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Teenager Tate Taylor wins the 200 at the Prefontaine Classic
Taylor ran a personal-best 19.75 seconds into a headwind and became the first high schooler to break 20 seconds in the 200.
On Saturday, teenager Tate Taylor won the 200 meters at the Prefontaine Classic, running a personal-best 19.75 seconds to upset Olympic gold medalist Letsile Tebogo of Botswana.
Held annually at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field, the Prefontaine Classic serves as the only U.S. stop on the international Diamond League tour and is named after track star Steve Prefontaine.
Nigerian Kayinsola Ajayi surged at the midway point to overtake Jamaican Oblique Seville and American Christian Coleman, finishing the men's 100 in 9.84 seconds.
Melissa Jefferson-Wooden won the women's 100 in 10.78 seconds, while Olympic gold medalist Masai Russell claimed the 100 hurdles in a meet-record 12.24 against world record holder Tobi Amusan.
American Nikki Hiltz won the mile in 4:17.49, defeating Kenyan Faith Kipyegon, while Lithuanian Mykolas Alekna secured the discus with a 233-1 throw and Tara Davis-Woodhall won the long jump with a 23-4 leap.
On Saturday, at the Eugene meeting, counting for the Diamond League, the young Tate Taylor shone with a 200-metre win, while Melissa Jefferson-Wooden landed on the 100-metre win and Ethan Katzberg made him talk at the hammer throw.