Women's 400

Final

Olympic Trials winner LaTasha Colander-Richardson grabbed the lead in the second turn to win her second national title in her, yes, second season in the 400. Her 50.79 was nearly a second slower than last year's Trials mark (49.87), but it effectively dispatched Trials runner-up Michelle Collins (51.00) and Trials 4th-placer Monique Hennagan (51.20).

Hennagan and Colander-Richardson were college teammates at North Carolina, and Collins and Colander-Richardson are training partners coached by Marion Jones's coach, Trevor Graham.

Fourth was NCAA 2nd-placer Demetria Washington of South Carolina (51.70). Fifth-placer Suziann Reid started well but faded in the final 200.

While the Hayward Field Track, the surface of which was recently redone, seems quick enough for most events, but this final, like that of the NCAA, was notable for slowish times.