Gail Devers pulled out a win, Maurice Greene pulled out of a race and Allyson Felix pulled off a remarkable feat for a teenager as the US track and field championships ended Sunday.
Devers, leaning at the finish line to edge Miesha McKelvy-Jones by a hundredth of a second, won her ninth national title in the 100m hurdles. She'll seek her fourth world title in the event this August.
Greene's hopes for a sprint sweep at the world championships ended when he pulled himself out of the final of the 200m after an unimpressive semifinal race that left him limping.
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Felix, who graduated from high school Friday, placed third in the women's 200m to make the US team for the world championships. Kelli White won the race, adding to her victory in the 100m on Friday.
Devers and Felix represent opposite ends of the spectrum -- in speed and age -- in US track and field.
The 36-year-old Devers, a two-time Olympic champion in the 100m, has two national titles in that event.
Felix, 17, who drove most of the night Friday to get to the meet after graduating from Los Angeles Baptist High School, came from far back in the field to capture third place and a trip to Paris.
Her time was 22.59 seconds, behind White's 22.21 and 22.45 by Torri Edwards.
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