Eugene, Oregon--Talk about your loaded 400 fields. At this Sunday's Prefontaine Classic at Hayward Field, the men's race has four athletes who were ranked in the top ten in the 400 by Track & Field News in 2007. That's only exceeded by the five in the women's 400 race.

For the men, the field is led by the 2008 world leader LaShawn Merritt, who ranked No. 2 in the world after taking the silver medal in the World Championships in Osaka. He's joined by veteran multi-medalist Angelo Taylor, who won gold in the 400 hurdles back in 2000, and took the bronze last year at the World Championships in the 400. Taylor was ranked No. 3 in the world by T&FN.

Then you have Canadian recordholder Tyler Christopher (No. 4), and Gary Kikaya of Congo (No. 7). The wild card in the men's race is intermediate hurdler Kerron Clement, gold medalist in Osaka in that race, and ranked No. 1 in the world. (Okay, so that's five ranked athletes for the men, too.)