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EUGENE, Oregon - Former collegiate champion Marshevet Hooker ran an eye-popping but wind-assisted 10.76 seconds to lead the women's 100 meters qualifying on the opening day of the American Olympic trials on Friday.
No woman has run faster under any conditions since disgraced American sprinter Marion Jones clocked 10.68 seconds in 2000.
Only world record holder Florence-Griffith Joyner, Jones, Christine Arron and Merlene Ottey have ever run the distance quicker.
The wind on the quarter-final race was 3.4 meters per second, well above the accepted 2.0 mps.
"I stuttered a little bit (at the start) but I just kept running," said the 23-year-old Hooker, who trains with the men's world 100 meters champion Tyson Gay's co-coach, Jon Drummond.
"Only God knows how fast I can run," said Hooker, who has a legal best of 10.94 seconds this year.
"It was fast, very fast. I hope she is tired," said former world champion Torri Edwards, who had the second-best time of the quarter-finals, a wind-assisted 10.85 seconds.
Another former world champion, Olympic silver medalist Lauryn Williams, and current women's 200 meters world champion Allyson Felix also advanced to Saturday's semi-finals.
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