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“Any time you can have your top three throws of a competition
be the best three throws in the world, you can’t complain about
that,” the 2012 world indoor bronze medalist told reporters.
In the women's 60m hurdles, Jasmin Stowers, just a year out of
college, missed the season's lead by one-hundredth of a second
as she sped to victory in 7.84 seconds, while veteran
sprinter-long jumper Tianna Bartoletta was close to the fastest
60m, clocking 7.08 seconds.
With no world championships this year, many top U.S. athletes
skipped the meeting, giving younger performers a chance to grab
national titles.
Former world junior silver medalist Casimir Loxsom cruised to a
national 600m record of 1:15.33 and collegiate record holder
Demi Payne claimed the women's pole vault at 4.55m.
World indoor record holder and Olympic champion Jenn Suhr
withdrew after two vaults, saying she was not fully healthy.
World 1,500m silver medalist Matthew Centrowitz won the mile in
a slow 4:01.40 and fellow Olympian Shannon Rowbury completed a
weekend double, taking the two-mile in a tactical 9:43.94 to go
with her victory of 4:34.40 in the mile on Saturday.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; Editing by
Peter Rutherford)
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