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| June 27, 2005 | Monday | Jumadi-ul-Awwal 19, 1426 |
Wariner, Gatlin book trips
CARSON (California), June 26: Olympic champions Jeremy Wariner and Justin Gatlin shook off a stumble and a smack in the face on Saturday to win the men’s 400 and 100 metres and make the US team for the August Helsinki world championships.
Wariner ran the year’s fastest 400 metres, 44.20 seconds, after stumbling badly at the start, to lead a US team that is aiming for a world championship sweep.
Gatlin, who a day earlier thought he was out of the race with a false start, won the 100 metres in 10.08 seconds after taking a blow to the face from Maurice Greene, who crashed out 70 metres into the race with a hamstring injury.
Training partner and Olympic 200 metres gold medallist Shawn Crawford took second in 10.17 seconds and Leonard Scott placed third in 10.18 seconds in the race, which was run into a headwind of 2.3 metres per second.
Greene flailed as he went down, hitting Gatlin in the face and breaking his concentration.
Gatlin said he had slept only three hours on Friday night after hearing he had been reinstated, as family and friends called throughout the night to find out the verdict.
Gatlin and Crawford also cruised through the preliminaries of the 200 metres with Gatlin running 20.53 seconds and Crawford 20.77.
Darold Williamson finished behind training partner Wariner in 44.62 seconds in the men’s 400 metres with Andrew Rock taking third in 44.70 seconds.
World junior champion LaShawn Merritt ran 44.73 seconds for fourth but did not make the US team in the event. Only the top three finishers comprise the American squad. Merritt, however, should be on a very fast 4x400 metres relay.
The US women were equally impressive. Richards won the women’s 400 metres in the year’s fastest time, 49.28 seconds, the third fastest ever by a US woman.
Lisa Barber won the 100 metres after a three-year absence from the event. Barber, who trains with Gatlin and Crawford and is coached by Trevor Graham, Marion Jones’s former coach, clocked 11.10 seconds into a headwind.
Olympian Muna Lee was second in 11.28 seconds with Olympic silver medallist Lauryn Williams barely making the US team in 11.29 seconds.
Former Olympic champion Stacy Dragila, who has been injured much of the season, won the women’s pole vault in an unimpressive 4.45 metres. It was her seventh consecutive US outdoor title.
Leading results on Saturday:
MEN’S: 100 metres: 1. Justin Gatlin 10.08 seconds; 2. Shawn Crawford 10.17; 3. Leonard Scott 10.18.
400 metres: 1. Jeremy Wariner 44.20 seconds; 2. Darold Williamson 44.62; 3. Andrew Rock 44.70.
1500 metres: 1. Alan Webb three minutes 41.97 seconds; 2. Christopher Lukezic 3:42.06; 3. Rob Myers 3:42.27.
3000 metres steeplechase: 1. Daniel Lincoln eight minutes 17.27 seconds; 2. Anthony Famiglietti 8:20.49; 3. Steve Slattery 8:25.52.
Triple jump: 1. Walter Davis 17.15 metres; 2. Kenta Bell 16.82; 3. Aarik Wilson 16.73.
WOMEN’S:
100 metres: 1. Me’Lisa Barber 11.10 seconds; 2. Muna Lee 11.28; 3. Lauryn Williams 11.29.
400 metres: 1. Sanya Richards 49.28 seconds; 2. DeeDee Trotter 49.88; 3. Monique Henderson 49.96.
1500 metres: 1. Treniere Clement four minutes 06.73 seconds; 2. Jennifer Toomey 4:07.39; 3. Amy Mortimer 4:07.58.
400 metres hurdles: 1. Lashinda Demus 53.35 seconds; 2. Shauna Smith 54.21; 3. Sandra Glover 54.62.
20-km walk: 1. Teresa Vaill 1:33:28.15; 2. Amber Antonia 1:36:03.23; 3. Joanne Dow 1:37:14.81.
Pole vault: 1. Stacy Dragila 4.45 metres; 2. Tracy O’Hara 4.40; 3. Jillian Schwartz 4.40.
Hammer throw: 1. Erin Gilreath 73.87 metres: 2. Bethany Hart 69.15; 3. Amber Campbell 68.95.—Reuters
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