U.S. Olympic track and field trials: Triple jumper Amanda Smock leaps her way to London It served as daily motivation and paid off triple-fold Monday evening, when Smock, a native of Melrose, Minn., qualified for the Olympics, jumping a total of 45 feet 9 inches. She finished well ahead of the second-best finisher, Sheena Gordon, who jumped 45-41 / 2. It was another busy day at Hayward Field, as Team USA continued to grow. The competition will break for two days and resume Thursday. In the women's 800 meters, Alysia Montano is set to make her Olympic debut in London. She won the Monday's final in 1 minute 59.08 seconds. Montano is the defending national champion and was the bronze medalist at the 2010 world championships. Geena Gall finished second with a time of 1:59.24 and Alice Schmidt was third, finishing in 1:59.46. While Olympic dreams were realized at a frantic pace Monday evening, for many, they were dashed with little ceremony. In the men's 5,000-meter qualifying race, Alan Webb, who holds the U.S. record in the mile, failed to advance to the finals. Competing primarily in the 1,500 this year, Webb successfully petitioned his way into the 5,000 and finished with a time of 14:01.25, last among the finishers in his heat and well behind the race winner Andrew Bumbalough, who advanced with a time of 13:46.80, just two-hundredths of a second faster than Galen Rupp. "I'm not ready to give up," Webb, 29, said following the race. But Webb said he won't compete in the 1,500 at these trials. A member of the 2004 Olympic team in Athens, this marks the second straight Summer Games for which Webb has failed to qualify. Four years ago, high jumper Jamie Nieto finished second at trials but couldn't compete in Beijing because he fell short of the qualifying standard. That won't be a problem this time. Nieto was a member of Team USA at the 2004 Olympics and after posting a mark of 7 feet, 53 / 4 inches Monday evening, he'll be a part of the 2012 team, too. "I can't believe I won," Nieto said. I was definitely planning to be in the top three, but God has really blessed me. I feel like God told me everything was going to work out. Even yesterday, God was like, "Hey, stop worrying, don't worry." " Jesse Williams, the reigning world champion high jumper, survived a nail-biter in a cold, wet conditions. He finished fourth but as one of only three jumpers with the required A-standard, Williams, too, is headed to London. "What I did today is not a reflection of me," Williams said. I need to start jumping in the rain more often and get used to these conditions. The whole goal is to make London. Now I'm there. I want to get on top of the podium. Sam Humphreys, a junior at Texas A&M, punched his ticket to London by winning the men's javelin with a distance of 268-7. Samuel Crouser was second at 265-1, and Craig Kinsley was third with a mark of 262-2.