Track and field trials   ● Where: Sacramento, Calif.   ● When: today - Sunday   ● TV today: 10 p.m., USA   Sunday's Finals   The top 3 finishers in each event qualified for the U.S. Olympic roster.   Men's 100   1. Maurice Greene, adidas, 9.91 seconds. 2. Justin Gatlin, Nike, 9.92. 3. Shawn Crawford, Nike, 9.93.   Men's 400 Hurdles   1. James Carter, Nike, 47.68. 2. Angelo Taylor, Nike, 48.03. 3. Bennie Brazell, LSU, 48.05.   Men's Long Jump   1. Dwight Phillips, Nike, 27 feet, 2 inches. 2. Tony Allmond, unattached, 26-7. 3. John Moffitt, Nike, 26-5fl.   Men's Pole Vault   1. Timothy Mack, Nike, 19-4 1/2. 2. Toby Stevenson, Nike, 19-2 1/4. 3. Derek Miles, Nike, 19-0 1/4.   Women's 400 Hurdles   1. Sheena Johnson, Nike, 52.95. 2. Brenda Taylor, Nike, 53.36. 3. Lashinda Demus, South Carolina, 53.43.   Women's Triple Jump   1. Tiombe Hurd, Nike, 47-5 (American record). 2. Shakeema Walker, unattached, 46-1 1/2. 3. Vanitta Kinard, Nike, 45-0 1/2.   Women's Javelin   1. Kim Kreiner, Nike, 182-7. 2. Sarah Malone, Oregon, 177-11. 3. Denise O'Connell, unattached, 177-4.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Maurice Greene jabbed his finger into the lion tattoo on his right biceps, where embedded into the mane were the letters GOAT. On Sunday, with no wind and in 96-degree heat, Greene won the 100-meter finals in the Olympic trials and said he proved that once again he is the Greatest of All Time. Tim Montgomery, the world record holder, who is facing doping allegations, finished seventh and failed to qualify for the Athens Games. With blazing determination just two years after a motorcycle accident derailed his career, Greene, the defending Olympic champion in the 100 meters, crossed the line in 9.91 seconds. He was only one-hundredth of a second ahead of Justin Gatlin, who was just one-hundredth of a second ahead of Shawn Crawford. The three earned berths in the Olympics, even as Greene asserted his place in history. "Not to take anything away from the guys next to me," Greene said, beaming. "It takes an athlete like me to come along and surpass them." As for sprinters like Carl Lewis and Jesse Owens, Greene said: "They were great in their time. Now I feel like it's my time. Somebody else is going to come along. Until then, I'm the greatest of all time." He is, however, not the fastest man of all time. That is Montgomery, the world-record holder in the 100. On Sunday, he was last out of the blocks in lane 1 and finished next to last. Like Marion Jones the day before, Montgomery skirted out of the grounds immediately after his race. Unlike Jones, who had a golf cart waiting, Montgomery simply walked on a sidewalk trailed by a throng of news media and fans. "This is the reason I didn't win, I got y'all on my back, every day," he shouted. Greene had engaged in a back-and-forth battle with Montgomery since he broke Greene's world record by one-hundredth of a second in 2002. But in the last two years, especially this spring, Montgomery has had poor performances in the 100 meters. Greene and his mutual admiration society on the podium provided a positive burst of energy. Gatlin, 22, told how Greene was his inspiration. "Whatever he can do, I can do," he said. "Every time he trains, Maurice Greene does his best. I want to be just like that." Greene recorded his 47th sub-10-second time in his career on Sunday and best performance in the 100 meters this spring without any wind. Greene's belief that he is the greatest had a strong endorsement from a high-profile coach, Trevor Graham, who coaches Gatlin and Crawford. "Maurice Greene is the master in the sprints," Graham said. Asked if he would consider Greene the greatest sprinter ever if he were to win a gold medal in Athens, Graham said, "He's already the greatest." Graham also used to coach Jones and Montgomery in North Carolina, before they split with him in 2002. He said this was not sweet consolation for him. "In Raleigh we always produced the best sprinters in the world," he said. "We're going to keep doing that. It's not like I was out for revenge. As a coach, you lose athletes and gain athletes." Greene has been surging this spring. "I knew in my heart I was going to come back - it was just going to take time," he said. As much as he was back, his competitors were gaining on him. "It'll be a coin toss who wins in Athens," Gatlin said. Sheena Johnson set a trials and national championship record in the 400-meter hurdles at 52.95 seconds. Tiombe Hurd set an American record in the women's triple jump with 47 feet 5 inches. Tim Mack won the pole vault, with a height of 19 feet 4 inches. Toby Stevenson and Derek Miles also qualified for the Olympics in that event. Both Calvin and Alvin Harrison, the twin brothers who are awaiting arbitration hearings from the doping agency, advanced to the quarterfinals of the 400 meters. Track and field trials ● Where: Sacramento, Calif.

 

● When: today - Sunday ● TV today: 10 p.m., USA

 

Sunday's Finals The top 3 finishers in each event qualified for the U.S. Olympic roster.

 

Men's 100 1. Maurice Greene, adidas, 9.91 seconds. 2. Justin Gatlin, Nike, 9.92. 3. Shawn Crawford, Nike, 9.93. Men's 400 Hurdles 1. James Carter, Nike, 47.68. 2. Angelo Taylor, Nike, 48.03. 3. Bennie Brazell, LSU, 48.05. Men's Long Jump 1. Dwight Phillips, Nike, 27 feet, 2 inches. 2. Tony Allmond, unattached, 26-7. 3. John Moffitt, Nike, 26-5fl. Men's Pole Vault 1. Timothy Mack, Nike, 19-4 1/2. 2. Toby Stevenson, Nike, 19-2 1/4. 3. Derek Miles, Nike, 19-0 1/4.

 

Women's 400 Hurdles 1. Sheena Johnson, Nike, 52.95. 2. Brenda Taylor, Nike, 53.36. 3. Lashinda Demus, South Carolina, 53.43. Women's Triple Jump 1. Tiombe Hurd, Nike, 47-5 (American record). 2. Shakeema Walker, unattached, 46-1 1/2. 3. Vanitta Kinard, Nike, 45-0 1/2. Women's Javelin 1. Kim Kreiner, Nike, 182-7. 2. Sarah Malone, Oregon, 177-11. 3. Denise O'Connell, unattached, 177-4.