CJ Allen gets sixth in ballyhooed 400 hurdles at Monaco Diamond League meet...

In Monaco, Washington State alum CJ Allen (Paul Merca photo) finished sixth in a 400 meter hurdle race that lived up to the pre-meet hype Friday night at the Herculis Meeting International d'Athlétisme .

Olympic silver medalist and US Olympic Trials champion Rai Benjamin used a late rush to defeat reigning world and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm of Norway in a time of 46.67.

Warholm crossed the line in 46.73, while 2022 world champion and current Wanda Diamond League points leader Alison dos Santos of Brazil was third in 47.18.

Allen finished sixth in 48.28, as 2019 world champion Abderrahman Samba of Qatar made a late run to take fifth in 48.27.

After the Monaco meet, Allen stands second in the Wanda Diamond League standings in the 400 hurdles with 25 points. dos Santos remains the current leader with 38 points.

It was not a good outing for defending world and Olympic champion Katie Moon in the pole vault.

The former Washington State volunteer coach and Pullman resident finished in a tie for fifth with a best clearance of 15-3.5 (4.66m).

When the bar went to the next height of 15-7.25 (4.76m), she was clearly over the bar on her third and final attempt but hit it on the way down.

Nina Kennedy of Australia, who tied Moon for the world championship in Budapest won with a best of 16-0 (4.88m).

The highlight of the ninth stop of the Wanda Diamond League tour was a world record in the rarely run 2000 meters by Oregon alum Jessica Hull of Australia, who ran 5:19.70.

Other significant marks in the meet came from Jakob Ingebrigtsen of Norway in the men's 1500, as he ran a European record 3:26.73; Djamel Sedjati of Morocco in the men's 800, breaking the 12 year old Diamond League record of 1:41.54 by David Rudisha of Kenya, running 1:41.46; and a world leading mark in the men's 400 by American, as he ran 43.80.

The Wanda Diamond League tour moves to London in eight days for the London Athletics Meet.

Complete results of the Herculis Meeting International d'Athlétisme are available here.

GREEN SETS WASHINGTON SCHOOL RECORD IN DUBLIN...

At the Morton Games in Dublin, Ireland, Washington's Nathan Green continued to build on the momentum from his fifth place finish at the US Olympic Trials in the 1500 and his victory in the mile on Tuesday in Cork.

Green finished second in the 800 in a personal best 1:46.23 behind South Africa's Edmund Du Plessis, who ran a meet and stadium record 1:44.22 for the win.

Green's time broke the 2006 UW school record set by NCAA champion Ryan Brown of 1:46.29.

Washington alum Sam Ellis was ninth in 1:48.71.

In the women's 1500, the Huskies' Sophie O'Sullivan made a late charge over the last 200 to finish second to Great Britain's Shannon Flockhart.

Flockhart, who was sixth at the NCAA championships for Providence, took the win in 4:04.98, while O'Sullivan ran a season best 4:05.77.

Washington alum Eleanor Fulton, who did most of the leading after the rabbit dropped out, finished fifth in 4:06.53, while current Husky Chloe Foerster was sixth in a personal best 4:07.66.

In the final event of the evening, Washington alum Brian Fay, prepping for the Olympics, where he'll represent Ireland in the 5000, charged from outside the top eight over the last 300 to finish third in the Morton Mile, running 3:52.41, almost catching Seattle resident Sam Prakel, who was second in 3:52.32.

Ireland's Cathal Doyle made his own late charge to catch Prakel, winning in 3:52.06.

NCAA 1500 meter champ Joe Waskom was fourth in 3:53.42, while two time NCAA indoor mile champion Luke Houser of the Brooks Beasts, who did most of the work after the rabbit left the track, finished 13th in 3:59.48.

Courtesy of Athletics Ireland and European Athletics, here's the replay of the Morton Games (the men's 800 is towards the middle, while the women's 1500 and men's mile are towards the end of the video):

Complete results of the Morton Games are available here.

ED MURPHEY CLASSIC...

On a warm and muggy day, Brannon Kidder of the Brooks Beasts won the open section of the men's 800 at the Ed Murphey Classic, the second summer stop of the American Track League, contested at the University of Memphis.

Kidder ran 1:45.20 to easily win his section, a time which would have won the invitational section.

In the invitational section, which was won by Jonah Koech in 1:45.23, Washington alum Cass Elliott finished fifth in 1:46.65, while Isaiah Harris of the Brooks Beasts was twelfth in 1:47.23.

Teagan Schein-Becker of the Brooks Beasts finished sixth in the women's invitational 800 in a time of 2:02.76, as Addy Wiley won in 1:58.67.

Valery Tobias was ninth in the open section of the women's 800 in a time of 2:09.05.

Henry Wynne of the Brooks Beasts pulled away over the last 200 meters to win the 1500 with a time of 3:33.33 over Kenya's Justin Kipkoech, who closed for second in 3:33.51.

Wynne's Brooks Beasts teammate Waleed Suliman, who led for a stretch after pacer Eric Avila stepped off the track, was fourth in 3:33.82. 

Washington State alum Paul Ryan finished ninth in 3:36.39.

In an event contested Thursday night, Washington State alum Kiana Davis finished eighth in the women's long jump with a best of 20-1 (6.12m), as Nigeria's Ruth Usoro won with a best of 21-11.75 (6.70m).

The evening's final event saw former WSU Cougar Charisma Taylor, who will be going to the Olympics as a member of the Bahamian national team, finished fifth in 13.02, as Christina Clemons won in 12.61.

In the qualifying round, Taylor was fifth at 13.08.

Courtesy of the American Track League, here is the full meet:

Complete results of the Ed Murphey Classic are available here.

NOTE: The Wanda Diamond League, Morton Games, Ed Murphey Classic & the American Track League contributed to this report.

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