LaShawn Merritt and Sanya Richards made their 400-meter races look like strolls around the track yesterday, each cruising to titles at the U.S. championships.
With no Jeremy Wariner in the field, Merritt was missing his only real rival and quickly pulled away from the field. The Olympic gold medalist, who beat Wariner in Beijing, won in 44.50 seconds, tying his world-best time for 2009.
The real competition was for second, where Gil Roberts held off Kerron Clement. Olympic bronze medalist David Neville finished fifth.
This was Richards' fifth national...
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