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Dix, Crawford, and Spearmon Top Standings in Gay-less 200m Final

Posted July 6th, 2008 at 9:29 PM by Jay Hicks

Section: News & Results, Track & Field, Olympics

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The 200-meters was a wide open race for any of the talented sprinters to win in the absence of Tyson Gay. Who would have thought that the race would be so fast that Rodney Martin would put down 19.90 and not make the team even without Gay in the race? Well it certainly happened that way today.

Coming off the turn Shawn Crawford looked like the runner of old as he lead the pack over the first 100 meters of the race. The 2004 Olympic champion held the lead until Walter Dix closed the gap in the final 5 meters to win at the finish line by the slightest of margins.

Wallace Spearmon was deep in the pack coming off the turn and his chances to make the team were not looking good and then he began picking off runners with a massive kick that resulted in a third place finish and the last spot of the 200-meter team heading to Beijing.

After realizing that he made the team Spearmon said “I said to myself, here we go, we’ve done it again. Let’s go get somebody. I dug down downdeep and got Rodney Martin.”

1 Walter Dix Florida State 19.86
2 Shawn Crawford Nike 19.86
3 Wallace Spearmon Nike 19.90
4 Rodney Martin Nike 19.99
5 Charles Clark Florida State 20.53
6 Rubin Williams Tennessee 20.61
7 Bernard Williams adidas 20.63
– Xavier Carter Nike DNS