Tim Layden: USATF has no one to blame but itself for botched 100-meter runoff

EUGENE, Ore. -- At shortly before noon Pacific Time on Monday, a steady stream of trucks exited the gates of Hayward Field. Television trucks. Food trucks. Construction trucks. Instead of the echo of public address announcements excitedly translating the intricacies of a track meet for spectators, there was the incessant humming of power tools taking down temporary structures. Photo finish timing impresario Tom Jennings, whose company -- and mine -- had become entangled in a controversy that cast a shadow over the U.S. Olympic Trials, helped load up his company's semi-trailer for a trip to the next big meet. Vin Lananna, the de facto director of the trials, hustled around with a leather valise and his green-and-yellow Oregon sunglasses, already planning future events.

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