In a spring and summer filled with big track and field meets in Eugene, this weekend’s Prefontaine Classic is among the marquee events on the calendar.
The two-day event begins at 7 p.m. Friday at Hayward Field with a program featuring five distance races, including the USA Track & Field championships in the men’s and women’s 10,000 meters. Friday night’s events can be livestreamed on USATF.TV.
Follow along here for live updates as Day 1 of the Prefontaine Classic unfolds at Hayward Field in Eugene.
PREFONTAINE CLASSIC 2022
When: Day 1 starts at 7 p.m. Friday. (Day 2 begins about 12:30 p.m. Saturday.)
Where: Hayward Field | Eugene, Oregon
How to watch: Friday night’s events can be livestreamed at USATF.TV.
FRIDAY’S SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
7 p.m.: Diamond League men’s pole vault
Results: 1. Armand Duplantis (19 feet, 4 3/4 inches); 2. Christopher Nilsen (19-0 3/4); 3. Sondre Guttormsen (19-0 3/4)
7:05 p.m.: Diamond League women’s high jump
Results: 1. Yaroslava Mahuchikh (6 feet, 6 3/4 inches); 2. Vashti Cunningham (6-4); 3. Nadezhda Dubovitskaya (6-4)
7:30 p.m.: Women’s USATF 10,000-meter championship
Results: 1. Karissa Schweizer (30:49.56); 2. Alicia Monson (30:51.09); 3. Natosha Rogers (31:29.80).
8:15 p.m.: Men’s USATF 10,000-meter championship
Results: 1. Joe Klecker (28:28.71); 2. Grant Fisher (28:28.81); 3. Sean McGorty (28:29.57).
8:46 p.m.: Diamond League women’s discus
8:55 p.m.: Women’s 2 mile
Results: 1. Francine Niyonsaba (8:59.08); 2. Beatrice Chebet (9:14.71); 3. Laura Galvan (9:15.74). Note: Niyonsaba missed the world record (8:58.58) by half a second.
9:12 p.m.: Women’s 5,000 meters
Results: 1. Ejgayehu Taye (14:12.98); 2. Letesenbet Gidey (14:24.59); 3. Rahel Daniel (14:36.66).
9:35 p.m.: Men’s 5,000 meters
PREVIEW: Union Athletics Club to make its Oregon debut
LINK: Pre Classic start lists
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