Middle Distance Update

On Wednesdays I'll be posting the points standings for the middle distance events.

MEN
800 meters
1. Ismail Ahmed Ismail, SUD 97
2. Wilfred Bungei, KEN 84
3. Yuriy Borzakovskiy, RUS 67
4. Abraham Chepkirwok, UGA 61
5. Boaz Kiplagat Lalang, KEN 60
6. Haron Keitany, KEN 58
7. Abubaker Kaki, SUD 57
8. Mehdi Baala, FRA 53
9. Belal Mansoor Ali, BRN 46
10. Richard Kiplagat, KEN 35

1500 meters / Mile
1. Haron Keitany, KEN 117
2. Mehdi Baala, FRA 98
3. Belal Mansoor Ali, BRN 78
4. Mekonnen Gebremedhin, ETH 59
5. Bernard Lagat, USA 56
6. Deresse Mekonnen, ETH 54
7. Wolfram Muller, GER 37
8. Nick Willis, NZL 33
9. Augustine Choge, KEN 32
10. German Fernandez, USA 30

WOMEN
800 meters
1. Oksana Zbrozhek, RUS 76
2. Mariya Savinova, RUS 75
3. Anna Alminova, RUS 59
4. Elisa Cusma Piccione, ITA 39
5. Tetiana Petlyuk, UKR 36
6. Irina Maracheva, RUS 33
7. Sylwia Ejdys, POL 32
8. Marilyn Okoro, GBR 30
9. Yevgeniya Zolotova, RUS 26
10. Jennifer Meadows, GBR 24
The vagaries of the system make this come out weird. Alminova beat the top two in their lone meeting, and Savinova likewise beat Zbrozhek twice. This should sort itself out by mid-season if not earlier.

1500 meters / Mile
1. Anna Alminova, RUS 127
2. Oksana Zbrozhek, RUS 58
3. Sylwia Ejdys, POL 38
4. Yevgeniya Zolotova, RUS 35
5. Nuria Fernández, ESP 34
6. Maryam Yusuf Jamal, BRN 31
7. Sally Kipyego, KEN 30
8. Jenny Barringer, USA 27
9. Natalya Evdokimova, RUS 26
10. Sonja Roman, SLO 25
Another early-season anomaly is present with Kipyego ahead of Barringer, who decisively beat her rival at last week's Big XII Championships. Barringer will move ahead just as soon as she runs another mile race.