STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford has played host to important meets throughout its history, including the 1941 NCAA Championships, the 1932 and 1960 Olympic Trials, and the epic 1962 USA-USSR dual that has been described as "the greatest track meet of all time."
But there never has been a meet at Stanford with the quality of Sunday's Prefontaine Classic. Of the 16 events contested as part of the IAAF Diamond League meet, 13 Cobb Track and Angell Field records were broken.
The oldest of those – Jeff Fishback's 9:06.8 two-mile from the Pacific Association AAU meet of 1962 – was broken by 59 seconds.
Six meet records were broken and there were six world-leading marks were established and nine American-leading marks. The meet annually is held in Eugene, Oregon, but because of the reconstruction of Hayward Field, the meet was relocated to Stanford for one year.
After the facility was renovated in 1996, Cobb Track and Angell Field has been the site of the 2002 and 2003 USATF Championships and is annually home to the Payton Jordan Invitational, the nation's premier distance running carnival.
Stanford has a proud track and field tradition that dates back to 1893. Stanford's teams -- men's and women's indoor and outdoor track, and cross country -- have combined for 13 national team championships, 86 NCAA individual titles, and 946 All-America honors by 282 different athletes. The program has produced 64 different Olympians, including 19 different medalists and nine gold-medal winners, including 2016 women's pole vault champion Katerina Stefanidi.
This year, Stanford was named men's Program of the Year by the USTFCCCA for its top-five NCAA finishes in cross country, indoor track and outdoor track. Last year, Stanford earned the women's Program of the Year honor.
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Pre Classic
At Cobb Track and Angell Field
Men
100 – 1, Christian Coleman (USA) 9.81*; 2, Justin Gatlin (USA) 9.87; 3, Zharnel Jones (Great Britain) 9.97.
400 – 1, Michael Norman (USA) 44.62; 2, Kahmari Montgomery (USA) 45.12; 3, Fred Kerley (USA) 45.33.
Mile – 1, Timothy Cheruiyot (Kenya) 3:50.49*; 2, Ayanieh Souleiman (Djibouti) 3:51.22; 3, Filip Ingebrigtsen (Norway) 3:51.28.
Two mile – 1, Joshua Cheptegei (Uganda) 8:07.54*; 2, Paul Chelimo (USA) 8:07.59; 3, Selemon Barega (Ethiopia) 8:08.69.
110 hurdles – 1, Orlando Ortega (Spain) 13.24; 2, Wilhem Belocian (France) 13.29; 3, Omar McLeod (Jamaica) 13.29.
400 hurdles – 1, Rai Benjamin (USA) 47.16* (meet record); 2, Kyron McMaster (British Virgin Islands) 48.94; 3, Yasmani Copello (Turkey) 49.37.
Pole vault – 1, Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) 19-5 ½ (5.93m)*; 2, Sam Kendricks (USA) 19-3 ½ (5.88m); 3, Piotr Lisek (Poland) 18-8 ½ (5.71m).
Shot put – 1, Darian Romani (Brazil) 74-2 1/4 (22.61m)* (meet record); 2, Ryan Crouser (USA) 72-9 (22.17m); 3, Tomas Walsh (New Zealand) 71-4 ¾ (21.76m).
Women
100 – Marie-Josee Ta Lou (Ivory Coast) 11.02; 2, Aleia Hobbs (USA) 11.04; 3, Teahna Daniels (USA) 11.13.
200 – 1, Blessing Okagbare (Nigeria) 22.05*; 2, Elaine Thompson (Jamaica); 3, Dina Asher-Smith (Great Britain) 22.42.
800 – 1, Caster Semenya (South Africa) 1:55.70* (meet record); 2, Ajee Wilson (USA) 1:58.36; 3, Raevyn Rogers (USA) 1:58.65.
1,500 – 1, Faith Kipyegon (Kenya) 3:59.04*; 2, Laura Muir (Great Britain) 3:59.47; 3, Shelby Houlihan (USA) 3:59.64.
3,000 – 1, Sifan Hassan (Netherlands) 8:18.49* (meet record); 2, Konstanze Klosterhalfen (Germany) 8:20.07; 3, Letesenbet Gidey (Ethiopia) 8:20.27.
3,000 steeplechase – 1, Beatrice Chepkoech (Kenya) 8:55.58* (meet record); 2, Emma Coburn (USA) 9:04.90; 3, Hyvin Kiyeng (Kenya) 9:05.81.
High jump – 1, Mariya Lasitskene (neutral) 6-8 ¼ (2.04m)* (meet record); 2, Vashti Cunningham (USA) 6-6 ¾ (2.00m); 3, Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine) 6-6 ¾ (2.00m).
Shot put – 1, Lijao Gong (China) 64-11 ¼ (19.79m)*; 2, Danniel Thomas-Dodd (Jamaica) 63-2 ¼ (19.26m); 3, Chase Ealey (USA) 63-1 ¼ (19.23m).
* = Cobb Track and Angell Field record.
