2018 ISN’T EVEN OVER YET but already anticipation runs high for next year’s meetings (how many? where?) between Abderrahmane Samba and Rai Benjamin. All of a sudden this young pair (Samba 23, Benjamin 21) trail only WR holder Kevin Young on the event’s all-time list…
BOTH WERE UNDEFEATED, but the Qatari—No. 7 in his debut last year—was a slam-dunk No. 1 even without running in the DL final, instead pointing towards the Continental Cup as his wrapup. His win there made him 9/9 on a spectacular season which saw him go sub-48 in all his finals. And best of all, he even broke 47 in one of them, something only Young had previously done…
KARSTEN WARHOLM, Kyron McMaster & Yasmani Copello finished in the same order as last year, except that the emergence of Samba moved them from 1-2-3 down to 2-3-4…
THEN IT’S BENJAMIN’S turn at No. 5. Even though he can now claim to be the fastest man ever not to lead the yearly list, his minimalist 3-race season meant he could claim nothing higher than that in his final year representing Antigua. Next year he’ll be running as an American. He comes along at just the right time, as overall, the U.S. failed to lead by-nation scoring for the first time since ’03, and with TJ Holmes at No. 6 and Kenny Selmon at No. 8 put up only 9 points, its lowest total since the record low of 8 way back in ’54, when the event wasn’t yet run at the NCAA level.
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| 1. ABDERRAHMANE SAMBA (Qatar) (9/5/95, 6-1½/165) (1.87/75) | |||||
| 47.90 | … | 1)Potchefstroom | 4/19 | ||
| 47.57 | … | 1)Doha DL | 5/04 | ||
| 47.48 | … | 1)Rome DL | 5/31 | ||
| 47.60 | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ||
| 47.41 | … | 1)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ||
| 46.98 | … | 1)Paris DL | 6/30 | ||
| 47.42 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ||
| 47.66 | … | 1)Asian G | 8/27 | ||
| (49.34h) | |||||
| 47.37 | … | 1)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ||
| 2. KARSTEN WARHOLM (Norway) (2/28/96, 6-1½/176) (1.87/80) | |||||
| 47.82 | … | 2)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| 48.22 | … | 2)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| 47.81 | … | 2)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| 48.06 | … | 3)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. McMaster |
| 47.94 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| 47.65 | … | 1)London DL | 7/21 | ||
| 47.64 | … | 1)European Ch | 8/09 | ||
| (48.67sf) | |||||
| 49.01 | … | 1)Nor Ch | 8/17 | ||
| (54.54h) | |||||
| 48.10 | … | 2)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. McMaster |
| 48.56 | … | 3)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Whyte |
| 3. KYRON MCMASTER (British Virgin Islands) (1/3/97, 6-1½/174) (1.87/79) | |||||
| 48.25 | … | 1)Comm G | 4/12 | ||
| (48.78h) | |||||
| 49.46 | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/04 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Jackson |
| 47.54 | … | 2)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| dnf | … | –)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello; 4. Holmes; 5. Magi; 6. Jackson; 7. Green |
