FUN STUFF! A trio of high-end performers, each with a win and a loss. The amusing part comes in in trying to sort out a seasonal head-to-head situation where the big 3 formed a confusing triangle, each with a big win and a big runner-up finish…
LONDON WINNER Tigst Assefa lost to world champ Peres Jepchirchir, but Jepchirchir lost at London to Valencia winner Joyciline Jepkosgei, the year’s fastest performer. We ended up ordering them in reverse sequence to the yearly list…
SHE NEVER MET any of the three, but Hawi Feysa paired a big Chicago win with a Tokyo 3rd… Spots 5 and 6 are another Möbius strip, with Sharon Lokedi and Hellen Obiri meeting each other twice, in Boston and New York. Lokedi went 1-2 and Obiri went 2-1…
IN HER FIRST YEAR as a full-time marathoner, Sifan Hassan earned No. 8 after hitting the pavement in a trio of WMM races: 3rd in London, 1st in Sydney and 6th in New York…
| JUMP TO U.S. RANKINGS | VIEW WORLD TOP 50 LIST | VIEW U.S. TOP 50 LIST |
| 1. TIGST ASSEFA (Ethiopia) (12/3/96, 5-3¼/99) (1.61/45) | |||||
| 2:15:50 | … | 1)London | 4/27 | ||
| 2:24:45 | … | 2)World Ch | 9/14 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir |
| 2. PERES JEPCHIRCHIR (Kenya) (9/27/93, 5-¼/88) (1.53/40) | |||||
| 2:24:43 | … | 1)World Ch | 9/14 | ||
| 2:14:43 | … | 2)Valencia | 12/07 | ▷ | 1. Jepkosgei |
| 3. JOYCILINE JEPKOSGEI (Kenya) (12/8/93, 5-1¼/115) (1.56/52) | |||||
| 2:18:44 | … | 2)London | 4/27 | ▷ | 1. Assefa |
| 2:14:00 | … | 1)Valencia | 12/07 | ||
| 4. HAWI FEYSA (Ethiopia) (2/1/99, 5-3¾/110) (1.62/50) | |||||
| 2:17:00 | … | 3)Tokyo | 3/02 | ▷ | 1. Asefa; 2. Moraa |
| 2:14:56 | … | 1)Chicago | 10/12 | ||
| 5. SHARON LOKEDI (Kenya) (3/10/94, 5-4½/106) (1.64/48) | |||||
| 2:17:22a | … | 1)Boston | 4/21 | ||
| 2:20:07 | … | 2)New York | 11/02 | ▷ | 1. Obiri |
| 6. HELLEN OBIRI (Kenya) (12/13/89, 5-3/110) (1.60/50) | |||||
| 2:17:41a | … | 2)Boston | 4/21 | ▷ | 1. Lokedi |
| 2:19:51 | … | 1)New York | 11/02 | ||
| 7. SUTUME ASEFA (Ethiopia) (12/11/94, 5-3/104) (1.60/47) | |||||
| 2:16:31 | … | 1)Tokyo | 3/02 | ||
| 2:35:30 | … | 27)World Ch | 9/14 | ▷ | 1. Jepchirchir; 2. Assefa; 3. Paternain; 4. Sullivan; 5. Vainio; 6. Eshete; 7. Kobayashi; 8. McClain; 9. McCormack; 10. Tesfu; 11. Luengo; 12. Chesang… |
| 8. WINFRIDAH MORAA (Kenya) (2/10/96, 5-2¼/93) (1.58/42) | |||||
| 2:16:56 | … | 2)Tokyo | 3/02 | ▷ | 1. Asefa |
| 9. SIFAN HASSAN (Netherlands) (1/1/93, 5-7/108) (1.70/49) | |||||
| 2:19:00 | … | 3)London | 4/27 | ▷ | 1. Jones; 1. Assefa; 2. Aleksandrova; 2. Jepkosgei |
| 2:18:22 | … | 1)Sydney | 8/31 | ||
| 2:24:43 | … | 6)New York | 11/02 | ▷ | 1. Obiri; 2. Lokedi; 3. Chepkirui; 4. O’Keeffe; 5. Frisbie |
| 10. BRIGID KOSGEI (Kenya) (2/20/94, 5-4¼/101) (1.63/46) | |||||
| 2:18:26 | … | 2)Hamburg | 4/27 | ▷ | 1. Edesa |
| 2:18:56 | … | 2)Sydney | 8/31 | ▷ | 1. Hassan |
| 2:16:36 | … | 1)Shanghai | 11/30 | ||
| U.S. RANKINGS | ||||
| 1. | Fiona O’Keeffe (Puma Elite) | 6. | Erika Kemp (Brooks) | |
| 4) New York 2:22:49 | 2)Houston, 52)World Ch, 2:22:56 | |||
| 2. | Susanna Sullivan (Brooks) | 7. | Dakotah Popehn (Puma Minnesota DE) | |
| 10)London, 4)World Ch, 11)NYC | 16)Boston, 7)Chicago | |||
| 3. | Jessica McClain (Brooks) | 8. | Emily Sisson (New Balance) | |
| 7)Boston, 8)World Ch | 8)New York 2:25:05 | |||
| 4. | Annie Frisbie (Puma Minnesota DE) | 9. | Emma Bates (Asics) | |
| 8)Boston, 5)New York | 13)Boston, 13)Valencia | |||
| 5. | Natosha Rogers (Puma) | 10. | Amanda Vestri (Brooks Zap F) | |
| 7)Nagoya, 6)Chicago | 9)New York | |||
