Jones nails long jump

Marion Jones finished a distant fifth behind winner Inger Miller in the women’s 100 meters, then came back to win the long jump at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

Jones’ long-jump mark in the meet’s final event was 22 feet, 9 inches – 8 1/2 inches farther than her previous best this season.

“It was a really good day for the long jump, so it kind of balanced out the day,” she said.

Jones’ 11.12 time in the 100 meters, though, was not encouraging for her final race before the U.S. Olympic trials, which begin July 9.

The Prefontaine meet, part of the IAAF Grand Prix circuit, featured an all-star lineup, and Jones wasn’t the only big name to be beaten.

Maurice Greene was second to Shawn Crawford in the men’s 100 and Allen Johnson was edged by Larry Wade in the 110-meter hurdles.

Crawford stunned Greene with a 9.88-second clocking. Greene, the reigning Olympic gold medalist, was second at 9.93 and John Capel third at 9.95 – the three fastest times in the world this year and the first sub-10-second 100s in the meet’s 31-year history.

Stacy Dragila, the 2000 Olympic gold medalist, won the pole vault at 15-5 1/2 and narrowly missed three times at a world record 16 feet. On the last two attempts, she cleared the bar only to clip it with her wrist on the way down.

Alan Webb, the 21-year-old running on the same track where he broke Jim Ryun’s high school mile record four years ago, ran the fastest mile by an American in the U.S. this year at 3:50.85.

World champion Perdita Felicien of Canada won the women’s 100-meter hurdles in 12.46 seconds.

Felix Sanchez, the 2003 world champion, earned his 36th consecutive victory in the 400 hurdles, winning in 48.12 seconds, the world’s second-fastest time this year.

Montgomery blames White

Tim Montgomery, the world’s fastest man, told the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency he’s done nothing wrong and ridiculed possible drug evidence against him.

“The truth will prevail,” he said.

Montgomery also identified banished sprinter Kelli White as the one who is providing information against him.

“It’s not on paper. It’s all someone saying something,” Montgomery said.

Who? he was asked.

“Kelli White,” Montgomery responded. “She don’t live with me, so I don’t know how she would know.”

White, the world champion in the women’s 100 and 200 last year, has relinquished those medals and accepted a two-year suspension for using steroids and other banned substances.

Kastor wins half-marathon

Deena Kastor won the U.S. women’s half-marathon championship in Duluth, Minn.

Kastor, who will compete in the upcoming Athens Olympics in the marathon, easily took the race in 1 hour, 10 minutes, 30 seconds.

Susannah Beck, of Yarmouth, Maine, was second in 1:15:03, and Cori Mooney of Boise was third in 1:15:17.