THERE WAS NO QUESTION about No. 1 here, as Timothy Cheruiyot dominated the event, incurring only a single early-season loss. His closing sequence featured 5 DL wins, victory in the Kenyan Trials and a World Champs gold medal. He broke the 3:30 barrier three times; nobody else had even one…
COMING UP WITH A NO. 2 was fun, given the conflicting data. Despite his never winning a DL race and missing out on the WC podium, Jakob Ingebrigtsen got the nod, based on his consistently high DL showings… That slipped the young Norwegian in ahead of Uganda’s first-ever Ranker, Ronald Musagala, who claimed a pair of DL wins before not making the Doha final…
AFTER A 2-YEAR DROUGHT the U.S. had a Ranker in the form of rookie Craig Engels at No. 8… Kenya has had the No. 1 in this event every year starting with ’04, when Hicham El Guerrouj’s reign ended.
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| 1. TIMOTHY CHERUIYOT (Kenya) (11/20/95, 5-10/141) (1.78/64) | |||||
| 3:39.22 | … | 1)Réduit | 4/26 | ||
| 3:32.47 | … | 2)Doha DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. E. Manangoi |
| 3:35.79 | … | 1)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ||
| 3:50.49y | … | 1)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ||
| (3:36.49) | |||||
| 3:28.77 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ||
| 3:29.97 | … | 1)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ||
| 3:30.22 | … | 1)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ||
| 3:34.91(A) | … | 1)Ken Tr | 9/13 | ||
| 3:29.26 | … | 1)World Ch | 10/06 | ||
| (3:36.82h, 3:36.53sf) | |||||
| 2. JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN (Norway) (9/19/00, 5-11¼/143) (1.81/65) | |||||
| 3:37.30 | … | 3)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman |
| 3:53.04y | … | 6)Oslo DL | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kibet; 3. Souleiman; 4. Gregorek; 5. Murphy |
| (3:37.03) | |||||
| 3:51.30y | … | 4)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen |
| (3:36.81) | |||||
| 3:30.16 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| 3:30.47 | … | 2)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| 3:36.33 | … | 1)Nor Ch | 8/03 | ||
| (4:02.01h) | |||||
| 3:43.43 | … | 1)Sandnes | 8/10 | ||
| 3:31.33 | … | 4)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:31.62 | … | 2)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| 3:31.70 | … | 4)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Makhloufi; 3. Lewandowski |
| (3:37.67h, 3:36.58sf) | |||||
| (3:36.21i, 3;36.02i, 3:42.00i, 3:43.23i) | |||||
| 3. RONALD MUSAGALA (Uganda) (12/16/92, 5-9¼/134) (1.76/61) | |||||
| 3:45.85(A) | … | 1)Kampala | 5/11 | ||
| 3:42.57(A) | … | 1)Kampala | 6/01 | ||
| 3:42.34 | … | 1)Montreuil | 6/11 | ||
| 3:35.81 | … | 1)Nijmegen | 6/15 | ||
| 3:33.86 | … | 1)Tomblaine | 6/22 | ||
| 3:31.33 | … | 5)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Souleiman; 4. F. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:30.58 | … | 3)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:35.12 | … | 1)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ||
| 3:30.58 | … | 1)Paris DL | 8/24 | ||
| 3:33.90 | … | 4)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:37.19 | … | 9sf)World Ch | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kwemoi; 3. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Kerr; 5. Bachir; 6. Centrowitz; 7. Wightman |
| (3:36.54h) | |||||
| 4. AYANLEH SOULEIMAN (Djibouti) (12/03/92, 5-7¾/132) (1.72/60) | |||||
| 3:43.84 | … | 1)Arab Ch | 4/06 | ||
| 3:36.35 | … | 11)Doha DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. E. Manangoi; 2. Cheruiyot; 3. Birgen; 4. Kibet; 5. Simotwo; 6. Kwemoi; 7. G. Manangoi; 8. Kaazouzi; 9. Gregson; 10. Iguider |
