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EUGENE, Ore. -- Derek Drouin set a Canadian record in mens high jump Saturday at the Prefontaine Classic. The Olympian from Corunna, Ont., jumped 2.36 metres to win bronze behind Essa Barshim of Qatar, who set a world-leading height at 2.40 metres. American Erik Kynard (2.36) was second. The previous Canadian mark was set by Mark Boswell of Brampton, Ont., who jumped 2.35 metres three times in his career, most recently in 2002. Drouin won bronze at the 2012 London Games. Meanwhile, Eugene Sheila Reid of Newmarket, Ont., set a personal best in the womens 1,500-metres with a time of four minutes 02.96 seconds, almost a full five seconds faster than her personal best going into the race. Reid finished sixth in the race. Cam Levins of Black Creek, B.C., finished 13th in the mens 5,000-metres in a personal best time of 13:15.19, just over two seconds off the Canadian record of 13:13.96 set in 1998 by Jeff Schiebler. Justin Gatlin won the 100 metres at the Diamond League meet in a wind-aided time of 9.88 seconds, besting fellow Americans Michael Rodgers and Ryan Bailey. The 31-year old, who won the bronze medal at the London Games, joked afterward: "I just age like wine." Then 17-year-old Mary Cain broke the high school record in the 800 in 1:59.51, placing fifth in an elite field that included Olympic bronze medallist Yekaterina Poistogova and Janeth Jepkosgei, third in last years world championships. Cain, from Bronxville High School in New York, topped the record of 2:02.04 set by Amy Weissenbach of Harvard-Westlake high in 2011. She also is the first American junior athlete to run the 800 under 2 minutes, breaking Kim Gallaghers mark junior of 2:00.07 in 1982. "Down that backstretch I think I was the most determined person out there," said Cain, who battled fellow American Alysia Montano to the finish. "I said to myself, Im going to break that two-minute barrier." Francine Niyonsaba of Burundi won the 800 in 1:56.72, a meet record and a world best this season. But the sellout crowd of 12,816 erupted into cheers when Cains record was announced. One fan shouted to the high school junior: "Come to Oregon!" "Im not really used to this. Im still a star-struck little kid out there, so its really cool," Cain said. Gatlin won the Olympic gold medal at the Athens Games but his promising career was derailed in 2006 by a positive drug test that led to a four-year ban. He has since worked hard to repair his past and was the defending champion at the Prefontaine, winning last year in 9.9 in a tuneup for the U.S. Olympic trials. "I felt like I had a pretty good start, and I brought it home pretty good," Gatlin said. "Last year, my 20 metres before the finished line wasnt as strong as I wanted it to be. Thats what weve been working on." Gatlin took longer than any other athlete on his victory lap, stopping frequently to sign autographs and pose for pictures. In the womens 400, Olympic gold medallist Sanya-Richards Ross finished last in her first race since having surgery on her right big toe last September. The event featured all three medallists from the London Games, Richards-Ross, Christine Ohuruogu and DeeDee Trotter. "It was rough today," Richards-Ross said. "I realized I wasnt going to really push it as well as I wanted to." Armantle Montsho of Botswana won the 400 in 50.01 seconds. In other events, Hellen Obiri of Kenya won the womens 1,500 in 3:58.58, and Ethiopian Tirunesh Dibaba took the 5,000 in 14:42.01. Jamaican Shelly-Ann Fraser-Price won the womens 100 in 10.71. American Allyson Felix fell to seventh. "I still have some work do," said Felix, who says shes working to get ready for the U.S. championships in Des Moines later this month. Beijing Olympic gold medallist LaShawn Merritt won the mens 400 in 44:32, and Jamaican Nickel Ashmeade ran the 200 in 20:14 to best Walter Dix in 20:16. "This is just my second 400 in nine months. But Im a competitor and I know every time I line up against that field Im going to have to run, so I wanted to put a race together," Merritt said. In the 5,000, Kenyan Edwin Cheruiyot Soi won in 13:04.75, just in front of Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah of Britain in 13:05.88. Farah, who won gold medals in both the 5,000 and 10,000 at the London Games, was supposed to run in the 10,000 at Hayward Field on Friday night but withdrew from the race a day earlier because of a stomach bug he picked up two weeks ago at a meet in California. He decided instead to run the 5,000 instead with training partner and friend Galen Rupp. Rupp, who won the silver in the 10,000 in London, came in sixth. Ethiopian Mohammed Aman won the mens 800 in 1:44.42. American Nick Symmonds, a local favourite who trains with the Oregon Track Club, finished third. 