Eugene’s Jesse Williams cleared 7-6 1/2 to win the men’s high jump.
Jamie Nieto and Andra Manson each topped 7-5 1/4. Williams and Manson have cleared the Olympic “A” standard of 7-6 1/2; Nieto has not. The next-highest finisher with an “A” jump this season is Dustin Jonas, who tied for sixth and won a jump-off agains Scott Sellers to earn an Olympic berth.
Grant Lindsey, who set University of Kentucky freshmen and varsity records by clearing 7-5 at last month’s NCAA Championships (good for second place), had his lowest finish of the season — 12th at 7-0 1/4.
Places 4-11 – Cedric Norman, 7-5 1/4; Keith Moffatt, 7-5 1/4; Adam Shunk, Scott Sellers and Dustin Jonas, 7-4 1/4; Tora Harris, 7-2 1/4; William Littleton, 7-2 1/4; Jim Dilling, 7-2 1/4. Also, Kyley Johnson no-heighted.
Odysseus had Sirens to tempt him.
For me, the Olympics always call. Beijing 2008 marks my 10th Olympics as a writer and, no, I can’t get enough. 
