EUGENE, Ore., July 5 (UPI) -- Jesse Williams earned his first trip to the Olympic Games Saturday by winning the men's high jump at the U.S. Track and Field trials in Eugene, Ore.
Williams cleared 2.30 meters (7-6.50 feet). The 24-year-old Williams was an NCAA champion in the high jump for Southern California and his best-ever jump came during his collegiate career when he won the 2006 NCAA Outdoors by posting a jump of 2.33m (7-7.75 ft).
The team was rounded out with the inclusion of Andra Manson and sixth-place finisher Dustin Jonas. Manson and Jamie Nieto tied for second by both jumping 2.27m (7-5.25), but since Jonas had previously cleared the Olympic "A" Standard of 2.30m (7-6.50ft) he'll go to China next month.
Tyson Gay, the defending world champion in both the 100 and 200 meters, failed to advance past the quarterfinal of the 200 after suffering a severe cramp in his left hamstring and falling to the track on the opening turn.
