | 5/11 | ||
| 28:00.11 | … | 2)Osaka | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Koech |
| 27:26.92(A) | … | 3)Ken Ch | 8/21 | ▷ | 1. Kamworor; 2. Kipruto |
| 26:55.36 | … | 4)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Kipruto |
| 5. SELEMON BAREGA (Ethiopia) (1/20/00, 5-8/130) (1.73/59) | |||||
| 28:23.7(A) | … | 1)Eth Ch | 5/07 | ||
| 26:49.46 | … | 2)Eth Tr | 7/17 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet |
| 6. ANDAMLAK BELIHU (Ethiopia) (11/20/98) | |||||
| 28:25.7(A) | … | 2)Eth Ch | 5/07 | ▷ | 1. Barega |
| 26:53.15 | … | 4)Eth Tr | 7/17 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Barega; 3. Kejelcha |
| 26:56.71 | … | 5)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Kipruto; 4. Chumo |
| 7. HAGOS GEBRHIWET (Ethiopia) (5/11/94, 5-5¾/143) (1.67/65) | |||||
| 27:01.02 | … | 2)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ▷ | 1. Kipruto |
| 26:48.95 | … | 1)Eth Tr | 7/17 | ||
| 27:11.37 | … | 9)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Kipruto; 4. Chumo; 5. Belihu; 6. Ahmed; 7. Lomong; 8. Crippa |
| 8. GEOFFREY KAMWOROR (Kenya) (11/22/92, 5-6/119) (1.68/54) | |||||
| 27:50.65(A) | … | 1)Nairobi | 7/12 | ||
| 27:24.76(A) | … | 1)Ken Ch | 8/21 | ||
| 9. MOH AHMED (Canada) (1/05/91, 5-8¾/134) (1.75/61) | |||||
| 26:59.35 | … | 6)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Kipruto; 4. Chumo; 5. Belihu |
| 10. LOPEZ LOMONG (US) (1/01/85, 5-10/148) (1.78/67) | |||||
| 27:30.06 | … | 1)USATF | 7/25 | ||
| 27:04.72 | … | 7)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheptegei; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Kipruto; 4. Chumo; 5. Belihu; 6. Ahmed |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Lopez Lomong (Bowerman TC) | 6. | Ben True (Saucony) | |
| 1)USATF, 7)World Ch | 1)Jordan | |||
| 2. | Shadrack Kipchirchir (Nike) | 7. | Diego Estrada (Asics) | |
| 14)Stockholm DL, 2)USATF, 10)World Ch | 4)Jordan | |||
| 3. | Leonard Korir (Nike/US Army) | 8. | Reid Buchanan (Mammoth TC) | |
| 15)Stockholm DL, 3)USATF, 13)World Ch | 5)Jordan, 2)Portland, 7)USATF | |||
| 4. | Paul Chelimo (Nike) | 9. | Lawi Lalang (US Army) | |
| 5)Stockholm DL | 6)Jordan, 11)Nijmegen, 3)Pan-Am G | |||
| 5. | Kirubel Erassa (Nike) | 10. | Connor McMillan (BYU) | |
| 8)Stockholm DL, 3)Nijmegen, 5)USATF | 9)Jordan, 3)NCAA, 4)USATF | |||
