Maggie Vessey: 1:57.85, LaShinda Demus: 52.63, Monaco Herculis Meeting, July 28, 2009, results, comments by Larry Eder

Maggie Vessey has been looking to get under 2:00.00 for the A standard for 800 meters, she had run 2:00.14, then 2:00.12, now she cranks 1:57.85-the world leader! LaShinda Demus had the world leader, but her 52.63 has not put her into the statosphere! Both performances run at the Herculis Monaco meeting, where gambling is just a short walk into the city, but no one, no one, would have counted on those two performances!

Maggie Vessey winning Nike Pre Classic, June 7, 2009, photo by Photorun.net.
Maggie Vessey is coached by Greg Brock, a former Stanford University Athlete, under then coach Payton Jordan. Brock is a very modest human being, and one of the most underrated coaches in the U.S. What he had done with Maggie Vessey, a quite talented athlete, shows how superb talent, and super coaching can make for an exciting story. You are looking at a women who can win the World Champs, no pressure Maggie!

28/07/2009
Herculis
Monaco, 28/07/2009
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: +0.1 m/s
Pts
1 Martina , Churandy AHO 10.07 20
2 Patton , Darvis USA 10.08 16
3 Edwards , Monzavous USA 10.12 14
4 Padgett , Travis USA 10.13 12
5 Jelks , Mark USA 10.16 10
6 Burns , Marc TRI 10.18 8
7 Spearmon , Wallace USA 10.21 6
8 Armstrong , Aaron TRI 10.42 4
400 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Merritt , LaShawn USA 44.73 20
2 Neville , David USA 45.26 16
3 Gillick , David IRL 45.34 14
4 Djhone , Leslie FRA 45.57 12
5 Torrance , Jamaal USA 45.97 10
6 Venel , Teddy FRA 46.14 8
7 Rooney , Martyn GBR 46.22 6
8 Williams , Andrae BAH 47.98 4
800 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Kaki , Abubaker SUD 1:43.50 20
2 Borzakovskiy , Yuriy RUS 1:43.58 16
3 Symmonds , Nick USA 1:43.83 14
4 Lewandowski , Marcin POL 1:43.84 12
5 Som , Bram NED 1:44.12 10
6 Reed , Gary CAN 1:44.24 8
7 Chamney , Thomas IRL 1:45.50 6
8 Robinson , Khadevis USA 1:45.50 4
9 Lastennet , Jeff FRA 1:48.84
10 Rimmer , Michael GBR 1:49.19
Kiilu , Vincent Mumo KEN DNF
1500 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Baala , Mehdi FRA 3:30.96 20
2 Zerguelaine , Antar ALG 3:31.21 16
3 Iguider , Abdalaati MAR 3:31.47 14
4 Kamel , Yusuf Saad BRN 3:31.56 12
5 Boukensa , Tarek ALG 3:31.90 10
6 Mekonnen , Deresse ETH 3:32.18 8
7 Lomong , Lopez USA 3:32.94 6
8 Higuero , Juan Carlos ESP 3:33.19 4
9 Cronje , Johan RSA 3:33.63 3
10 Farah , Mohammed GBR 3:33.98 3
11 Yemmouni , Mounir FRA 3:34.90 3
12 Kowal , Yoann FRA 3:35.39 3
Surum , Samson KEN DNF
Polonet , Vickson Naran KEN DNF
3000 Metres – Men
Pts
1 Kipsiro , Moses Ndiema UGA 7:30.95 20
2 Kipruto , Silas KEN 7:32.52 16
3 Mutahi , Sammy Alex KEN 7:33.02 14
4 Tahri , Bouabdellah FRA 7:33.18 12
5 Kiptoo , Mark Kosgey KEN 7:34.87 10
6 Komon , Leonard Patrick KEN 7:35.96 8
7 Amdouni , Morhad FRA 7:39.10 6
8 Rotich , Lucas Kimeli KEN 7:41.14 4
