Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., was one of two Canadians to earn a place on the podium on Saturday. Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., was one of two Canadians to earn a place on the podium on Saturday.

Two Canadians cracked the podium at the Prefontaine Classic on Saturday in Eugene, Ore.

Dylan Armstrong of Kamloops, B.C., picked up second place in the shot put with a pitch of 21.33 metres, a distance outdone only by American Christian Cantwell (22.41).

Perth, Ont., native Sultana Frizell was third in the women's hammer throw. Frizell's best toss of 70.76 metres was a little more than five metres short of the winning distance and meet record thrown by Russia's Tatyana Lysenko (75.98).

In other Canadian results, Tabia Charles of Pickering, Ont., placed fourth in the triple jump. Edmonton's Megan Metcalfe finished seventh in the 5,000 metres, while fellow Canadian Julia Howard did not finish.

The headline event of the day featured the return of Tyson Gay in the 200 metres.

Walter Dix was the spoiler, though, edging Gay by 0.04 seconds to win in a time of 19.72 seconds. Gay had not raced since May because of a hamstring injury.

"Yeah, it's not bad for a first race," he said.

Usain Bolt, who holds the world record in the 100 and 200, did not compete in Saturday's meet, part of the elite IAAF Diamond League series.

Pre in its 36th year

The Pre, as it is known, is in its 36th year and its first as part of the Diamond League, a series of 14 meets worldwide. The event at the University of Oregon's Hayward Field is named after distance runner Steve Prefontaine, an Olympian killed in a 1975 car accident at 24.

Kenyan Asbel Kiprop won the Pre's signature Bowerman Mile in a time of three minutes 49.75 seconds, while Australian Ryan Gregson won the International Mile in 3:53.20.

David Oliver won the men's 110 hurdles in 12.90 seconds, matching the American standard set by Dominique Arnold in 2006.

Olympic gold medal-winner Tirunesh Dibaba of Ethiopia set a meet record in the 5,000 metres in a time of 14:34.08.

Abubaker Kaki Khamis of Sudan and Russian Mariya Savinova also set Pre standards in the men's 1,000 metres and women's 800 metres, respectively. Savinova's 1:57.56 time is the best in the world this year.

Jamaican Veronica Campbell-Brown won the women's 100 in 10.78, a personal best and the top time in the world this year. She also surpassed the meet record of 10.84 set by Torri Edwards in 2008.

Tariku Bekele of Ethiopia ran the men's 5,000 in 12:58.93, best ever on American soil and also a new Pre best.

With files from The Associated Press