Wow. What a display at Monaco.

I am really becoming more and more excited about the state of American mid- and long-distance running. We had an amazing showing at the Monaco Diamond League Meet this past week. Andrew Wheating showed that he truly belonged in Europe with a fantastic time of 3:30.9 and fourth place showing in the men's 1500m. Lopez Lomong came up less than two seconds behind Wheating with a new personal best - not bad considering Lopez has been sick the past few weeks. Alysia Johnson destroyed her competition in the women's 800m with a 1:57.3. Shannon Rowbury finished third with a big PR (8:31) in the women's 3000m. The American sprinters and hurdlers also performed well, exemplified by David Oliver's big win in the 110m hurdles with a fast time despite a bad start and hitting some of the hurdles. The only blight at the meet for the Americans seemed to be Leo Manzano's choke job in the men's 1500m, finishing over ten seconds behind the leaders. Leo seems to be really struggling with a two-face summer as he just recently set a PR in the 800m. Let's hope for the best during the rest of the summer for Leo as well as the rest of the Americans.