THE BIGGEST PROBLEM was figuring out where to place Jakob Ingebrigtsen. To be sure, he was the world champion, but that 13:11 was his only race, and it left him at No. 50 (!) on the yearly list, so we slotted him at No. 4…
THE EVENT WAS unusually difficult to sort out because there was no 5000 in the DL Final. Instead a 3000 was run with Ingebrigtsen chasing the WR and moving to No. 3 on the all-time list…
NO MAJOR PLAYER WAS UNDEFEATED and nobody was able to win a pair of DL races (the Zürich 5 was non-DL). Best of the bunch was WC silver medalist Mohamed Katir, beaten by Ingebrigtsen by just 0.14 and with a fine win-loss record against other contenders… The U.S. failed to earn a spot for the first time since ’08.
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| 1. MOHAMED KATIR (Spain) (2/17/98, 5-11½/134) (1.82/61) | |||||
| 12:52.09 | … | 1)Florence DL | 6/02 | ||
| 12:45.01 | … | 4)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Aregawi; 3. Haile |
| 13:11.44 | … | 2)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen |
| (13:35.90h) | |||||
| 2. YOMIF KEJELCHA (Ethiopia) (8/1/97, 6-1¼/128) (1.86/58) | |||||
| 12:52.12 | … | 2)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir |
| 12:41.73 | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/15 | ||
| 13:12.51 | … | 5)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen; 2. Katir; 3. Krop; 4. Grijalva |
| (13:32.83h) | |||||
| 12:46.91 | … | 1)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ||
| 3. JACOB KROP (Kenya) (6/4/01, 5-6½/121) (1.69/55) | |||||
| 12:55.57 | … | 8)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Grijalva; 4. Cheptegei; 5. Haile; 6. Kincaid; 7. Klecker |
| 13:15.72(A) | … | 1)Ken Tr | 7/08 | ||
| 12:46.02 | … | 5)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Aregawi; 3. Haile; 4. Katir |
| 13:12.28 | … | 3)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen; 2. Katir |
| (13:33.63h) | |||||
| 4. JAKOB INGEBRIGTSEN (Norway) (9/19/00, 5-11¼/143) (1.81/65) | |||||
| 13:11.30 | … | 1)World Ch | 8/27 | ||
| (13:36.21h) | |||||
| 5. LUIS GRIJALVA (Guatemala) (4/10/99, 5-8/134) (1.73/61) | |||||
| 12:52.97 | … | 3)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir; 2. Kejelcha |
| 12:56.63 | … | 5)Oslo DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Kiplimo; 3. Haile; 4. Klecker |
| 13:12.50 | … | 4)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen; 2. Katir; 3. Krop |
| (13:32.72h) | |||||
| 12:55.88 | … | 4)Zürich DL | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Barega; 3. Fisher |
| 6. HAGOS GEBRHIWET (Ethiopia) (5/11/94, 5-5¾/121) (1.67/55) | |||||
| 13:15.85 | … | 1)Castellón | 6/14 | ||
| 12:49.80 | … | 3)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi; 2. Cheptegei |
| 12:42.18 | … | 1)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ||
| 13:12.65 | … | 6)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen; 2. Katir; 3. Krop; 4. Grijalva; 5. Kejelcha |
| (13:36.15h) | |||||
| 7. BERIHU AREGAWI (Ethiopia) (2/28/01, 5-8/121) (1.73/55) | |||||
| 13:04.52 | … | 14)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Grijalva; 4. Cheptegei; 5. Haile; 6. Kincaid; 7. Klecker; 8. Krop; 9. Barega; 10. Ahmed; 11. Fisher; 12. Tefera; 13. Ndikumwenayo |
| 12:40.45 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ||
| 12:42.58 | … | 2)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet |
| 13:12.99 | … | 8)World Ch | 8/27 | ▷ | 1. Ingebrigtsen; 2. Katir; 3. Krop; 4. Grijalva; 5. Kejelcha; 6. Gebrhiwet; 7. Ahmed |
| (13:33.23h) | |||||
| 8. JOSHUA CHEPTEGEI (Uganda) (9/12/96, 5-10½/134) (1.79/61) | |||||
| 12:53.81 | … | 4)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Grijalva |
| 12:41.61 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi |
| 9. TELAHUN HAILE (Ethiopia) (5/13/99, 5-7¼/121) (1.71/55) | |||||
| 12:54.31 | … | 5)Florence DL | 6/02 | ▷ | 1. Katir; 2. Kejelcha; 3. Grijalva; 4. Cheptegei |
| 12:46.21 | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Kiplimo |
| 12:49.81 | … | 4)Lausanne DL | 6/30 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi; 2. Cheptegei; 3. Gebrhiwet |
| 12:42.70 | … | 3)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Aregawi |
| 10. JACOB KIPLIMO (Uganda) (11/14/00, 5-7/121) (1.70/55) | |||||
| 12:41.73 | … | 2)Oslo DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha |
| 12:48.78 | … | 6)Monaco DL | 7/21 | ▷ | 1. Gebrhiwet; 2. Aregawi; 3. Haile; 4. Katir; 5. Krop |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Woody Kincaid (Nike) | 6. | Joe Klecker (On AC) | |
| 1)Thomas Terrier, 6)Florence DL, 9)USATF | 7)Florence DL, 4)Oslo DL, 4)USATF | |||
| 2. | Abdihamid Nur (Nike) | 7. | Cooper Teare (Nike) | |
| 1)USATF Dist Cl, 1)USATF, 12)World Ch | 1)On Track Fest, 5)USATF, 13)Monaco DL | |||
| 3. | Paul Chelimo (American Distance Project) | 8. | Graham Blanks (Harvard) | |
| 1)Vienna, 2)USATF, 15)World Ch | 1)Wake F, 2)NCAA, 1)C-Danville | |||
| 4. | Grant Fisher (Nike Bowerman TC) | 9. | Olin Hacker (HOKA NAZ Elite) | |
| 11)Florence DL, 3)Zürich DL | 1)Portland TF, 7)USATF, 2B)Heusden | |||
| 5. | Sean McGorty (Nike Bowerman TC) | 10. | Morgan Beadlescomb (adidas/Very Nice TC) | |
| 3)USATF, 3)Heusden, 15h)World Ch | 2)On Track Fest, 3)USATF DC, 13)USATF | |||