| 47.60 | … | 1)CAC G | 7/31 | ||
| (48.71h) | |||||
| 48.18 | … | 1)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ||
| (49.16h) | |||||
| 48.08 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ||
| 52.62 | … | 8)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Whyte; 3. Warholm; 4. Copello; 5. Lahoulou; 6. Abe; 7. Fredericks |
| 4. YASMANI COPELLO (Turkey) (4/15/87, 6-5/190) (1.96/86) | |||||
| 49.95 | … | 4)Doha DL | 5/04 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Jackson; 3. McMaster |
| 48.31 | … | 1)Mersin | 5/19 | ||
| 49.72 | … | 1)Euro Club Cup | 5/26 | ||
| 48.63 | … | 3)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm |
| 48.54 | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm |
| 48.91 | … | 3)Stockholm DL | 6/10 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm |
| 48.76 | … | 2)Medit G | 6/29 | ▷ | 1. Vaillant |
| (50.07h) | |||||
| 48.93 | … | 1)Gyulai M | 7/02 | ||
| 48.85 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm |
| 48.44 | … | 2)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Warholm |
| 47.81 | … | 2)European Ch | 8/09 | ▷ | 1. Warholm |
| (48.88sf) | |||||
| 52.37 | … | 1)Bursa | 8/15 | ||
| 48.73 | … | 3)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. McMaster; 2. Warholm |
| 49.09 | … | 1)Padua | 9/02 | ||
| 48.65 | … | 4)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Whyte; 3. Warholm |
| 48.87 | … | 3)Antalya | 9/11 | ▷ | 1. Magi; 2. Whyte |
| 5. RAI BENJAMIN (Antigua) (7/27/97, 6-3¼/170) (1.91/77) | |||||
| 49.84 | … | 1)USC vs UCLA | 4/29 | ||
| 48.46 | … | 1)Pac-12 | 5/13 | ||
| (49.80h) | |||||
| 47.02 | … | 1)NCAA | 6/08 | ||
| (50.12h, 47.98qf, 49.66sf) | |||||
| 6. TJ HOLMES (US) (7/2/95, 5-11½/161) (1.82/73) | |||||
| 49.59 | … | 2)Gainesville | 4/13 | ▷ | 1. Whyte |
| 49.29 | … | 3)Drake R | 4/28 | ▷ | 1. Gibson; 2. Stigler |
| 49.25 | … | 1)Baie-Mahault | 5/12 | ||
| 48.67 | … | 1)Kingston IWC | 5/19 | ||
| 49.00 | … | 4)Rome DL | 5/31 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello |
| 48.64 | … | 4)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello |
| 48.51 | … | 2)USATF | 6/23 | ▷ | 1. Selmon |
| (49.10h, 49.00sf) | |||||
| 48.30 | … | 4)Paris DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. McMaster; 3. Warholm |
| 48.94 | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello |
| 49.20 | … | 2)Lucerne | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Barr |
| 49.66 | … | 7)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Warholm; 2. Copello; 3. Barr; 4. Kendziera; 5. Magi; 6. Clement |
| 49.79 | … | 5)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. McMaster; 2. Whyte; 3. Rosser; 4. Rowe |
| (49.71h) | |||||
| 51.39 | … | 8)Zürich DL | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. McMaster; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello; 4. Magi; 5. Fredericks; 6. Bencosme; 7. Jackson |
| 7. ANNSERT WHYTE (Jamaica) (4/10/87, 6-¾/165) (1.85/75) | |||||
| 49.66 | … | 1)Kingston | 3/10 | ||
