EUGENE, Ore. — Stephanie Hightower would have definitely picked the runoff.

The president of USA Track and Field didn't make the 1984 Olympics team in the hurdles because of a photo finish for the last spot at trials that was simply too close to call.

Hightower didn't have an option back then. She's glad that Allyson Felix and Jeneba Tarmoh at least have that chance now.

The training partners finished in a third-place tie in the women's 100 meters Saturday. USATF didn't have a procedure in place to determine the third and final spot on the Olympic team for the London Games until Sunday.

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The options boil down to this: They can either decide who goes to London in the 100 by a flip of the coin or a through a runoff.

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