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Tyson Gay Runs 9.68-Second 100 Meters, Fastest in Human History (Wind Aided)

Tyson Gay won the 100-meter dash at the U.S. Olympic trials today in a blistering 9.68 seconds. It's the fastest any human has ever covered that distance, although it will not go down as a world record because there was a strong wind at Gay's back.

"My start was a little off, but I knew it was going to be a fast time," Gay said after the race. "The wind was picking up, the crowd was great, and I just had to run to the finish line."

Joining Gay in Beijing will be Walter Dix, who finished second in 9.80, and Darvis Patton, who came in third in 9.84.

Gay's run comes on the heels of the 9.77-second 100-meter dash he ran yesterday, and sets him up for an epic Olympic showdown with Jamaica's world record-holder, Usain Bolt. The 100 final in Beijing will be a can't-miss event.

Florida State Wins Second Consecutive NCAA Track Title

Sending just seven male athletes to the NCAA outdoor track championships in Sacramento, California, the Florida State Seminoles overcame the numbers challenge and repeated as champs behind a memorable effort from star sprinter Walter Dix.

Dix won the 100, the 200 and the 4x100 relay to earn three titles. He is the first male athlete to win all three races since San Jose State's John Carlos in 1969. His 9.93 in the 100 was just a hundredth of a second of Ato Boldon's NCAA championship-best time of 9.92.

Dix must now decide between running another year for the Seminoles or turning pro and focusing on international and Olympic-level competition as one of America's best sprinters.

Other NCAA Championship Notables

Arizona State won the women's championship behind a strong field effort.

The day's best race was the 400 meters as Florida State's Ricardo Chambers beat USC's Lionel Larry by .02 after matching strides down the final 100 meters.

Cal's Alysia Johnson almost set a collegiate record, winning the 800 meters in 1.59.29, just fractions away from Suzy Favor's 1:59.11 in 1990.

Other NCAA or championship best marks set

South Carolina's Natasha Hastings in the women's 400 at 50.15, North Carolina's Brie Felnagle in the women's 1,500 at 4:09.93, LSU's Isa Phillips in the men's 400 hurdles at 48.51, Michigan's Anna Willard in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase in 9:38.08, Wake Forest's Michelle Sikes in the women's 5,000 meters at 15:16.76 and Georgia's Jenny Dahlgren set the collegiate women's hammer record with a throw of 232 feet.