Destiny Collins and Fiona O'Keeffe are among best at 1600m in the last decade. (Kirby Lee/Image of Sport)
We've been bullish on this season's strong depth in the the girls 1600 meter run. So much so that we wanted to run a historical comparison to get a sense of if this group is as good as we may think.
In this report, we rank the top 150 girls in the 1600m over the past decade. We explore the best performers, and the best seasons by both high-end and top-150 depth and draw comparisons with the current classes competing now.
The database pulled athletes since 2009 and ranked them by PR. In some cases, the athlete's PR is not the same as their graduating class. Class year rankings are based on rankings by graduation year not necessarily by PR-accomplishment year.
While we pulled numbers for the past decade, that is only true looking backward, where all the 2009 performers executed their times listed here in 2009.
However, the 2018 list includes 11 athletes from that class, eight from 2019...