9 Jager , Evan USA 7:41.78 3
10 Kiplimo , Joseph Kitur KEN 7:46.21 3
11 SmaâˆšÃ˜l , Noureddine FRA 7:53.34 3
12 Meucci , Daniele ITA 7:53.92 3
Esho , Benson Marrianyi KEN DNF
Betona , Warge KEN DNF
3000 Metres Steeplechase – Men
Pts
1 Taher , Tareq Mubarak BRN 8:07.24 20
2 Kipyego , Michael KEN 8:08.48 16
3 Ramolefi , Ruben RSA 8:11.63 14
4 Keskisalo , Jukka FIN 8:12.93 12
5 Mutai , Abel Kiprop KEN 8:14.38 10
6 Kiprotich , Wesley KEN 8:14.45 8
7 Kipterege , Elijah Chelimo KEN 8:15.33 6
8 Chemlal , Abdelatif MAR 8:15.63 4
9 Terer , Patrick Kipyegon KEN 8:20.00 3
10 Huling , Daniel USA 8:21.65 3
11 Zouaoui Dandrieaux , Vincent FRA 8:25.27 3
12 Desmet , Pieter BEL 8:29.10 3
13 Gunn , Luke GBR 8:37.29
14 Zerrifi , Abdelhamid ALG 8:48.26
Abdi , Youcef AUS DNF
Lagat , David KEN DNF
Chumba , Linus Kipwambok KEN DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: -0.9 m/s
Pts
1 Robles , Dayron CUB 13.06 20
2 Brown , Joel USA 13.34 16
3 Thomas , Dwight JAM 13.36 14
4 Darien , Garfield FRA 13.36 12
5 Richardson , Jason USA 13.37 10
6 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.44 8
7 Hicks , Antwon USA 13.49 6
8 Coco-Viloin , Samuel FRA 13.89 4
400 Metres Hurdles – Men (Summary)
Pts
1 van Zyl , L.J. RSA 47.94 20
2 Jackson , Bershawn USA 47.98 16
3 McFarlane , Danny JAM 48.13 14
4 Culson , Javier PUR 48.29 12
5 Phillips , Isa JAM 48.52 10
6 Clement , Kerron USA 48.92 8
7 Greene , David GBR 49.04 6
8 Thomas , Tristan AUS 49.26 4
400 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 1
Pts
1 van Zyl , L.J. RSA 47.94 20
2 Jackson , Bershawn USA 47.98 16
3 McFarlane , Danny JAM 48.13 14
4 Culson , Javier PUR 48.29 12
5 Phillips , Isa JAM 48.52 10
6 Clement , Kerron USA 48.92 8
7 Thomas , Tristan AUS 49.26 4
Taylor , Angelo USA DNS
400 Metres Hurdles – Men Race 2
Pts
1 Greene , David GBR 49.04 6
2 Bellaabouss , Fadil FRA 49.41
3 Maillard , SâˆšÂ©bastien FRA 49.81
4 Williams , Rhys GBR 49.86
Robertson , Josef JAM DNF
Shirook , Ali Obaid UAE DNS
Pole Vault – Men
Pts
1 Lavillenie , Renaud FRA 5.88 20
2 Walker , Brad USA 5.80 16
3 Mesnil , Romain FRA 5.80 14
4 Mazuryk , Maksym UKR 5.80 12
5 Ecker , Danny GER 5.70 10
6 Miles , Derek USA 5.70 8
7 Kucheryanu , Sergey RUS 5.60 6
8 Clavier , JâˆšÂ©râˆšÂ¥me FRA 5.60 4
9 DossâˆšÂ©vi , Damiel FRA 5.60
10 Scott , Jeremy USA 5.45
10 Stevenson , Toby USA 5.45
Long Jump – Men
Pts Wind
1 Mokoena , Godfrey Khotso RSA 8.28 20 -0.3
2 Tomlinson , Christopher GBR 8.11 16 +0.0
3 Sdiri , Salim FRA 8.02 14 -0.7
4 Al-Sabee , Hussein Taher KSA 7.99 12 -0.2
5 Badji , Ndiss Kaba SEN 7.98 10 -0.1
6 Watt , Mitchell AUS 7.94 8 -0.2
7 Howe , Andrew ITA 7.85 6 -0.4
8 Johnson , Brian USA 7.75 4 -0.5
9 Quinley , Trevell USA 7.43 -0.4
Lapierre , Fabrice AUS NM
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: +0.0 m/s
Pts
1 Fraser , Shelly-Ann JAM 10.91 20
2 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 10.97 16
3 Campbell-Brown , Veronica JAM 11.03 14
