TRACK & FIELD
Ag assistants Lee, Spearmon make U.S. team; Facey on Jamaican squad: EUGENE, Ore. -- Texas A&M volunteer assistants Muna Lee and Wallace Spearmon each qualified for the United States' track team for the World Championships with their performances in the 200-meter finals Sunday at the USA Championships, and Aggie Simone Facey earned a spot on the Jamaican team with a third-place finish in the women's 200 at the Jamaica Championships.
Lee challenged for the victory as she clocked a wind-aided 22.13 seconds behind Allyson Felix's 22.02 in the women's 200 final. Lee is the only U.S. female sprinter to make the World Championships in both the 100 and 200.
Lee was third in the second 200 semifinal, finishing in 22.37. A&M's Porscha Lucas finished fifth in that semifinal with a time of 22.71, and Jeneba Tarmoh placed eighth in the first heat in 23.43.
Spearmon made the U.S. team with a third-place effort of 20.03 in the men's 200. Shawn Crawford won in a windy 19.73.
A&M volunteer assistant Kelly Willie placed third in the first heat of the 200 semifinals in 20.41, while Aggie senior Chris Dykes finished sixth in 20.63. Spearmon raced to a runner-up time of 20.28 in the second semifinal.
Facey, an NCAA champion in 2008, finished third in the Jamaican 200 in 22.96. Veronica Campbell-Brown won the race in 22.40.
In the USA Junior Championships, also being held at Hayward Field, Aggie Kevin Burnett finished fifth in the 5,000 in 14:53.69, while Michael Preble placed sixth in the 400 in 47.84. Incoming A&M freshman Sam Humphreys finished fourth in the javelin with a toss of 212 feet, 2 inches.
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