| 49.48 | … | 2)Florida R | 3/31 | ▷ | 1. Gibson |
| 49.36 | … | 1)Gainesville | 4/13 | ||
| 49.34 | … | 4)Drake R | 4/28 | ▷ | 1. Gibson; 2. Stigler; 3. Holmes |
| 49.78 | … | 6)Kingston IWC | 5/19 | ▷ | 1. Holmes; 2. Rowe; 3. Clement; 4. Clarke; 5. Hyde |
| 49.09 | … | 2)Montverde | 6/09 | ▷ | 1. Clarke |
| 48.80 | … | 1)Jam Ch | 6/22 | ||
| (49.05h) | |||||
| 49.80 | … | 4)World Cup | 7/15 | ▷ | 1. Selmon; 2. Dobek; 3. Greene |
| 48.50 | … | 2)CAC G | 7/31 | ▷ | 1. McMaster |
| (48.87h) | |||||
| 48.91 | … | 2)NACAC Ch | 8/12 | ▷ | 1. McMaster |
| (49.56h) | |||||
| 49.16 | … | 2)Padua | 9/02 | ▷ | 1. Copello |
| 48.46 | … | 2)Cont Cup | 9/08 | ▷ | 1. Samba |
| 48.70 | … | 2)Antalya | 9/11 | ▷ | 1. Magi |
| 8. KENNY SELMON (US) (8/27/96, 6-2/181) (1.88/82) | |||||
| 49.00 | … | 1)Coral Gables | 4/14 | ||
| 48.98 | … | 1)Charlottesville | 4/28 | ||
| 49.33 | … | 1)ACC | 5/12 | ||
| (49.33h) | |||||
| 48.12 | … | 2)NCAA | 6/08 | ▷ | 1. Benjamin |
| (48.98h, 48.91sf, 49.27sf) | |||||
| 48.21 | … | 1)USATF | 6/23 | ||
| (50.23h, 49.30sf) | |||||
| 49.30 | … | 4)Lucerne | 7/09 | ▷ | 1. Barr; 2. Holmes; 3. Rowe |
| 48.97 | … | 1)World Cup | 7/15 | ||
| 49.87 | … | 2)Bellinzona | 7/18 | ▷ | 1. Kendziera |
| 9. THOMAS BARR (Ireland) (7/24/92, 6-0/161) (1.83/73) | |||||
| 51.23 | … | 1)Dublin | 5/27 | ||
| 50.29 | … | 4)Turku IWC | 6/05 | ▷ | 1. Hann; 2. Hamman; 3. Green |
| 49.53 | … | 8)Oslo DL | 6/07 | ▷ | 1. Samba; 2. Warholm; 3. Copello; 4. Holmes; 5. Clement; 6. Magi; 7. Hann |
| 50.38 | … | 5)Montreuil | 6/19 | ▷ | 1. Vaillant; 2. Fredericks; 3. Coroller; 4. Koech |
| 49.40 | … | 1)Šamorín | 6/29 | ||
| 49.10 | … | 1)Lucerne | 7/09 | ||
| 48.99 | … | 3)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Warholm; 2. Copello |
| 49.56 | … | 1)Ire Ch | 7/29 | ||
| (51.12h) | |||||
| 48.31 | … | 3)European Ch | 8/09 | ▷ | 1. Warholm; 2. Copello |
| (49.10h) | |||||
| 10. LUDVY VAILLANT (France) (3/15/95, 5-10¾/141) (1.80/64) | |||||
| 49.52 | … | 1)Fort-de-France | 5/12 | ||
| 49.97 | … | 1)Hérouville | 6/14 | ||
| 48.96 | … | 1)Marseille | 6/16 | ||
| 48.95 | … | 1)Montreuil | 6/19 | ||
| 48.76 | … | 1)Medit G | 6/29 | ||
| (50.02h) | |||||
| 49.04 | … | 1)Fr Ch | 7/08 | ||
| (49.99sf) | |||||
| 48.42 | … | 4)European Ch | 8/09 | ▷ | 1. Warholm; 2. Copello; 3. Barr |
| (48.88sf) | |||||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *TJ Holmes (Nike) | 6. | Kerron Clement (Nike) | |
| 4)Oslo DL, 2)USATF, 4)Paris DL | 5)Oslo DL, 5)Paris DL, 6)London DL | |||
| 2. | *Kenny Selmon (North Carolina) | 7. | CJ Allen (unattached) | |
| 2)NCAA, 1)USATF, 4)Lucerne | 1)Bush, 6)USATF, 4)Heusden-Zolder | |||
| 3. | Khallifah Rosser (Cal State LA) | 8. | Byron Robinson (adidas) | |
| 3)Mt. SAC Relays, 3)USATF, 3)NACAC | 4)Montverde, 7)USATF | |||
| 4. | Bershawn Jackson (Nike) | 9. | Taylor McLaughlin (Michigan) | |
| 2)Doha DL, 4)USATF, 6)Paris DL | 1)Big 10, 5)NCAA, dnc-f)USATF | |||
| 5. | David Kendziera (Illinois) | 10. | Quincy Downing (unattached) | |
| 3)NCAA, 5)USATF, 4)London DL | 1)Prague, 1)Heusden-Zolder, 3h)USATF | |||
