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Prefontaine Classic

Saturday July 5th, 2025
Hayward Field, Eugene
Distance: 1 Mile · 10000m · 5000m · 1500m · two-mile
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The Pre Classic, part of the Diamond League series of international meets featuring Olympic-level athletes, is scheduled to be held at the new Hayward Field in Eugene.

The Prefontaine Classicis the longest-running outdoor invitational track & field meet in America and is part of the elite Wanda Diamond League of meets held worldwide annually. The Pre Classic’s results score has rated No. 1 or No. 2 in the world 8 of the last 9 years it has been contested. The meet has been sponsored by NIKE continuously since 1984, the longest running title sponsorship of a single sports event in the United States.

Steve Prefontaineis a legend in the sport of track & field and is the most inspirational distance runner in American history. He set a national high school 2-mile record (8:41.5) while at Marshfield High School in Coos Bay, Oregon, that is the fastest ever in a National Federation-sanctioned race.

While competing for the University of Oregon, he won national cross country championships (3) and outdoor track 3-Mile/5000-meter championships (4), and never lost a collegiate track race at any distance. As a collegiate junior, he made the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team and nearly won an Olympic medal, finishing 4thin the 5K at the 1972 Munich Olympics, at age 21. After finishing college in 1973 and preparing for a return to the Olympics in 1976, he continued to improve, setting many American records. His life ended tragically on May 30, 1975, the result of an auto accident, at age 24. The Pre Classic began that year and had been held every year since, until 2020 when it fell victim to the pandemic.





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Prefontaine Classic, Race Date: 2024-05-25, Distance: Mile
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 3:45.34 Josh KERR GBR
2nd Male 3:45.60 Jakob INGEBRIGTSEN NOR
3rd Male 3:46.22 Yared NUGUSE USA
4th Male 3:47.74 Neil GOURLEY GBR
Division Time Name Age Home
Prefontaine Classic, Race Date: 2022-05-28, Distance: two-mile
Division Time Name Age Home
Female 8:59.08 Francine Niyonsaba PDI
2nd Female 9:14.71 Beatrice Chebet KEN
3rd Female 9:15.74 Laura Galvan MEX
4th Female 9:16.73 Konstanze Klosterhalfen GER
Division Time Name Age Home
Prefontaine Classic, Race Date: 2024-05-26, Distance: 1500m
Division Time Name Age Home
Female 3:53:75 Diribe WELTEJI ETH
2nd Female 3:55:97 Jessica HULL AUS
3rd Female 3:56:00 Elle ST. PIERRE USA
4th Female 3:56:35 Laura MUIR GBR
Division Time Name Age Home
Prefontaine Classic, Race Date: 2024-05-26, Distance: 5000m
Division Time Name Age Home
Female 14:18 Tsigie GEBRESELAMA ETH
2nd Female 14:18 Ejgayehu TAYE ETH
3rd Female 14:20 Freweyni HAILU ETH
4th Female 14:22 Aynadis MEBRATU ETH
Division Time Name Age Home
Prefontaine Classic, Race Date: 2024-05-26, Distance: 10000m
Division Time Name Age Home
Male 26:50 Daniel MATEIKO KEN
2nd Male 26:50 Nicholas KIPKORIR KEN
3rd Male 26:51 Benard KIBET KEN
4th Male 26:51 Edwin KURGAT KEN
Female 28:54 Beatrice CHEBET KEN
2nd Female 29:05 Gudaf TSEGAY ETH
3rd Female 29:26 Lilian Kasait RENGERUK KEN
4th Female 29:27 Margaret Chelimo KIPKEMBOI KEN
Division Time Name Age Home
Prefontaine Classic


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