AFTER SITTING OUT 2 YEARS after having a child, Hong Liu returned to where she left off, adding to her No. 1s of ’15 and ’16. She had a bit of a down period mid-year, twice falling to 3rd, but her convincing win in Doha put her over the top…
CHINA SWEPT THE WC MEDALS, Liu being joined on the podium by Shenjie Qieyang and Liujing Yang, who also ended up 2-3 in the Rankings. That gave China the first ever 1-2-3 by one nation… China ended up with half the spots as Zhenxia Ma and Jiayu Yang rated Nos. 8 and 10…
MARIA MICHTA-COFFEY’S string of U.S. No. 1s ended at 9, but that’s understandable, given that she gave birth in June. Amazingly, she managed to finish 35th at the WC in September. “The female body is an amazing thing,” she said.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| # = IAAF Walk Challenge event | |||||
| 1. HONG LIU (China) (5/12/87, 5-3¼/106) (1.61/48) | |||||
| 1:30:43 | … | 1)Hong Kong | 1/01 | ||
| 1:27:56 | … | 1)Jpn Ch | 2/17 | ||
| 1:28:22 | … | 3)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. J. Yang |
| 1:25:56 | … | 3)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang |
| 1:32:53 | … | 1)World Ch # | 9/30 | ||
| 1:29:53 | … | 1)Suzhou # | 10/20 | ||
| 2. SHENJIE QIEYANG (China) (11/11/90, 5-3/110) (1.60/50) | |||||
| 1:25:37 | … | 1)Huangshan | 3/10 | ||
| 1:29:00 | … | 1)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ||
| 1:28:00 | … | 1)Taicang # | 5/11 | ||
| 1:27:05 | … | 4)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu |
| 1:33:10 | … | 2)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu |
| 3. LIUJING YANG (China) (8/22/98) | |||||
| 1:27:15 | … | 2)Huangshan | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang |
| 1:29:30 | … | 4)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. J. Yang; 3. Liu |
| 1:36:07 | … | 3)Qujing | 8/14 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang; 2. Wang |
| 1:30:11 | … | 2)Leshan | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Lu |
| 1:33:17 | … | 3)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang |
| 4. ERICA DE SENA (Brazil) (5/03/85, 5-6/121) (1.68/55/ | |||||
| 1:31:16 | … | 6)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. Kashyna; 3. Arenas; 4. Gonzalez; 5. Garcia-Caro |
| 1:29:22 | … | 1)Lázaro Cárdenas # | 4/20 | ||
| 1:27:38 | … | 5)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. Qieyang |
| 1:30:34 | … | 3)Pan-Am G | 8/04 | ▷ | 1. Arenas; 2. Garcia |
| 1:33:36 | … | 4)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang |
| 1:31:52 | … | 4)Suzhou # | 10/20 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Li; 3. Z. Ma |
| 5. SANDRA ARENAS (Colombia) (9/17/93, 5-3/110) (1.60/50) | |||||
| 1:28:49 | … | 1)Adelaide # | 2/10 | ||
| 1:30:00 | … | 3)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. Kashyna |
| 1:28:03 | … | 1)Pan-Am G | 8/04 | ||
| 1:34:16 | … | 5)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. de Sena |
| 6. KUMIKO OKADA (Japan) (10/17/91, 5-2/104) (1.58/47) | |||||
| 1:28:26 | … | 2)Jpn Ch | 2/17 | ▷ | 1. Liu |
| 1:27:41 | … | 6)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. Qieyang; 5. de Sena |
| 1:34:36 | … | 6)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. de Sena; 5. Arenas |
| 7. MÁRIA PÉREZ (Spain) (4/29/96) | |||||
| 1:30:55 | … | 1)Spa Ch | 3/17 | ||
| 1:31:11 | … | 3)Lázaro Cárdenas # | 4/20 | ▷ | 1. de Sena; 2. K. García |
| 1:34:08 | … | 11)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Z. Vaiciukeviciute; 2. Garcia-Caro; 3. Gonzalez; 4. Kashyna; 5. Cabecinha; 6. Dominici; 7. Paluektava; 8. Trapletti; 9. Drisbioti; 10. Rashchupkina |
| 1:40:44 | … | 55)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. Qieyang; 5. de Sena; 6. Okada; 7. Ma; 8. Duan; 9. Garcia-Caro; 10. Wang… |
| 1:35:43 | … | 8)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. de Sena; 5. Arenas; 6. Okada; 7. Fujii |
| 8. ZHENXIA MA (China) (8/01/98) | |||||
| 1:28:28 | … | 1)Asian Ch # | 3/17 | ||
| 1:32:16 | … | 9)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. J. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. L. Yang; 5. Y. Wang; 6. Xie; 7. Wu; 8. M. Li |
| 1:28:00 | … | 7)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. Qieyang; 5. de Sena; 6. Okada |
| 1:31:48 | … | 5)Leshan | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Lu; 2. Yang; 3. Qiji; 4. Duan |
| 1:31:25 | … | 3)Suzhou # | 10/20 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Li |
| 9. ANA CABECINHA (Portugal) (4/29/84, 5-3¼/112) (1.61/51) | |||||
| 1:35:43 | … | 1)Ourém | 3/09 | ||
| 1:34:01 | … | 8)Rio Maior # | 4/06 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. Kashyna; 3. Arenas; 4. Gonzalez; 5. Garcia-Caro; 6. De Sena; 7. Beletew |
| 1:31:20 | … | 4)Lázaro Cárdenas # | 4/20 | ▷ | 1. de Sena; 2. K. García; 3. Perez |
| 1:31:12 | … | 5)Euro Cup # | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Z. Vaiciukeviciute; 2. Garcia-Caro; 3. Gonzalez; 4. Kashyna |
| dnf | … | –)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon; 2. Yang; 3. Liu; 4. Qieyang; 5. de Sena; 6. Okada; 7. Ma; 8. Duan; 9. Garcia-Caro; 10. Wang… |
| 1:36:31 | … | 9)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. de Sena; 5. Arenas; 6. Okada; 7. Fujii; 8. Perez |
| 10. JIAYU YANG (China) (2/18/96, 5-4/106) (1.63/48) | |||||
| dnf | … | –)Huangshan | 3/10 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang; 2. Yang; 3. Wu; 4. Duan; 5. Ma; 6. Su; 7. Ni… |
| 1:28:16 | … | 2)Taicang # | 5/11 | ▷ | 1. Qieyang |
| 1:25:34 | … | 2)La Coruña # | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Morejon |
| 1:35:41 | … | 1)Qujing | 8/14 | ||
| dq | … | –)World Ch # | 9/30 | ▷ | 1. Liu; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. de Sena; 5. Arenas; 6. Okada; 7. Fujii; 8. Perez; 9. Cabecinha; 10. Montag… |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Robyn Stevens (Salming Wolfpack) | 6. | Amberly Melendez (Harrier TC) | |
| 1)USATF, 1)National Inv., 25)La Coruna | 5)USATF | |||
| 2. | Miranda Melville (NYAC) | 7. | Stephanie Casey (unattached) | |
| 2)USATF, 29)La Coruna | 6)USATF | |||
| 3. | Maria Michta-Coffey (Walk USA) | 8. | Lauren Harris (Marist) | |
| 35)World Ch | 7)USATF | |||
| 4. | Katie Burnett (Harrier TC) | 9. | Kayla Shapiro (Walk USA) | |
| 3)USATF | 8)USATF | |||
| 5. | Anali Cisneros (Judson) | 10. | Lydia McGranahan (unattached) | |
| 4)USATF | 9)USATF | |||
