BOSTON Kevon Looney Jersey , Feb. 7 (Xinhua) -- American Trell Kimmons out-sprinted former 100-meter world record-holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica for the 60-meter title at Saturday's Boston Indoor Grand Prix athletics meet.
Kimmons, the second-slowest qualifier for the final, surged from the start and edged off his rivals at the finish line to win in 6.51 seconds.
Powell, a world and Olympic 4x100 relay champion, finished second in 6.52 and American Michael Rodgers, the 2010 world runner-up at 60m, settled in third in 6.53.
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Powell, who owned the world record from 2005 until 2008, when Usain Bolt broke the mark, tested positive for a banned substance in 2013. His ban ended last year.
Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye won the women's 60m crown in 7.15, edging American Tianna Bartoletta, a two-time world long jump champion, by 0.04 of a second with Ghana's Flings Owusu-Agyapong third in 7.26.
New Zealand's Nick Willis, the 2008 Olympic 1 Jordan Bell Jersey ,500 runner-up, won the mile in 3:51.61, shattering the decade-old meet record of 3:43.18 by Kenyan Laban Rotich with the year's world-best time and a New Zealand record.
American Ben Blankenship was second in 3:53.13 with Morocco's Abdalaati Iguider, the 2012 world 1,500m champion, third in 3:54.41.
Two-time world indoor champion Ryan Whiting won the shot put at 21.43m with four-time world champion Christian Cantwell second at 20.83m.
Matthew Centrowitz won the men's 1,000 in 2:17.00 while Treniere Moser won the women's 1,000m in 2:37.86.
Ethiopia's Dejen Gebremeskel Jacob Evans Jersey , the 2012 London Olympic 5,000m runner-up, won the 3,000m in 7:48.19.
Ethiopian Dawit Seyaum, last year's world 1,500 outdoor junior champion, took the women's 2,000m in 5:35.46 with Kenya's Sally Kipyego Draymond Green Jersey , a 10,000m London Olympic runner-up, second in 5:40.35.
American Jenny Simpson, the 2011 world 1,500m champion champion, captured the women's two mile in 9:18.35.
American Chaunte Lowe, the 2012 world indoor champion, made 1.88 meters to win the high jump while Mary Saxer won the women's pole vault in 4.50 meters. Reigning Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr was third at 4.50 meters.
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