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"I think its possible," Yankees manager Joe Girardi said in San Diego. Rodriguez is counting on it. "Unless I get hit by lightning, and these days you never know," he said. "A night like tonight illustrates to me that I can play now and I can play for a long time," he said. But he might not get back to the Yankees any time soon because of his alleged connection to the closed anti-aging clinic thats been accused of distributing banned performance-enhancing drugs. Most targeted players face 50-game bans, including All-Stars Nelson Cruz of Texas and Jhonny Peralta of Detroit. Many are expected to follow the example set by Milwaukees Ryan Braun last month and accept penalties without a challenge before an arbitrator. First-time offenders who challenge suspensions can continue to play until their appeals are decided. "Lets just get it over with," Los Angeles Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said. The Yankees expect A-Rod to be accused of recruiting other athletes for the clinic, attempting to obstruct MLBs investigation, and not being truthful with MLB in the past. Baseball has been attempting to gain a suspension through at least 2014 and has threatened a possible lifetime ban. Negotiations over Rodriguezs penalty are likely to go through the weekend, with the 38-year-old resisting such a lengthy stretch on the sidelines. He seems to think the Yankees are trying to keep him off the field. While he remains on the disabled list, New York is reimbursed for his salary by insurance. "There are a lot of layers," he said. "I will say this: There is more than one party that beneffits from me not being on the field.dddddddddddd Its not my teammates and not the Yankees fans." Rodriguez feels singled out. "I think it is pretty self-explanatory. I think that is the pink elephant in the room," he said. "I think we all want to get rid of PEDs. Thats a must. All the players, we feel that way. But when all this stuff is going on in the background and people are finding creative ways to cancel your contract and stuff like that, I think that is concerning to me. Its concerning to present players and I think it should be concerning to future players, as well." And he concluded boos were caused by his strong performance that helped the Yankees beat Philadelphia in the 2009 World Series. "I think there were a lot of Phillies fans out there, and they dont have good memories from me," he said. Baseballs highest-paid player with a $28 million salary, A-Rod has three law firms working for him -- Gordon & Rees; Reed Smith; and Cohen, Weiss & Simon. Rodriguez seemed to be on the verge of rejoining the Yankees before the leg injury last month. New York assigned him to Trenton for two games and has not said where hell go afterward. It is not clear whether Commissioner Bud Selig would attempt to use provisions of baseballs labour contract to prevent Rodriguez from playing until arbitrator Fredric Horowitz rules on an appeal. Lawyers from management and the union plus attorneys for individual players spent Friday working their way through the many issues resulting from mass suspensions. For instance: Will there be different treatment for minor leaguers depending whether they are on 40-man rosters. Under the drug rules, 40-man roster players serving a 50-game suspension would have major league games in September count as time served after the minor league seasons end. Seattle catcher Jesus Montero, Mets outfielder Cesar Puello and Baltimore third baseman Danny Valencia might be in that group. But that time wouldnt count for players not on 40-man rosters, whose suspensions would spill into 2014. Yankees outfielder Fernando Martinez could be in that category. For many players, the damage to their images already has been inflicted. Rodriguez has faced fan taunting since 2009, when he said he used PEDs while with Texas from 2001-03. Nike Inc. confirmed Friday that it no longer has a relationship with Braun, the 2011 NL MVP who accepted a 65-game suspension last month that ended the Milwaukee outfielders season. ' ' '