EUGENE — One down, 200 to go. Triple World Championships gold medalist Noah Lyles ticked the first box on his Paris checklist in convincing fashion with a 9.83 100 meters that equaled his personal best and tied for the fifth fastest time in meet history Sunday night at Hayward Field on the third day of the U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Track & Field. Lyles looked untroubled in lane seven, ignoring the men around him as he started his quest for two individual berths at the Games. Better known previously as a 200 man, Kenny Bednarek scored a big PB in second at 9.87 to edge Oregon22 gold medalist Fred Kerley, who grabbed third in a season best 9.88. As usual, Christian Coleman was out quickest, but the 2019 world champion couldn't hold that position and ended up fourth in 9.93, with Florida high school sensation Christian Miller in fifth at 9.98. Lowering her PB for the second day in a row, Kendall Ellis earned her first Olympic spot in an individual event with a dominant 49.46 in the women's 400 that gave her a .25 margin of victory and was the third fastest time in Trials history. Ellis, who took gold at Tokyo running in the heats of the 4x400, lopped .35 off the PB she set in yesterday's semifinal by pushing the pedal down the final stretch and moving up from fourth with 100 to go. Her time makes her the ninth best U.S. all-time performer. Georgia sophomore Aaliyah Butler kept a tight grip on a Paris spot with a 49.71 PB in second, and Alexis Holmes also cracked the 50-second barrier for the first time with a 49.78 in third. Kaylyn Brown of Arkansas led at the halfway point but slipped back to fourth in 50.07. Two-time world champion and Rio 2016 bronze medalist Sam Kendricks qualified for his third Olympic team with a Trials record clearance at 5.92/19-5 in the men's pole vault, adding one centimeter to the meet record he set in 2016. Chris Nilsen, the silver medalist at Tokyo, and Jacob Wooten tied for second at 5.87/19-3 to round out the Olympic trio. Wooten's effort was a season best. Avoiding the drama that accompanied his win last year after a fall early in the race, Kenneth Rooks ran a strong final kilometer in the men's 3000 steeplechase to win in 8:21.92 over a fast-finishing Matthew Wilkinson, who nabbed second in 8:23.00. BYU's James Corrigan, who was only ninth at the NCAA Championships two weeks ago, was a clear third in 8:26.78, almost two seconds up on American record holder Evan Jager, who was fourth in 8:28.73. Annette Echikunwoke achieved the Paris qualifying standard in her first attempt in the women's hammer, twirling the four-kilogram ball out to 74.68/245-0, a distance that held up to give her first U.S. title. 2021 Trials champion and American record holder DeAnna Price was second with a best of 74.52/244-6, with Erin Reese coming through in the final round to seize third with a 71.21/233-7 toss. Oregon22 champion Brooke Andersen, the world leader this year, had three fouls, and two-time World Championships medalist Janee' Kassanavoid was sixth. Last year's Pan American Games gold medalist Curtis Thompson won his second straight Trials crown in the men's javelin by more than 10 feet, throwing a season best 83.04/272-5 in round one to put the lead out of reach. Thompson added an 80.75/264-11 on his third attempt just for good measure. Capers Williamson notched a season best 79.57/261-0 to claim second, and Donavon Banks was third at 79.19/259-9 as distances were hampered by a pesky headwind. He was only the fourth fastest qualifier for the men's 400 final, but Maryland high schooler Quincy Wilson had all eyes on him as he took .07 off the national prep record of 44.66 that he set Friday. Wilson, a 16-year-old who just finished his sophomore year at Bullis High School in Potomac, turned in the seventh fastest time in U.S. U20 history with his 44.59 clocking and is the No. 2 all-time U.S. U20 performer. Budapest bronze medalist Quincy Hall was the fastest qualifier at 44.42, .02 ahead of last year's USATF winner, Bryce Deadmon. Defending Olympic champion and American record holder Athing Mu ran a season best 1:58.84 after a mad dash down the final stretch in the first semifinal of the women's 800, leading all qualifiers to the final. LSU's Michaela Rose set a torrid pace through 400 in 57.75, but Mu and Kate Grace caught her in the final meters. Grace dived for the line to take second in 1:58.97, and Rose was the fastest time qualifier in 1:59.00. Budapest silver medalist Anna Hall leads the women's heptathlon after the first four events with 3,884 points, but only has a 10-point cushion over Chari Hawkins and is 23 ahead of Taliyah Brooks. Full results are available here.