TRACK AND FIELD : Mitchell Gets Caught in 100 Meters : European meet: U.S. trials winner is beaten by 0.03 seconds. South African runs sixth-best ever in the women’s 5,000.

Olapade Adeniken of Nigeria caught Dennis Mitchell, the winner of the U.S. Olympic trials, just before the finish line to win the 100 meters at the DN-Galan ’92 IAAF-Mobil Grand Prix track and field meet Thursday.

Adeniken, who upset another top U.S. sprinter, former world record-holder Leroy Burrell, in a meet at Malmo two years ago, was timed in 10.25. Mitchell finished in 10.28.

“I had a good start, but after 10 meters I backed off and he came back on me,” Mitchell said.

“I made a good push on him toward the end, but in the last 30 meters I was just working too hard. My body wasn’t relaxed. I’m just too tired of the travel after the Olympic trials.”

In the women’s 5,000 meters, South Africa’s Elana Meyer posted the sixth-fastest time in history.

Meyer was 14 seconds off the world record of 14:37.33, set by Norway’s Ingrid Kristiansen here in 1986.

The international sports boycott of South Africa was lifted this year, and Meyer is considered the country’s biggest Olympic gold medal hope, despite little international experience.

“I don’t think it’s realistic to regard me as a favorite,” said Meyer, who is scheduled to run the 10,000 meters at Barcelona. “I will only have one month of international competition before the Olympics. But every race before Barcelona gives me experience.”

Meyer, who was timed in 14:44.15 in South Africa in March for the second-fastest 5,000 ever, competed for the first time in Europe Sunday and was third in a 3,000 at Hengelo, Netherlands. She now has four of the six fastest times in the 5,000.

Kevin Young, another winner at the U.S. Olympic trials, held off world champion Samuel Matete of Zambia down the stretch and won the 400 hurdles in 48.25. Matete, who had not lost in a year, finished in 48.46.

Other U.S. winners included Hollis Conway in the high jump (7 feet 7); Mark Everett in the 800 (1:46.57); Mike Conley in the long jump (25-11 1/2); Quincy Watts in the 400 (44.99) and Sandra Farmer-Patrick in the women’s 400 hurdles (54.59).

Sergei Bubka of the Commonwealth of Independent States, who improved his world pole vault record to 20-0 1/2 three weeks ago, cleared 19-4 1/4 on his first attempt, but then missed on three efforts at 19-8 1/4.