true track and field fashion the head-to-head with her and Allyson Felix went sideways with Felix placing third and Fraser-Pryce finishing last in 23.06. Fraser-Pryce has been inconsistent in prior years and that looks to be the case this season. She won the world title in the 60 in March, withdrew from the Penn Relays in April, won the 100 in Doha in May and withdrew from the Shanghai Diamond League meet two weeks ago. She was never a factor in Eugene.

-Duane Solomon

His target was the American record of 1:42.60. He ended up running 1:47.40 and finishing last. Strangely, Solomon’s world leading time from Mt. SAC almost survived the weekend. Amos was the only one who bettered it and he was only able to do it by twolap. Simpson slipped to fourth in the home stretch, but ran a personal best of 3:58.28. She is now only a little over a second off of Mary Slaney’s American record of 3:57.12.

-Emma Coburn

While Simpson looks poised to grab the American record in the 1,500 this summer, her American record in the 3,000 steeplechase is in serious jeopardy. Emma Coburn finished third on Saturday and set a personal best of 9:17.84. That is back-to-back personal bests in Diamond League for Coburn. Simpson’s mark from 2009 is now only five seconds away.

-Shannon Rowbury

If there was going to be an American record set this weekend, the good money was on Rupp and Solomon. Like most, I overlooked Rowbury and her potential to take down the infrequently run 2 mile mark.