BOSTON,(Massachusetts), March 2:Former Olympic champion Gail Devers ran the fastest women’s 60-metre hurdles in the world this year, 7.74 seconds, in the semifinals, then won the final at the U.S. indoor championships on Saturday.

The 36-year-old Devers clocked 7.85 seconds for her first-ever U.S. indoor hurdles title.

She beat four-time U.S. indoor champion Melissa Morrison, and qualified for the March 14-16 world championships in Birmingham, England.

Devers usually runs the sprints indoors, but has been concentrating on the hurdles this winter.

In her first race last month, she broke Jackie Joyner-Kersee’s 14-year-old U.S. record with a time of 7.78 seconds, then broke her own mark in the semi-finals on Saturday.

Leading results:

MEN

60 metres 1. Justin Gatlin 6.45 seconds 2. Terrence Trammell 6.48 3. John Capel 6.49

60-metre hurdles 1. Allen Johnson 7.39 2. Terrence Trammell 7.43 3. Larry Wade 7.61

400 metres 1. Tyree Washington 46.43 2. Corey Nelson 46.53 3. Milton Campbell 46.55

1,500 metres 1. Jason Lunn 3 minutes, 42.23 seconds 2. Michael Stember 3:42.73 3. Charlie Gruber 3:43.35

Triple jump 1. Tim Rusan 17.45 metres 2. Walter Davis 17.23 3. Kenta Bell 17.06

Pole vault 1. Derek Miles 5.75 metres 2. Jeremy Scott 5.70 3. Timothy Mack 5.70

WOMEN

60 metres 1. Angela Williams 7.16 seconds 2. Chryste Gaines 7.18 3. Torri Edwards 7.21

60-metre hurdles 1. Gail Devers 7.85 seconds 2. Melissa Morrison 7.88 3. Damu Cherry 7.90

400 metres 1. Monique Hennagan 52.54 seconds 2. Megan Addy 53.88 3. Tiffany Barnes 54.01

1,500 metres 1. Regina Jacobs 4 minutes, 15.81 seconds 2. Sarah Schwald 4:17.23 3. Jenelle Deatherage 4:17.56

Triple jump 1. Vanitta Kinard 13.72 metres 2. Teresa Bundy 13.70 3. Yuliana Perez 13.63 —Reuters