Darrel Brown 2nd in Prefontaine 100m

PORTLAND, Oregon: Teenage Trinidadian Darrel Brown finished second to Caribbean compatriot Kim Collins of St Kitts, in his first major international outing the  Prefontaine Classic yesterday.

The World junior sprint king and record holder ran a  personal best 10.08 seconds surpassing his junior mark of 10.09 behind Commonwealth champion Collins who crossed the line in 10 seconds flat. Brown was ahead of Bernard Williams who was third, with the American clocking 10.10, but countryman Ato Boldon failed to finish the race. Also listed among the field were Americans Coby Miller, Jon Drummond, Shawn Crawford, and England’s European champ Dwain Chambers. Men’s 100 metres world record holder Tim Montgomery withdrew earlier in the week because of a foot injury. Ana Guevara won the women’s 400 metres in both a meet and field record of 49.34 seconds. Cathy Freeman, the 2000 Olympic gold medallist at the distance, appeared to lose steam and finished fifth. Freeman was running in her first international 400 since the Sydney Olympics, when she became the first aboriginal Australian to win a gold medal.