| 3:37.30 | … | 2)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| 3:52.66y | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kibet |
| (3:36.87) | |||||
| 3:51.22y | … | 2)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| (3:36.90) | |||||
| 3:30.79 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:31.38 | … | 5)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Musagala; 4. Grice |
| 3:30.66 | … | 2)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala |
| 3:38.44 | … | 2)African G | 8/30 | ▷ | 1. Manangoi |
| 3:35.08 | … | 7)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Musagala; 5. Engels; 6. Lewandowski |
| 3:38.35 | … | 11sf)World Ch | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Makhloufi; 3. Gourley; 4. Engels; 5. Berglund |
| (3:36.16h) | |||||
| 5. FILIP INGEBRIGTSEN (Norway) (4/20/93, 6-1½/165) (1.87/75) | |||||
| 3:42.00 | … | 2)Bergen | 5/22 | ▷ | 1. Sasinek |
| 3:54.41y | … | 9)Oslo DL | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kibet; 3. Souleiman; 4. Gregorek; 5. Murphy; 6. J. Ingebrigtsen; 7. Gregson; 8. Berglund |
| (3:38.12) | |||||
| 3:51.28y | … | 3)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman |
| (3:37.04) | |||||
| 3:30.82 | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Souleiman |
| 3:31.81 | … | 7)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Musagala; 4. Grice; 5. Souleiman; 6. Manangoi |
| 3:49.60y | … | 2)London DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Tefera |
| (3:34.35) | |||||
| 3:31.06 | … | 3)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman |
| 3:33.33 | … | 3)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:37.00 | … | 7sf)World Ch | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Makhloufi; 3. Gourley; 4. Engels; 5. Berglund |
| (3:37.26h) | |||||
| (3:38.62i) | |||||
| 6. TAOUFIK MAKHLOUFI (Algeria) (4/29/88, 5-11¼/146) (1.81/66) | |||||
| 3:36.50 | … | 2)Bern | 8/03 | ▷ | 1. Berglund |
| 3:31.77 | … | 7)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Birgen; 6. Iguider |
| 3:31.38 | … | 2)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot |
| (3:36.18h, 3:36.69sf) | |||||
| 7. MARCIN LEWANDOWSKI (Poland) (6/13/87, 5-10¾/141) (1.80/64) | |||||
| 3:45.76 | … | 2)Castellón | 5/25 | ▷ | 1. F. Cheruiyot |
| 3:52.34y | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/13 | ||
| <3:37.38> | |||||
| 3:57.32y | … | 4)Ostrava IWC | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Grice; 2. Kibet; 3. Blankenship |
| (3:43.13) | |||||
| 3:34.14 | … | 11)Monaco DL | 7/12 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Musagala; 4. Grice; 5. Souleiman; 6. Manangoi; 7. F. Ingebrigtsen; 8. McSweyn; 9. Simotwo; 10. V. Kibet |
| 3:47.88 | … | 1)Euro Teams | 8/10 | ||
| 3:31.95 | … | 10)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Birgen; 6. Iguider; 7. Makhloufi; 8. McSweyn; 9. Tefera |
| 3:34.36 | … | 6)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Musagala; 5. Engels |
| 3:31.46 | … | 3)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Makhloufi |
| (3:37.75h, 3:36.50sf) | |||||
| 3:46.61 | … | 3)CISM | 10/26 | ▷ | 1. Rozmys; 2. Oueladha |
| (3:52.21h) | |||||
| (3:36.5i, 3:47.49i, 3:42.85i, 3:56.41yi) | |||||
| 8. CRAIG ENGELS (US) (5/01/94, 6-1½/161) (1.87/73) | |||||
| 3:35.32 | … | 1)Portland | 6/09 | ||
| 3:51.60y | … | 5)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| (3:37.80) | |||||
| 3:44.93 | … | 1)USATF | 7/28 | ||
| (3:43.22h) | |||||
| 3:35.51 | … | 3)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. McSweyn |
| 3:34.04 | … | 5)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Musagala |
