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Final

Bernard Williams was charged with a false start. After the reset, Curtis Johnson appeared to false start but it was not recalled. Reaction times showed Johnson at .167, easily above the allowable though some in the press box still felt there was a falsie issue. Montgomery was also out well and caught up to Johnson at about 75 meters. Williams also moved past the fading Johnson late, but could not catch Montgomery, who won in 9.95 (wind 3.1) with Williams in 9.98w. Dennis Mitchell, back in full Green Machine regalia, was 4th in 10.07w.

Montgomery's title is his first, after being 2nd in '97 and 3rd in '98 and '99.
/Roy Conrad/

HEATS

Like Marion Jones, Maurice Greene is in a free-pass situation for the Worlds. His choice of method to pick up his ticket has not met with universal acceptance. USATF rules say that he simply has to show up and run. Taking the path of least resistance, that means that Mo will run only the heat and nothing more.

The first three heats went to Shawn Crawford (10.09), Tim Montgomery (10.08) and Brian Lewis (10.13) with winds of 1.1, 0.2 and 0.7. For a brief minute in the fourth and final heat there were thoughts that Greene's day's work wouldn't even involve running the full 100m, as he was charged with a false start. But on the second try he was away cleanly and ran a typical Mo Greene race: head down for the first 30m, then lifting cleanly and moving smoothly down the track. Throwing up his hand a meter before the finish he crossed the line in 9.90, a Hayward Field record (wind 0.3).

The crowd reaction was a mixture of cheers and boos (maybe 2-1 on the positive side?) "I hope the fans were happy with my race," said Greene, who was victimized by Patrick Jarrett's uncalled false start at the Prefontaine Classic here at the end of May.

The round was not without some notable casualties, with World Indoor 60m champion Tim Harden prime among them.