FOR THE FIRST TIME since ’85 — think Doug Padilla, Sydney Maree & Bruce Bickford — the U.S. claims a trio of Rankers. Cole Hocker and Nico Young made their Ranking debuts, with Grant Fisher appearing for the third time…
IF IT’S NAME-NOSTALGIA you’re looking for, jump back from ’85 to ’75 when an American threesome of Marty Liquori, Steve Prefontaine and Frank Shorter all rated. Want more? Think ’74, when Pre was joined by Dick Buerkle and Paul Geis. There has never been a U.S. foursome…
8-TIME RANKER YOMIF KEJELCHA didn’t run the 5 at the WC, but was the only winner of a pair of DL races and thus sneaks in ahead of the Tokyo podium trio of Hocker, Isaac Kimeli and Jimmy Gressier…
AMERICAN RECORDSETTER Young produced 3 straight sub-13:00 clockings but the fastest time was teammate Grant Fisher’s indoor WR.
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| 1. YOMIF KEJELCHA (Ethiopia) (8/1/97, 6-1¼/128) (1.86/58) | |||||
| 12:49.07 | … | 8)Oslo DL | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Young; 2. Mehary; 3. Girma; 4. Mills; 5. Gebrhiwet; 6. Ndikumwenayo; 7. Blanks |
| 12:47.84 | … | 1)Paris DL | 6/20 | ||
| 12:49.46 | … | 1)Monaco DL | 7/11 | ||
| 2. COLE HOCKER (US) (6/6/01, 5-10/130) (1.78/59) | |||||
| 12:57.82i | … | 1)Boston | 2/21 | ||
| 13:09.36 | … | 7)Stockholm DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Almgren; 2. Girma; 3. Robinson; 4. Foppen; 5. Kiprop; 6. D. Kemboi |
| 13:26.45 | … | 1)USATF | 8/03 | ||
| 12:58.30 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/21 | ||
| (13:13.41h) | |||||
| 3. ISAAC KIMELI (Belgium) (3/9/94, 5-8¾/130) (1.75/59) | |||||
| 13:01.39 | … | 1)Heusden | 7/19 | ||
| 13:07.67 | … | 1)Lausanne DL | 8/20 | ||
| 12:58.78 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker |
| (13:13.06h) | |||||
| 4. JIMMY GRESSIER (France) (5/4/97, 5-8¾/137) (1.75/62) | |||||
| 13:00.54i | … | 1)Thomas Terrier Cl | 2/01 | ||
| 12:54.92i | … | 2)Hemery Valentine | 2/14 | ▷ | 1. Fisher. |
| 12:51.59 | … | 4)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Balew; 3. Blanks. |
| 12:53.36 | … | 2)Monaco DL | 7/11 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha |
| 13:31.29 | … | 2)Fr Ch | 8/01 | ▷ | 1. Schrub |
| 12:59.33 | … | 3)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli. |
| (13:41.64h) | |||||
| 5. NICO YOUNG (US) (7/27/02, 5-10¾/134) (1.80/61) | |||||
| 12:51.56i | … | 1)Boston | 3/02 | ||
| 12:45.27 | … | 1)Oslo DL | 6/12 | ||
| 12:55.71 | … | 7)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Balew; 3. Blanks; 4. Gressier; 5. Tefera; 6. El Bakkali |
| 13:27.05 | … | 3)USATF | 8/03 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Fisher |
| 13:00.07 | … | 6)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli; 3. Gressier; 4. Robinson; 5. Mehary |
| (13:13.51h) | |||||
| 6. BINIAM MEHARY (Ethiopia) (12/20/06, 5-2¼/130) (1.58/59) | |||||
| 13:03.57 | … | 3)Zagreb WT | 5/24 | ▷ | 1. Kemboi; 2. Kiptoo |
| 12:45.93 | … | 2)Oslo DL | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Young |
| 12:59.95 | … | 5)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli; 3. Gressier; 4. Robinson |
