DESPITE A BAD DAY in the important La Coruña race, Mária Pérez was an easy choice for No. 1, having almost a half-minute margin of victory at the WC. Her previous high Ranking was a No. 3 in ’18…
LA CORUÑA WINNER Kimberly García, the reigning world champ, had the edge coming into Budapest, but her fade to 4th put paid to her aspirations for another No. 1…
SURPRISE SILVER MEDALIST Jemima Montag didn’t race a lot against high-end talent, but won a trio of sub-1:30 races and holds on to the No. 3 position…
MARIA MICHTA-COFFEY returned to the top U.S. spot after 3 straight wins for Robyn Stevens. The 9 years preceding that had all featured Michta-Coffey as No. 1.
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. MÁRIA PÉREZ (Spain) (4/29/96, 5-1¼/106) (1.56/48) | |||||
| 1:25:30 | … | 1)Córdoba | 3/26 | ||
| 1:27:19 | … | 5)La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Wu; 3. A. Gonzalez; 4. Qieyang |
| 1:26:51 | … | 1)World Ch | 8/20 | ||
| 2. KIMBERLY GARCÍA (Peru) (10/19/93, 5-4½/112) (1.64/51) | |||||
| 1:30:16 | … | 1)Warsaw | 4w/23 | ||
| 1:29:31 | … | 4)Rio Maior | 5/06 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang |
| 1:26:40 | … | 1)La Coruña | 6/03 | ||
| 1:27:32 | … | 4)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag; 3. Palmisano |
| nt | … | 1)Pan-Am G | 10/29 | ||
| 3. JEMIMA MONTAG (Australia) (2/15/98, 5-6½/110) (1.69/50) | |||||
| 1:28:00 | … | 1)Aus Ch | 2/12 | ||
| 1:27:51 | … | 1)Nomi | 3/19 | ||
| 1:29:10 | … | 1)Melbourne | 7/16 | ||
| 1:27:16 | … | 2)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez |
| 4. ANTONELLA PALMISANO (Italy) (8/6/91, 5-5¼/108) (1.66/49) | |||||
| 1:29:19 | … | 2)Euro Teams | 5/21 | ▷ | 1. Drisbioti |
| 1:27:26 | … | 3)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag |
| 5. ALEGNA GONZALEZ (Mexico) (1/2/99, 5-5/115) (1.65/52) | |||||
| 1:28:09 | … | 1)Dudince | 3/25 | ||
| 1:26:59 | … | 3)La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Wu |
| 1:27:36 | … | 5)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag; 3. Palmisano; 4. Garcia |
| dnf | … | )Pan-Am G | 10/29 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Morejon; 3. Inga; 4. Santana; 5. Ortega… |
| 6. GLENDA MOREJÓN (Ecuador) (5/30/00, 5-1¾/93) (1.57/42) | |||||
| 1:29:37 | … | 1)Machala | 2/25 | ||
| 1:29:04 | … | 8)La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Wu; 3. A. Gonzalez; 4. Qieyang; 5. Perez; 6. Inga; 7. de Sena |
| 1:27:40 | … | 6)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag; 3. Palmisano; 4. Garcia; 5. Gonzalez |
| nt | … | 2)Pan-Am G | 10/29 | ▷ | 1. Garcia |
| 7. JIAYU YANG (China) (2/18/96, 5-4¼/106) (1.63/48) | |||||
| 1:26:41 | … | 1)Huangshan | 3/05 | ||
| 1:29:42 | … | 2)Taicang | 4/08 | ▷ | 1. H. Liu; 1. Y. Li |
| 1:29:10 | … | 1)Rio Maior | 5/06 | ||
| dnf | … | )La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Wu; 3. A. Gonzalez; 4. Qieyang; 5. Perez; 6. Inga; 7. de Sena; 8. Morejon; 9. L. Ma; 10. R. Gonzalez |
| 1:29:40 | … | 12)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag; 3. Palmisano; 4. Garcia; 5. Gonzalez; 6. Morejon; 7. Ma; 8. Lyra; 9. Cabecinha; 10. Sobchuk; 11. Olyanovska |
| 1:30:03 | … | 1)Asian G | 9/29 | ||
| 8. QUANMING WU (China) (11/16/01) | |||||
| 1:26:48 | … | 2)La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia |
| 1:31:22 | … | 1)Rizhao | 9/02 | ||
| 9. SHENJIE QIEYANG (China) (11/11/90, 5-3/110) (1.60/50) | |||||
| 1:29:11 | … | 2)Rio Maior | 5/06 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang |
| 1:27:15 | … | 4)La Coruña | 6/03 | ▷ | 1. Garcia; 2. Wu; 3. A. Gonzalez |
| 10. ZHENXIA MA (China) (8/1/98, 5-5/106) (1.65/48) | |||||
| 1:26:43 | … | 2)Huangshan | 3/05 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang |
| 1:29:36 | … | 5)Rio Maior | 5/06 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang; 2. Qieyang; 3. L. Yang; 4. Garcia |
| 1:28:30 | … | 7)World Ch | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Perez; 2. Montag; 3. Palmisano; 4. Garcia; 5. Gonzalez; 6. Morejon |
| 1:30:04 | … | 2)Asian G | 9/29 | ▷ | 1. J. Yang |
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Maria Michta-Coffey (Oiselle/Walk USA) | 6. | Celina Lepe (unattached) | |
| 2)Mt SAC, 1)USATF | 7)Mt SAC, 6)USATF | |||
| 2. | Stephanie Casey (Tracksmith) | 7. | Katie Miale (New England Walkers) | |
| 3)Mt SAC, 2)USATF | 6)Mt SAC, 61)La Coruña, 8)USATF | |||
| 3. | Miranda Melville (New York AC) | 8. | Janelle Branch (Tracksmith) | |
| 1)Mt SAC, 3)USATF | 5)Mt SAC, dnf)USATF | |||
| 4. | Katie Burnett (unattached) | 9. | Lydia McGranahan (unattached) | |
| 4)Mt SAC, 4)USATF | 8)Mt SAC, 7)USATF | |||
| 5. | Robyn Stevens (unattached) | — | — | |
| 14)Warsaw, 5)USATF, 5)Dublin | — | |||