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Tillamawnin
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Posted - May 28 2001 :  09:39:42 AM  Show Profile
Jamaican sprinter wins 100m in wind-aided 9.89 secs
AFP, Reuters and The Observer
Monday, May 28, 2001


JAMAICA'S Patrick Jarrett ran the race of his life to register a stunning victory over world record holder, Maurice Green of the United States, in the 100 metres yesterday at the Prefontaine Classic grand prix meeting in Eugene, Oregon.

The powerfully-built 23-year-old Jarrett, a quarter-finalist at the Sydney Olympics last year, finished in a wind-aided 9.89 seconds, holding off American Tim Montgomery and the fast-closing Greene, who crossed the line second and third, both in 9.92sec.

"It was the best race of my life," said Jarrett. "I was nervous. I just went with the motion of everybody else."

Jamaicans Deloreen Ennis-London and Juliet Campbell, world indoor champion, were also outstanding. Ennis-London, a finalist at last year's Olympics and the 1999 World Championship ran a year-best 12.68 seconds in the sprint hurdles and Campbell (22.75) took second to Marion Jones in the women's 200 metres.

Jon Drummond, who was charged with one false start in lane two, said Jarrett, starting in lane six, got the jump on the next start.

"When I saw Jarrett two, three steps ahead, it had to be a false start," said Drummond, part of the US gold medal winning 4 x 100m relay team at the Sydney Olympics.

The often outspoken Greene was a bit more circumspect.

"I can't tell," Greene said when asked if he thought there should have been a recall. "He might have been right on top of the gun. He might have been ahead of it."

Either way, Greene said, he hesitated, and that cost him the race.

"It's my fault, I made the mistake," he said. "You have to go out there and run that race. If you hesitate you lose."

Jarrett said he couldn't say if had jumped the gun.

Greene, who is seeking not only a third straight world title in the 100m at Edmonton in August but also a repeat of his 1999 100m-200m world championship double, said he was disappointed, but not discouraged.

"It's disappointing, sure. But right now it's preparation. As long as I'm ready for the world championships, that's what matters."

Ennis-London was one of five athletes to post 2001 season's best performances yesterday, including Morocco's Hicham El Guerrouj who ran the fastest outdoor mile ever on US soil.

Ennis-London crossed the line ahead American Gail Devers who was second in 12.69 seconds. Three other Jamaicans were in the race, Michelle Freeman (12.90), Vonette Dixon (12.69), and Dionne Rose (13.02), with fourth, fifth and sixth respectively.

El Guerrouj, who has dedicated his season to redeeming himself in the wake of his disappointment in the Olympic 1,500m at Sydney, won the Bowerman Mile in 3min 49.92sec, despite inexperienced pacesetters who more or less left him to set his own tempo.

His time bettered the previous US soil best of 3:50.86, which Algerian Noureddine Morceli set in a pre-Olympic meeting in Atlanta in 1996.

"Being able to run 3:49 without pacemakers is pretty good," said El Guerrouj. "I thought coming in I could run 3:46 or 3:47," added the Moroccan, whose own mile world record stands at 3:43.13. "But the pacemakers went off too quickly and were too far ahead," he said. "Once the pacemakers had gone to far, I tried to run within myself so I could kick out at 500, and that's what happened."

Three-time Olympic champion, Marion Jones, won the women's 200m in a wind-aided 22.26sec, ahead of Jamaica's Campbell (22.75) and American Latasha Colander-Richardson (22.87).

The large field was divided into two heats, with Chanda Sturrup of the Bahamas clocking 23.03 to win the second section after the wind had died down. Her time was only good enough for fifth place overall, and France's Christine Aaron, also running in the second section, was sixth overall in 23.42.

The men's 200m produced a season-leading time as American Bernard Williams won in 20.18sec. He was followed home by compatriots Ramon Clay (20.33) and Shawn Crawford (20.39). Jamaica's Chris Williams placed fourth in 20.49 seconds.

Other Jamaicans figuring in the grand prix were Charmaine Howell (2:00.95) and Mardrea Hyman (4:10.46), who secured fifth places in the 800 and 1500 metres respectively.

Selected results

Men

100m (wind +3.7m/sec): 1 Patrick Jarrett (Jam) 9.89sec, 2 Tim Montgomery (USA) 9.92, 3 Maurice Greene (USA) 9.92.

200m (-1.3): 1 Bernard Williams 20.18, 2 Ramon Clay 20.33, 3 Shawn Crawford (USA) 29.39, 4 Christopher Williams (Jam) 20.49.

Mile: 1 Hicham El Guerrouj (Mar) 3:49.92, 2 Kevin Sullivan (Can) 3:51.82, 3 Bernard Lagat (Ken) 3:53.14.

Women

200m-A (+3.3): 1 Marion Jones (USA) 22.26, 2 Juliet Campbell (Jam) 22.75, 3 Latasha Colander-Richardson (USA) 22.87.

200m-B (+0.9): 1. Chandra Sturrup (Bah) 23.03, 2 Christine Aaron (Fra) 23.42, 3 Chryste Gaines (USA) 23.50

800m: 1 Maria Mutola (Moz) 1:58.90, 2 Tina Paulino (Moz) 1:59.68, 3 Laetitia Vriesde (Sur) 2:00.78, 5 Charmaine Howell (Jam) 2:00.95

1500m: 1 Suzy Favor Hamilton (USA) 4:06.93, 2 Lyudmila Vasilyeva (Rus) 4:09.75, 3 Lidia Chojecka (Pol) 4:09.88, 5 Mardrea Hyman (Jam) 4:10.46.

100m hurdles (0.0): 1 Deloreen Ennis-London (Jam) 12.68, 2 Gail Devers (USA) 12.69, 3 Anjanette Kirkland (USA) 12.88, 4 Michelle Freeman (Jam) 12.90, 5 Vonette Dixon (Jam) 12.96, 6 Dionne Rose (Jam) 13.02.



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Edited by - Tillamawnin on May 28 2001 09:40:45
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