| 3:34.24 | … | 10)World Ch | 10/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Makhloufi; 3. Lewandowski; 4. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Wightman; 6. Kerr; 7. Kwemoi; 8. Centrowitz; 9. Berglund |
| (3:36.35h, 3:36.69sf) | |||||
| (3:43.18yi, 3:59.69yi, 3:53.89yi) | |||||
| 9. SAMUEL TEFERA (Ethiopia) (10/23/99) | |||||
| 3:40.19 | … | 5)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. J. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Birgen |
| 3:53.50y | … | 8)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Engels; 6. Centrowitz; 7. Blankenship |
| (3:37.13) | |||||
| 3:31.39 | … | 6)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Souleiman; 4. F. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Musagala |
| 3:49.45y | … | 1)London DL | 7/21 | ||
| (3:34.36) | |||||
| 3:35.77 | … | 4)Birmingham DL | 8/18 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. McSweyn; 3. Engels |
| 3:31.82 | … | 9)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Birgen; 6. Iguider; 7. Makhloufi; 8. McSweyn |
| 3:35.64 | … | 9)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Musagala; 5. Engels; 6. Lewandowski; 7. Souleiman; 8. Gregorek |
| dnf-sf | … | –)World Ch | 10/04 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kwemoi; 3. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Kerr; 5. Bachir; 6. Centrowitz; 7. Wightman |
| (3:37.82h) | |||||
| (3:35.57i, 3:36.72i, 3:31.04i, 3:36.34i) | |||||
| 10. BETHWEL BIRGEN (Kenya) (8/06/88, 5-10/141) (1.78/64) | |||||
| 3:33.12 | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. E. Manangoi; 2. Cheruiyot |
| 3:39.18 | … | 4)Stockholm DL | 5/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:54.92y | … | 10)Oslo DL | 6/13 | ▷ | 1. Lewandowski; 2. Kibet; 3. Souleiman; 4. Gregorek; 5. Murphy; 6. J. Ingebrigtsen; 7. Gregson; 8. Berglund; 9. F. Ingebrigtsen |
| (3:37.51) | |||||
| 3:54.32y | … | 9)Stanford DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Engels; 6. Centrowitz; 7. Blankenship; 8. Tefera |
| (3:38.27) | |||||
| <3:36.963> | |||||
| 3:35.04 | … | 11)Lausanne DL | 7/05 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. Souleiman; 4. F. Ingebrigtsen; 5. Musagala; 6. Tefera; 7. Kibet; 8. Mechaal; 9. Wightman; 10. Lopez |
| 3:48.86(A) | … | 1h)Nairobi | 7/11 | ||
| 3:31.45 | … | 5)Paris DL | 8/24 | ▷ | 1. Musagala; 2. Souleiman; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. J. Ingebrigtsen |
| 3:37.48 | … | 10)Brussels DL | 9/06 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. J. Ingebrigtsen; 3. F. Ingebrigtsen; 4. Musagala; 5. Engels; 6. Lewandowski; 7. Souleiman; 8. Gregorek; 9. Tefera |
| 3:40.18(A) | … | 9)Ken Tr | 9/13 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Kwemoi; 3. Manangoi; 4. Taki; 5. Simotwo; 6. Kiprugut; 7. Kibet; 8. Soget |
| (3:54.82yi, 3:38.69i, 3:40.17i, 3:41.03i, 3:43.36i) | |||||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Craig Engels (Nike Oregon Project) | 6. | Eric Avila (adidas Mississippi) | |
| 1)USATF, 3)Birmingham DL, 10)World Ch | 5)USATF, 3)Sir Walter, 8)Bellinzona | |||
| 2. | Matthew Centrowitz (Bowerman TC) | 7. | Johnny Gregorek (Asics) | |
| 6)Stanford DL, 2)USATF, 8)World Ch | 4)Oslo, 10)USATF, 8)Brussels DL | |||
| 3. | Josh Thompson (Bowerman TC) | 8. | Izaic Yorks (Brooks Beasts) | |
| 3)USATF, 1)Berlin IWC, 1)vs Europe | 2)Portland, 7)USATF, 8)Berlin IWC | |||
| 4. | Ben Blankenship (Oregon TC) | 9. | Brannon Kidder (Brooks Beasts) | |
| 7)Stanford DL, 4)USATF, 6sf)World Ch | 3)Brooks, 5)Berlin IWC | |||
| 5. | Sam Prakel (adidas) | 10. | Henry Wynne (Brooks Beasts) | |
| 4)Ostrava IWC, 6)USATF, 2)Sir Walter | 2)Brooks, 8)USATF, 11)Berlin IWC | |||
