2024 Prefontaine Classic

The 2024 Prefontaine Classic was the 49th edition of the annual outdoor track and field meeting in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Held on 25 May at Hayward Field, it was the 5th leg of the 2024 Diamond League – the highest-level international track and field circuit.

2024 Prefontaine Classic
Dates	25 May 2024
Host city	Eugene, Oregon, United States
Venue	Hayward Field
Level	2024 Diamond League
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Highlights

The meeting was highlighted by the Bowerman Mile. The race featured defending Olympic champion Jakob Ingebrigtsen as well as the last two world champions Josh Kerr and Jake Wightman against American mile record holder Yared Nuguse and 3000 m steeplechase world record holder Lamecha Girma. Kerr won the race in a new British record of 3:45.34.^[1]

Another highlight included a new world record in the women's 10,000 metres, set by Beatrice Chebet of Kenya in a time of 28:54.14.^[2]

Results

Athletes competing in the Diamond League disciplines earned extra compensation and points which went towards qualifying for the 2024 Diamond League finals. First place earned 8 points, with each step down in place earning one less point than the previous, until no points are awarded in 9th place or lower. In the case of a tie, each tying athlete earns the full amount of points for the place.^[3][4]

Diamond Discipline

Men's 100 Metres (+1.2 m/s) Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Christian Coleman 28  United States 9.95 8 Ferdinand Omanyala 28  Kenya 9.98 7 Brandon Hicklin 25  United States 10.08 6 4 Ackeem Blake 22  Jamaica 10.12 5 5 Sandrey Davison 21  Jamaica 10.13 4 6 Rikkoi Brathwaite 25  British Virgin Islands 10.19 3 7 Benjamin Azamati 26  Ghana 10.21 2 8 Hiroki Yanagita 20  Japan 10.26 1 9 Brandon Carnes 29  United States 10.33

Men's 200 Metres (+1.8 m/s) Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Kenny Bednarek 25  United States 19.89 8 Courtney Lindsey 25  United States 20.09 7 Kyree King 29  United States 20.15 6 4 Joseph Fahnbulleh 22  Liberia 20.16 5 5 Alexander Ogando 24  Dominican Republic 20.27 4 6 Aaron Brown 31  Canada 20.47 3 7 Jeremiah Curry [d] 24  United States 20.69 2 8 Brandon Carnes 29  United States 20.83 1 9 Ian Kerr 28  Bahamas 20.87

Men's Mile Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Josh Kerr 26  Great Britain 3:45.34 8 Jakob Ingebrigtsen 23  Norway 3:45.60 7 Yared Nuguse 24  United States 3:46.22 6 4 Neil Gourley 29  Great Britain 3:47.74 5 5 Jake Wightman 29  Great Britain 3:47.83 4 6 Reynold Cheruiyot 19  Kenya 3:48.59 3 7 Cole Hocker 22  United States 3:48.95 2 8 Geordie Beamish 27  New Zealand 3:49.09 1 9 Olli Hoare 27  Australia 3:49.11 10 Mario García 24  Spain 3:50.14 11 Cameron Myers 17  Australia 3:50.15 12 Abel Kipsang 27  Kenya 3:51.82 13 Lamecha Girma 23  Ethiopia 3:53.82 14 Cooper Teare 24  United States 3:53.92 Abraham Alvarado 28  United States DNF Hobbs Kessler 21  United States DNF

Men's 110 Metres Hurdles (-0.1 m/s) Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Grant Holloway 26  United States 13.03 8 Daniel Roberts 26  United States 13.13 7 Freddie Crittenden 29  United States 13.16 6 4 Hansle Parchment 33  Jamaica 13.28 5 5 Trey Cunningham 25  United States 13.29 4 6 Asier Martínez 24  Spain 13.31 3 7 Shunsuke Izumiya 24  Japan 13.33 2 8 Jamal Britt 25  United States 13.36 1 9 Cordell Tinch 23  United States 13.38

Men's 400 Metres Hurdles Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Gerald Drummond 29  Costa Rica 48.56 8 Rasmus Mägi 32  Estonia 48.85 7 CJ Allen 29  United States 48.99 6 4 Roshawn Clarke 19  Jamaica 49.07 5 5 Malik James-King 24  Jamaica 49.51 4 6 Trevor Bassitt 26  United States 49.62 3 7 Jaheel Hyde 27  Jamaica 49.83 2

Men's Shot Put Place Athlete Age Country Mark Points Joe Kovacs 34  United States 23.13 m 8 Payton Otterdahl 28  United States 22.16 m 7 Chukwuebuka Enekwechi 31  Nigeria 21.91 m 6 4 Josh Awotunde 28  United States 21.53 m 5 5 Tom Walsh 32  New Zealand 21.33 m 4 6 Roger Steen 32  United States 20.78 m 3 7 Rajindra Campbell 28  Jamaica 20.68 m 2 8 Adrian Piperi 25  United States 20.56 m 1

