• ALL THE BEST IN RUNNING, JUMPING & THROWING • www.trackandfieldnews.com DECEMBER 2019 Year No. 73 Of Our Exclusive World & U.S. Rankings Complete Seasons For All Top 10 World Rankers Athletes Of The Year: Dalilah Muhammad & Karsten Warholm Top Americans: Muhammad & Noah Lyles 2019 Woman Of The Year Dalilah Muhammad ■ The U.S. Olympic Trials2020, June 19-28 at the new Hayward Brussels, plus the Berlin ISATF meeting in 2019) and construct Field’s state-of-the-art setting at the University of Oregon. one of our famous peripatetic trips to European capitals. Per- This tour is sold out and a wait list has been established. A haps including the EuroChamps in Munich. No details yet, $200 refundable deposit gets your name on the wait list. but sure to be popular. $100 deposit per person required. ■ The U.S. Nationals/World2021 Championship Trials. Dates ■ World Track & Field Championships,2023 Budapest, Hungary. and site to be determined, but probably Eugene in late June or The 19th edition of the IAAF World Championships will early July. 4-5 day tour. This is certain to be a fantastic meet be held at the Hungarian capital’s beautiful track stadium, as it will determine the team for the World Championships August 19-27 (new dates). Budapest is a delightful travel in Eugene in August. $100 deposit per person now accepted. destination, with lots to see and do. And we’re sure to offer an attractive Diamond League extension before or after the ■ World Track & Field Championships. Eugene, OR, Au- Championships. $250 per person deposit now accepted. gust 6-15. The first outdoor Worlds to be held in the USA. At the moment, the only lodging we have contracted for is at the Village Green resort in nearby Cottage Grove, but we ■ U.S. Olympic Trials. 2024Dates and site to be determined. are hopeful of obtaining motel space near to the stadium. Probably late June. $100 deposit now accepted. More than 250 signed already. Current deposit requirement is $1,100 per person for this historic meet. ■ 2024 Games, Paris. Dates are July 26-August 11. $100 deposit now accepted. ■ European Diamond 2022League. We’ll select three prime T&FN has operated popular sports tours since 1952 and has Diamond League meets in Europe (it was Paris, Zurich, and taken more than 22,000 fans to 60 countries on five continents. 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This Is T&FN Edition 2019 Women’s Steeplechase World Rankings ............................45 No. 900 ...........................................................................................4 2019 Women’s 5000 World Rankings ...........................................46 2019 Women’s 10,000 World Rankings ........................................47 The 2019 T&FN World Rankings Explained .................................5 2019 Women’s 100 Hurdles World Rankings .............................48 Analyzing The 2019 T&FN Rankings .............................................6 2019 Women’s 400 Hurdles World Rankings .............................49 2019 Women’s Marathon World Rankings .................................50 World Men’s Athlete Of The Year — Karsten Warholm .............8 2019 Women’s 20K Walk World Rankings ..................................51 2019 Men’s 100 World Rankings ...................................................10 2019 Women’s 50K Walk World Rankings ..................................52 2019 Men’s 200 World Rankings ...................................................11 2019 Women’s High Jump World Rankings ...............................53 2019 Men’s 400 World Rankings ...................................................12 2019 Women’s Pole Vault World Rankings .................................54 2019 Men’s 800 World Rankings ...................................................13 2019 Women’s Long Jump World Rankings ...............................55 2019 Men’s 1500/Mile World Rankings .......................................14 2019 Women’s Triple Jump World Rankings .............................56 2019 Men’s Steeplechase World Rankings ..................................15 2019 Women’s Shot World Rankings ...........................................57 2019 Men’s 5000 World Rankings .................................................16 2019 Women’s Discus World Rankings .......................................58 2019 Men’s 10,000 World Rankings ..............................................17 2019 Women’s Hammer World Rankings ...................................59 2019 Men’s 110 Hurdles World Rankings ...................................18 2019 Women’s Javelin World Rankings .......................................60 2019 Men’s 400 Hurdles World Rankings ...................................19 2019 Women’s Heptathlon World Rankings...............................61 2019 Men’s Marathon World Rankings .......................................20 2019 Women’s World Lists ............................................................62 2019 Men’s 20K Walk World Rankings ........................................21 2019 Women’s U.S. Lists ................................................................64 2019 Men’s 50K Walk World Rankings ........................................22 Women’s Performance Of The Year .............................................66 2019 Men’s High Jump World Rankings .....................................23 U.S. Women’s Athlete Of The Year — Dalilah Muhammad .....67 2019 Men’s Pole Vault World Rankings .......................................24 2019 Men’s Long Jump World Rankings .....................................25 Nike Cross Nationals Boys — Young Cracks Course Record ..68 2019 Men’s Triple Jump World Rankings ...................................26 Nike Cross Nationals Girls — Record 3 In A Row For Tuohy .69 2019 Men’s Shot World Rankings .................................................27 Foot Locker Boys XC — Methner Bounces Back ........................70 2019 Men’s Discus World Rankings .............................................28 Foot Locker Girls — Dudek Covered A Lot Of Miles ................71 2019 Men’s Hammer World Rankings .........................................29 Euro XC Champs — Many Familiar Faces ..................................72 2019 Men’s Javelin World Rankings .............................................30 A Recordsetting Fall Road Scene ..................................................73 2019 Men’s Decathlon World Rankings .......................................31 T&FN Interview — Karsten Warholm .........................................74 2019 Men’s World Lists ..................................................................32 RIP — Kiwi Legend Peter Snell .....................................................77 2019 Men’s U.S. Lists ......................................................................34 USATF Hall Of Fame — Class Of 2019 ........................................78 Men’s Performance Of The Year — Big Shot By Joe Kovacs .....36 Vin Lananna Reinstated As USATF President ............................79 U.S. Men’s Athlete Of The Year — Noah Lyles ...........................37 ON YOUR MARKS .........................................................................80 World Women’s Athlete Of The Year — Dalilah Muhammad .. 38 STATUS QUO ..................................................................................81 2019 Women’s 100 World Rankings .............................................40 LAST LAP .......................................................................................82 2019 Women’s 200 World Rankings .............................................41 LANDMARKS .................................................................................84 2019 Women’s 400 World Rankings .............................................42 FOR THE RECORD ........................................................................85 2019 Women’s 800 World Rankings .............................................43 CALENDAR.....................................................................................86 2019 Women’s 1500 World Rankings ...........................................44 • cover photo of Dalilah Muhammad by Kevin Morris • Track & Field News December 2019 — 3 FROM THE EDITOR — Landmark! This Is T&FN Edition No. 900 by E. Garry Hill AS I SAY EVERY 8-PLUS YEARS, here at T&FN we like to think of every one of our month- ly offerings as a “landmark issue,” but among the landmarkiest are the centenary issues. This one marks edition No. 900 we’ve published since the first one rolled off the presses dated February 1948. It has been my pleasure to have worked on no fewer than 636 of our 900 issues (my first was January of ’70). (If you’ve got a head for figures you may have noticed that the century issues haven’t come at exactly regular intervals. For various reasons, during our 72-year life span we’ve had volumes of 11, 12, 17 and 18 issues.) A trip down 8 previous Memory Lanes: Records. Joe Dial claimed 3 in the vault, Jud Logan 2 in the hammer and JJK raised the heptathlon standard. ISSUE #100, MAY 1956 ISSUE #600, NOVEMBER 1994 Back in the days when the layout was more news- One of the brightest covers ever featured “The Green paper-like, the front page featured stories on 4 World Machine,” Dennis Mitchell, who had just won the Grand Records: Dave Sime with a pair of