Greene (9.86), Jones (10.78) Win

Maurice Greene ran the fastest 100 meters of the year, winning in 9.86 seconds Friday at the ISTAF meet, the last major track and field competition before the Sydney Olympics.

Marion Jones won the women’s 100, finishing in 10.78 to match her world-leading season-best that she ran in London on Aug. 5.

Both marks broke meet records.

Greene, who had the previous meet record at 9.94, got a fast start out of the blocks and won by a large margin over fellow American Jon Drummond, who finished in 9.96. Tim Montgomery completed the sweep for the U.S., clocking 10.01.

The victory assured Greene of a share of the 110 pounds of gold to be split among the athletes who win five of the seven events in the Golden League series.

Drummond said he was pleased with the show the Americans put on, as Bernard Williams was fourth in 10.05 and Brian Lewis fifth in 10.13.

“We did a good job,” Drummond said. “Maurice was good at the start, he is the best.”

Michael Johnson gave American sprinters another victory when he won the 400 in a relatively slow 45 seconds.