Women's 100 Metres (+1.5 m/s) Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Sha'Carri Richardson 24  United States 10.83 8 Julien Alfred 22  Saint Lucia 10.93 7 Dina Asher-Smith 28  Great Britain 10.98 6 4 Daryll Neita 27  Great Britain 11.00 5 5 Melissa Jefferson 23  United States 11.02 4 6 Marie-Josée Ta Lou 35  Ivory Coast 11.05 3 7 Twanisha Terry 25  United States 11.19 2 8 Brittany Brown 29  United States 11.21 1 9 Elaine Thompson-Herah 31  Jamaica 11.30

Women's 800 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Keely Hodgkinson 22  Great Britain 1:55.78 8 Mary Moraa 23  Kenya 1:56.71 7 Jemma Reekie 26  Great Britain 1:57.45 6 4 Nia Akins 25  United States 1:57.98 5 5 Halimah Nakaayi 29  Uganda 1:58.18 4 6 Catriona Bisset 30  Australia 1:58.44 3 7 Sage Hurta 25  United States 1:58.48 2 8 Tsige Duguma 23  Ethiopia 1:58.70 1 9 Natoya Goule 33  Jamaica 1:59.92 10 Worknesh Mesele 22  Ethiopia 2:01.53 Kaylin Whitney 26  United States DNF

Women's 1500 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Diribe Welteji 22  Ethiopia 3:53.75 8 Jessica Hull 27  Australia 3:55.97 7 Elle Purrier St. Pierre 29  United States 3:56.00 6 4 Laura Muir 31  Great Britain 3:56.35 5 5 Nikki Hiltz 29  United States 3:59.64 4 6 Emily Mackay 26  United States 3:59.76 3 7 Katie Snowden 30  Great Britain 4:00.24 2 8 Georgia Bell 30  Great Britain 4:00.41 1 9 Sinclaire Johnson 26  United States 4:00.43 10 Habitam Alemu 26  Ethiopia 4:00.44 11 Susan Ejore 28  Kenya 4:01.09 12 Linden Hall 32  Australia 4:01.97 13 Elise Cranny 28  United States 4:03.08 14 Cory McGee 31  United States 4:04.91 Jazz Shukla 25  Canada DNF

Women's 5000 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Tsigie Gebreselama 23  Ethiopia 14:18.76 8 Ejgayehu Taye 24  Ethiopia 14:18.92 7 Freweyni Hailu 23  Ethiopia 14:20.61 6 4 Aynadis Mebratu 19  Ethiopia 14:22.76 5 5 Birke Haylom 18  Ethiopia 14:23.71 4 6 Hirut Meshesha 23  Ethiopia 14:33.44 3 7 Sifan Hassan 31  Netherlands 14:34.38 2 8 Fantaye Belayneh 23  Ethiopia 14:35.27 1 9 Weini Kelati 27  United States 14:35.43 10 Senayet Getachew 18  Ethiopia 14:37.38 11 Nozomi Tanaka 24  Japan 14:47.69 12 Bosena Mulatie [de] 22  Ethiopia 14:53.15 13 Ayal Dagnachew 22  Ethiopia 14:53.85 14 Karoline Bjerkeli Grøvdal 33  Norway 14:56.24 15 Lauren Ryan 26  Australia 15:03.63 16 Emily Infeld 34  United States 15:12.48 17 Joselyn Brea 29  Venezuela 15:13.02 18 Yenawa Nbret 17  Ethiopia 15:16.26 19 Teresia Muthoni Gateri 22  Kenya 15:30.87 Lemlem Hailu 23  Ethiopia DNF Simone Plourde 23  Canada DNF

Women's 3000 Metres Steeplechase Place Athlete Age Country Time Points Peruth Chemutai 24  Uganda 8:55.09 8 Beatrice Chepkoech 32  Kenya 8:56.51 7 Faith Cherotich 19  Kenya 9:04.45 6 4 Sembo Almayew 19  Ethiopia 9:07.26 5 5 Valerie Constien 28  United States 9:14.29 4 6 Courtney Wayment 25  United States 9:14.48 3 7 Gabrielle Jennings 25  United States 9:18.03 2 8 Kaylee Mitchell 24  United States 9:21.00 1 9 Winfred Yavi 24  Bahrain 9:21.62 10 Norah Jeruto 28  Kazakhstan 9:22.91 11 Krissy Gear 24  United States 9:24.42 12 Marwa Bouzayani 27  Tunisia 9:24.84 13 Jackline Chepkoech 20  Kenya 9:30.59 14 Regan Yee 28  Canada 9:30.78 15 Belén Casetta 29  Argentina 9:37.20 16 Parul Chaudhary 29  India 9:46.74 Logan Jolly 25  United States DNF

Women's Pole Vault Place Athlete Age Country Mark Points Emily Grove 31  United States 4.63 m 8 Katie Moon 32  United States 4.53 m 7 Robeilys Peinado 26  Venezuela 4.53 m 6 4 Gabriela Leon 24  United States 4.43 m 5 5 Bridget Williams 28  United States 4.43 m 4 6 Anicka Newell 30  Canada 4.28 m 3 7 Rachel Baxter [de] 25  United States 4.28 m 2

