Sheila Reid entered the Prefontaine Classic with virtually the slowest PR over 1500 meters of anyone in the race. She used a massive PR performance of 4:02.96 to finish 6th of 13 competitors and to knock 4.1 seconds off her previous 4:07.07 PR. The race constituted a big breakthrough result for Reid, as she easily attained the IAAF "A" standard of 4:05.50 necessary to qualify for the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. As she states in the post-race interview below, she thought she could run 4:02-4:03 if she got in the right race -- today was that race and she "rode the train" to a new PR.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | KEN | 3:58.58 | MR | |
2 | KEN | 4:01.08 | ||
3 | KEN | 4:01.41 | SB | |
4 | MAR | 4:02.16 | SB | |
5 | USA | 4:02.85 | PB | |
6 | CAN | 4:02.96 | PB | |
7 | KEN | 4:03.13 | ||
8 | GBR | 4:03.38 | ||
9 | RUS | 4:04.30 | ||
10 | MAR | 4:04.63 | SB | |
11 | GBR | 4:05.36 | ||
12 | KEN | 4:05.54 | ||
13 | ETH | 4:26.42 | ||
USA | DNF | |||
USA | DNS | |||
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