SHE WAS ONLY No. 24 on the yearly world list, but there is no question that Peres Jepchirchir deserved the top spot in the Rankings, backing up her Olympic gold with a win in the year’s final WMM race, New York City. In her first Rankings appearance she became the fifth different Kenyan in a row to claim No. 1…
THE BATTLE FOR No. 2 was a close one. Angela Tanui won a trio of races, but none of them were top tier affairs, so she ended up behind Joyciline Jepkosgei, who won the deepest WMM race, London… Brigid Kosgei makes it a Kenyan 1-2-3-4, her Olympic silver keeping her ahead of the Ethiopian pair who beat her in London, Degitu Azimeraw & Ashete Bekele…
AMERICAN MOLLY SEIDEL is next, making her first-ever appearance after an Olympic bronze and 4th in New York City.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. PERES JEPCHIRCHIR (Kenya) (9/27/93, 5-3/95) (1.60/43) | |||||
| 2:27:20 | … | 1)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ||
| 2:22:39 | … | 1)New York | 11/07 | ||
| 2. JOYCILINE JEPKOSGEI (Kenya) (12/8/93, 5-2¼/97) (1.58/44) | |||||
| 2:17:43 | … | 1)London | 10/03 | ||
| 3. ANGELA TANUI (Kenya) (7/27/92) | |||||
| 2:29:04 | … | 1)Dhaka | 1/10 | ||
| 2:20:08 | … | 1)Ampugnano | 4/11 | ||
| 2:17:57 | … | 1)Amsterdam | 10/17 | ||
| 4. BRIGID KOSGEI (Kenya) (2/20/94, 5-4¼/101) (1.63/46) | |||||
| 2:27:36 | … | 2)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir |
| 2:18:40 | … | 4)London | 10/03 | ▷ | 1. Jepkosgei; 2. Azimeraw; 3. Bekele |
| 5. DEGITU AZIMERAW (Ethiopia) (1/24/99) | |||||
| 2:17:58 | … | 2)London | 10/03 | ▷ | 1. Jepkosgei |
| 6. ASHETE BEKELE (Ethiopia) (4/17/88, 5-6½/115) (1.69/52) | |||||
| 2:18:18 | … | 3)London | 10/03 | ▷ | 1. Jepkosgei; 2. Azimeraw |
| 7. MOLLY SEIDEL (US) (7/12/1994, 5-5/115) (1.65/52) | |||||
| 2:27:46 | … | 3)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir; 2. Kosgei |
| 2:24:42 | … | 4)New York | 11/07 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir; 2. Lagat; 3. Yeshaneh |
| 8. GOYTATOM GEBRESELASSIE (Ethiopia) (1/15/95, 4-11¾/93) (1.52/42) | |||||
| 2:20:09 | … | 1)Berlin | 9/26 | ||
| 9. HIWOT GEBREKIDAN (Ethiopia) (5/11/95) | |||||
| 2:19:35 | … | 1)Milan | 5/16 | ||
| 2:21:23 | … | 2)Berlin | 9/26 | ▷ | 1. Gebreslase |
| 10. LONAH CHEMTAI SALPETER (Israel) (12/12/88, 5-5/115) (1.65/52) | |||||
| 2:22:37 | … | 1)HaHula | 3/14 | ||
| 2:48:31 | … | 66)Olympic Games | 8/06 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir; 2. Kosgei; 3. Seidel; 4. Dereje; 5. Mazuronak; 6. Kejeta; 7. Chumba; 8. Ichiyama; 9. Elmore; 10. Diver; 11. Johannes; 12. Schlumpf;… |
| 2:18:54 | … | 5)London | 10/03 | ▷ | 1. Jepkosgei; 2. Azimeraw; 3. Bekele; 4. Kosgei |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Molly Seidel (Puma) | 6. | Annie Frisbie (Minnesota Distance Elite) | |
| 3)Olympic Games, 4)New York | 7)New York) | |||
| 2. | Emma Bates (Asics) | 7. | Laura Thweatt (Saucony) | |
| 2)Chicago | 8)New York | |||
| 3. | Sara Hall (Asics) | 8. | Nell Rojas (unattached) | |
| 3)Chicago | 6)Boston | |||
| 4. | Keira D’Amato (unattached) | 9. | Dakotah Lindwurm (Minnesota Distance Elite) | |
| 4)Chicago | 1)Grandma’s, 13)Boston | |||
| 5. | Kellyn Taylor (NAZ Elite) | 10. | Sara Vaughn (Colorado) | |
| 6)New York | 1)Cal International | |||