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.