Women's Triple Jump Place Athlete Age Country Mark Wind Points Leyanis Pérez 22  Cuba 14.73 m +2.1 m/s 8 Thea LaFond 30  Dominica 14.62 m -0.6 m/s 7 Shanieka Ricketts 32  Jamaica 14.55 m -0.4 m/s 6 4 Keturah Orji 28  United States 14.13 m +0.2 m/s 5 5 Tori Franklin 31  United States 13.97 m -0.2 m/s 4 6 Jasmine Moore 23  United States 13.93 m +0.1 m/s 3 7 Kimberly Williams 35  Jamaica 13.74 m -0.1 m/s 2 8 Ryann Porter 22  United States 12.79 m -0.3 m/s 1 Best wind-legal performances Leyanis Pérez 22  Cuba 14.56 m -0.3 m/s

Women's Discus Throw Place Athlete Age Country Mark Points Valarie Allman 29  United States 67.36 m 8 Yaime Pérez 32  Cuba 67.25 m 7 Jorinde van Klinken 24  Netherlands 64.88 m 6 4 Sandra Perković Elkasević 33  Croatia 64.69 m 5 5 Kristin Pudenz 31  Germany 62.24 m 4 6 Laulauga Tausaga 26  United States 62.01 m 3 7 Chioma Onyekwere 29  Nigeria 59.90 m 2

Promotional Events

Women's 100 Metres Hurdles (-0.9 m/s) Place Athlete Age Country Time Cyréna Samba-Mayela 23  France 12.52 Jasmine Camacho-Quinn 27  Puerto Rico 12.54 Tonea Marshall 25  United States 12.55 4 Devynne Charlton 28  Bahamas 12.63 5 Alaysha Johnson 27  United States 12.65 6 Danielle Williams 31  Jamaica 12.65 7 Cindy Sember 29  Great Britain 12.76 8 Nia Ali 35  United States 12.80 9 Masai Russell 23  United States 12.80

Women's Hammer Throw Place Athlete Age Country Mark Camryn Rogers 24  Canada 77.76 m DeAnna Price 30  United States 76.74 m Brooke Andersen 28  United States 76.34 m 4 Janee' Kassanavoid 29  United States 74.65 m 5 Silja Kosonen 21  Finland 73.97 m 6 Annette Echikunwoke 27  United States 72.25 m 7 Janeah Stewart 27  United States 67.16 m 8 Jillian Weir 31  Canada 66.94 m

National Events

Men's 10,000 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Daniel Mateiko 25  Kenya 26:50.81 Nicholas Kimeli 25  Kenya 26:50.94 Benard Kibet 24  Kenya 26:51.09 4 Edwin Kurgat 28  Kenya 26:51.54 5 Benson Kiplangat 20  Kenya 26:55.09 6 Kibiwott Kandie 27  Kenya 26:58.97 7 Stanley Mburu 24  Kenya 27:07.37 8 Daniel Ebenyo 28  Kenya 27:24.33 9 Francis Abong 28  Kenya 27:37.68 10 Ronald Kwemoi 28  Kenya 27:47.72 11 Peter Mwaniki Aila [it] 29  Kenya 27:49.43 12 Weldon Langat 26  Kenya 28:02.55 13 Gideon Kipkertich Rono 21  Kenya 28:25.19 Andrew Ernst  United States DNF Kasey Knevelbaard 27  United States DNF Samwel Chebolei Masai 23  Kenya DNF

Women's 10,000 Metres Place Athlete Age Country Time Beatrice Chebet 24  Kenya 28:54.14 WR Gudaf Tsegay 27  Ethiopia 29:05.92 Lilian Kasait Rengeruk 27  Kenya 29:26.89 4 Margaret Kipkemboi 31  Kenya 29:27.59 5 Janeth Chepngetich 25  Kenya 30:04.97 6 Emmaculate Anyango 24  Kenya 30:06.43 7 Catherine Amanang'ole 21  Kenya 30:07.42 8 Faith Chepkoech 21  Kenya 30:22.77 9 Sarah Chelangat 22  Uganda 30:24.04 10 Miriam Chebet 21  Kenya 30:27.30 11 Grace Nawowuna 20  Kenya 30:34.86 12 Loice Chemnung [de] 27  Kenya 30:44.86 13 Daisy Jepkemei 28  Kazakhstan 30:52.43 Selah Jepleting Busienei 32  Kenya DNF Jesca Chelangat 26  Kenya DNF Diana Chepkorir 22  Kenya DNF Rachel McArthur 24  United States DNF Mekedes Alemeshete 18  Ethiopia DNF Saron Berhe 16  Ethiopia DNF

References

1. Dietz, Alec. "Live updates: Stars compete in 2024 Pre Classic at Hayward Field". The Register-Guard. Retrieved 2024-05-25.
2. "Beatrice Chebet breaks 10,000m world record at Pre Classic". NBC Sports. 2024-05-25. Retrieved 2024-05-26.
3. "DIAMOND LEAGUE MEETINGS REGULATIONS 2024 Status Requirements".
4. "Rules, Points & Prize Money". www.diamondleague.com. Retrieved 2024-04-21.

Results

• "2024 Prefontaine Classic Results". World Athletics.

External links

• Official Diamond League Prefontaine Classic website