Fresh off last month's AT&T USA Outdoor Track & Field Championships, several top American athletes opened July with a bang Monday at the Athens Super Grand Prix.

2005 World Outdoor silver medalist and 2006 Visa champion Lashinda Demus dominated the field in the women's 400 meter hurdles Monday, easily in a world-leading, personal-best time of 53.02 seconds. 2005 World Outdoor bronze medalist Sandra Glover took third in 54.15 with 2004 Olympian Sheena Johnson sixth in 54.72 and Tiffany-Ross Williams seventh in 54.99.

In the men's 400 meter hurdles, 2005 World Outdoor champion Bershawn Jackson led the day, winning in 48.00 seconds. 2005 World Outdoor silver medalist James Carter was fifth in 49.03 with two-time U.S. champion Kerron Clement eighth in 49.32.

Former LSU standout Lolo Jones took third in the women's 100 meter hurdles in 12.83, seconds inching out Jenny Adams who finished fourth in the same time. 2001 World Outdoor champion Anjanette Kirkland was seventh in 13.50.

2003 World Outdoor champion Torri Edwards ran away with the women's 100 meters in 11.14 seconds. Fresh off her fourth place finish in the hurdles, Lolo Jones was fourth in 11.36 and 2005 World champion Lauryn Williams was fifth in 11.39. In the men's 100 meters, Jason Smoots was third in 10.13.

2004 Olympic gold medalist and two-time World champion Dwight Phillips was the runner-up in the men's long jump with a leap of 8.30 meters/27 feet 2.75 inches. 2005 U.S. champion Miguel Pate was sixth with 8.17m/26-9.75.

Two-time U.S. champion Ian Waltz finished fourth in the men's discus with a best throw of 65.10 meters/213 feet 7 inches. 2004 Olympian Jarred Rome was seventh with 63.41m/208-0.5.

Also in Athens, 2006 U.S. Indoor champion Chris Lukezic was ninth in the men's 1,500m crossing the line in 3:34.96. 2006 U.S. champion Khadevis Robinson took seventh in the men's 800m in 1:44.21. Two- time NCAA champion Alice Schmidt was eighth in the women's 800m in 1:59.43. Christin Wurth-Thomas finishedfourteenth in the women's 1,500m in 4:07.88. Four-time U.S. champion and American record- holder Kim Kreiner took seventh in the women's javelin with a toss of 58.87m/193-1.75. 2004 Olympic silver medalist Toby Stevenson was fourth in the men's pole vault clearing 5.70m/18-8.25

For more information and complete results on the 2006 Athens Super Grand Prix, visit www.IAAF.org.