4 Sturrup , Chandra BAH 11.13 12
5 Jones-Ferrette , LaVerne ISV 11.14 10
6 Anderson , Alexandria USA 11.18 8
7 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.26 6
8 Durst , Stephanie USA 11.35 4
800 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Vessey , Maggie USA 1:57.84 20
2 Savinova , Mariya RUS 1:58.39 16
3 Meadows , Jennifer GBR 1:58.63 14
4 Simpson , Jemma GBR 1:59.07 12
5 Sinclair , Kenia JAM 1:59.13 10
6 Kostetskaya , Ekaterina RUS 1:59.31 8
7 Wurth-Thomas , Christin USA 1:59.35 6
8 Krevsun , Yuliya UKR 1:59.47 4
9 GuâˆšÂ©gan , âˆšÃ¢lodie FRA 1:59.77
10 Uceny , Morgan USA 2:00.06
Tverdostup , Tamara UKR DNF
1500 Metres – Women
Pts
1 Jamal , Maryam Yusuf BRN 3:58.83 20
2 Burka , Gelete ETH 3:59.56 16
3 Alaoui Selsouli , Mariem MAR 4:00.95 14
4 Willard , Anna USA 4:01.68 12
5 Dobriskey , Lisa GBR 4:02.28 10
6 Ejdys , Sylwia POL 4:02.30 8
7 Lakhouad , Btissam MAR 4:03.23 6
8 Twell , Stephanie GBR 4:03.48 4
9 England , Hannah GBR 4:04.29 3
10 Panteleeva , Nataliya RUS 4:04.29 3
11 Hilali , Siham MAR 4:05.12 3
12 Chojecka , Lidia POL 4:06.07 3
13 Lishchynska , Iryna UKR 4:13.14
Donohue , Erin USA DNF
Mishchenko , Anna UKR DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: +0.7 m/s
Pts
1 McLellan , Sally AUS 12.50 20
2 Lopes-Schliep , Priscilla CAN 12.54 16
3 Jones , LoLo USA 12.61 14
4 Foster-Hylton , Brigitte JAM 12.62 12
5 Powell , Virginia USA 12.70 10
6 Harper , Dawn USA 12.79 8
7 Nytra , Carolin GER 12.87 6
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
Pts
1 Demus , Lashinda USA 52.63 20
2 Walker , Melaine JAM 54.20 16
3 Lucas , Josanne TRI 54.21 14
4 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 54.33 12
5 Williams , Tiffany USA 54.50 10
6 Tosta , Sheena USA 54.75 8
7 HejnovâˆšÂ° , Zuzana CZE 54.90 6
8 Jesien , Anna POL 55.83 4
High Jump – Women
Pts
1 Vlaâ‰ˆÂ°ic , Blanka CRO 2.03 20
2 Friedrich , Ariane GER 2.03 16
3 Chicherova , Anna RUS 1.95 14
4 Gordeeva , Irina RUS 1.91 12
5 Skotnik , Melanie FRA 1.91 9
5 Acuff , Amy USA 1.91 9
7 Klyugina , Viktoriya RUS 1.87 6
8 Shkolina , Svetlana RUS 1.87 2
8 Krâˆšâˆ‚ger , Meike GER 1.87 2
Howard , ChauntâˆšÂ© USA DNS
Triple Jump – Women
Pts Wind
1 Savigne , Yargelis CUB 14.89 20 -0.7
2 Gay , Mabel CUB 14.41 16 -0.2
3 Lebedeva , Tatyana RUS 14.39 14 -0.3
4 VeldâˆšÂ°kovâˆšÂ° , Dana SVK 14.23 12 -0.5
5 Aldama , YamilâˆšÂ© SUD 14.22 10 +0.1
6 â‰ˆâ€ estak , Marija SLO 13.93 8 -0.2
7 Nzola Meso , Teresa FRA 13.88 6 +0.1
8 Murtazina , Alsu RUS 13.64 4 -0.8
Smith , Trecia JAM NM
Javelin Throw – Women
Pts
1 â‰ˆâ€ potâˆšÂ°kovâˆšÂ° , Barbora CZE 65.37 20
2 Nerius , Steffi GER 62.33 16
3 Molitor , Kathrina GER 60.31 14
4 Viljoen , Sunette RSA 59.73 12
5 Negoita , Maria Nicoleta ROU 59.49 10
6 Rebryk , Vira UKR 58.92 8
7 Mickle , Kimberley AUS 58.77 6
8 Palameika , Madara LAT 56.53 4
9 Vigliano , Nadia FRA 53.62
Bani , Zahra ITA DNS
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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