| (13:41.52h) | |||||
| 7. KUMA GIRMA (Ethiopia) (11/24/05, 5-8½/126) (1.74/57) | |||||
| 12:50.69 | … | 2)Shanghai DL | 5/03 | ▷ | 1. Aregawi |
| 12:46.41 | … | 3)Oslo DL | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Young; 2. Mehary |
| 12:57.46 | … | 2)Stockholm DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Almgren |
| dnf-h | … | )World Ch | 9/19 | ▷ | 1. Kimeli; 2. Kipsang; 3. Hocker; 4. Young; 5. Robinson; 6. Gebrhiwet; 7. Foppen; 8. Daguinos |
| 8. BIRHANU BALEW (Bahrain) (2/27/96, 5-5¾/119) (1.67/54) | |||||
| 13:17.70 | … | 3)Doha DL | 5/16 | ▷ | 1. Cheruiyot; 2. Lobalu |
| 12:56.45 | … | 12)Oslo DL | 6/12 | ▷ | 1. Young; 2. Mehary; 3. Girma; 4. Mills; 5. Gebrhiwet; 6. Ndikumwenayo; 7. Blanks; 8. Kejelcha; 9. Sime; 10. Lobalu; 11. Krop |
| 12:48.67 | … | 2)Paris DL | 6/20 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha |
| 12:53.51 | … | 3)Monaco DL | 7/11 | ▷ | 1. Kejelcha; 2. Gressier |
| 13:17.75 | … | 13)Lausanne DL | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Kimeli; 2. Fisher; 3. Herrera; 4. Tefera; 5. Kipkurui; 6. Kurgat; 7. Gebrhiwet; 8. Blanks; 9. Fayisa; 10. Kemboi; 11. Sime; 12. Ndikumwenayo |
| 13:00.55 | … | 7)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli; 3. Gressier; 4. Robinson; 5. Mehary; 6. Young |
| (13:41.75h) | |||||
| 9. KY ROBINSON (Australia) (2/27/02, 5-9¼/132) (1.76/60) | |||||
| 13:02.34i | … | 3)Boston | 3/02 | ▷ | 1. Young; 2. Wildschutt |
| 13:13.17 | … | 1)Melbourne WT | 3/29 | ||
| 13:50.31 | … | 3)Aus Ch | 4/13 | ▷ | 1. O’Donnell; 2. Myers |
| 13:05.23 | … | 2)Track Fest | 5/24 | ▷ | 1. Herrera |
| 12:58.38 | … | 3)Stockholm DL | 6/15 | ▷ | 1. Almgren; 2. Girma |
| 12:59.61 | … | 4)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli; 3. Gressier |
| (13:13.60h) | |||||
| 10. GRANT FISHER (US) (4/22/97, 5-10/134) (1.78/61) | |||||
| 12:44.09i | … | 1)Boston | 2/14 | ||
| 14:39.14 | … | 1)GST Kingston | 4/04 | ||
| 13:40.32 | … | 1)GST Miami | 5/04 | ||
| 13:26.75 | … | 2)USATF | 8/03 | ▷ | 1. Hocker |
| 13:08.51 | … | 2)Lausanne DL | 8/20 | ▷ | 1. Kimeli |
| 13:00.79 | … | 8)World Ch | 9/21 | ▷ | 1. Hocker; 2. Kimeli; 3. Gressier; 4. Robinson; 5. Mehary; 6. Young; 7. Balew |
| (13:41.83h) | |||||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | *Cole Hocker (Nike Swoosh) | 6. | Cooper Teare (Nike Swoosh) | |
| 7)Stockholm DL, 1)USATF, 1)World Ch | 2)BU DMR Chall, 13)Oslo DL, 5)USATF | |||
| 2. | *Nico Young (adidas) | 7. | Parker Wolfe (North Carolina) | |
| 1)Oslo DL, 3)USATF, 3)World Ch | 1)Penn R, 1)ACC, 6)USATF | |||
| 3. | *Grant Fisher (Nike Swoosh) | 8. | Woody Kincaid (Nike Swoosh) | |
| 2)USATF, 2)Lausanne DL, 8)World Ch | 6)Clay Inv, 4)Track Fest, 8)USATF | |||
| 4. | Graham Blanks (New Balance) | 9. | Thomas Ratcliffe (Nike Swoosh) | |
| 7)Oslo DL, 3)Paris DL, 13)USATF | 12)Track Fest, 3)Portland Track Fest, 7)USATF | |||
| 5. | Drew Hunter (Asics) | 10. | Olin Hacker (Hoka Northern Arizona) | |
| 5)BU Last Chance, 1)Portland Track Fest, 4)USATF | 4)Portland Track Fest, 16)USATF, 9)Oordegem | |||
