BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb 24, 2008 - Angela Williams won the 60-meter crown Sunday at the US Indoor athletics championships as top American stars qualified for next month's World Indoor Championships in Spain.

　　Rising hurdles stars Lolo Jones and David Oliver and 1996 Olympic 110m hurdles champion Allen Johnson also qualified for the world indoors in two weeks at Valencia, even though August's Beijing Olympics are on the minds of many.

　　"That's the main goal. This is just helping me prepare for making that team," Williams said. "I'm not sitting home."

　　Two-time world indoor runner-up Williams captured the US 60-meter title in 7.11 seconds with Alexis Joyce second in 7.21 to edge 2007 world outdoor bronze medalist Carmelita Jeter for the last spot on the world team.

　　"I'm healthy and I'm having fun again. That's all that matters," Williams said.

　　Oliver, ranked sixth among Americans and ninth in the world last year, took the 60m hurdles in 7.47 with Johnson second in 7.53, edging Joel Brown by .01 of a second for the final spot in Spain.

　　"It's just training hard," Oliver said. "I set a personal record so I'm happy with that. I've got one of my goals down. Now it's time to get ready for Valencia and get ready for the summer."

　　Johnson, who turns 37 Saturday, is a four-time world outdoor champion and three-time world indoor champion. But after taking gold in Atlanta he was fourth at the 2000 Olympics and fell in the first round at the 2004 Olympics.

　　"The fact that I didn't do as well as I wanted in previous Olympics, it's going to help me going forward into 2008," Johnson said.

　　Lolo Jones won her second consecutive US indoor 60m hurdles crown in her second-best time of the season, 7.88 seconds, with Candice Davis second in 7.90 and 2006 US indoor and outdoor runner-up Damu Cherry falling near the finish.

　　"I did show I could manage the pressure," Jones said. "It was a sloppy race, but I ended up gritting my teeth and pulling my head down and crossing the finish line as number one."

　　Jones - whose heritage is French, Norwegian, black and Native American - stretched her lead at the final stride for the victory that will send her to Spain and serve notice she could be a major factor at Beijing in August.

　　"Everyone runs faster in the Olympic year and I'm learning how to run better," Jones said. "I wanted a place on the team and to keep my title."

　　Reigning men's world indoor champion Leonard Scott fell in the 60-meter semi-finals, leaving it to others try and defrend US honor at Valencia.

　　Michael Rogers overcame what he called the worst start of his career to capture the men's 60 meters in 6.54 seconds with 4x100 relay world outdoor gold medalist Leroy Dixon second in 6.56 to join him on the world team.

　　"I just held my composure and won the race," Rogers said.

　　Christian Cantwell, the 2004 world indoor champion, captured the shot put with a heave of 21.51m to win a showdown against reigning world indoor and outdoor champion Reese Hoffa and two-time Olympic runner-up Adam Nelson.

　　Hoffa was second with a best of 21.40 with 2005 world outdoor champion Nelson third at 21.25, well off his 2008 world-best effort of 22.40 last week at the Tyson Invitational.

　　Khadevis Robinson out-leaned Nick Symmonds at the finish line to win the 800 in 1:46.95, taking his third US indoor title to go with four US outdoor titles by a margin of .01 of a second in a rivalry that could extend to Beijing.

　　"I ran well. I really wanted it," Robinson said. "Nick came strong and ran well. He pushed me all the way."

　　Symmonds won last year's US indoor crown but was edged by Robinson for the 2007 US outdoor title.

　　"It's going to be a big year," Symmonds said. "He is in great shape and I'm running well. You can expect to see this all season."

　　David Neville won the 400 crown in 46.34. Neville captured the first heat of the final while 2007 winner Nixon won the second in 46.72. Both will go to Spian but Nixon was not fast enough to overtake Neville and keep his crown.

　　"This is so great. I'm so happy," said Neville, whose confidence in quest of a Beijing Olympic berth received a boost. "Beijing was deifnitely my goal since I was in high school. I'm definitely going to go."

　　Shareese Woods won the women's 400 in 52.03 with Moushaumi Robinson, a 2004 Athens Olympics 4x400 relay gold medalist, second in 52.33 and Mary Wineberg, on last year's US world outdoor champion 4x400 relay, third in 52.36.