NEW YORK (AP) — Tyson Gay witnessed Usain Bolt's coming-out party at the Reebok Grand Prix last year, finishing a distant second as Bolt set the world record in the 100 meters.

Gay was the one bursting away from the rest of the field at Saturday's meet, and his dominant performance in the 200 suggests the American still has the speed to take on Bolt at the world championships this summer.
Gay posted the third-fastest time ever in winning in 19.58 seconds. The only better marks are Bolt's world record of 19.30 at the Olympics and Michael Johnson's 19.32 in 1996.
It was in the 200 at last year's U.S. Olympic trials that Gay sprawled out on the track, his hamstring injured and his year about to unravel. He didn't win a medal at the Beijing Games after coming in as the world champion in the 100 and 200.
""It was a goal to run 19.5, but it wasn't a goal to run it this early,"" Gay said. ""It does a lot for my confidence.""
Gay's previous personal best was 19.62 seconds in 2007. He blew away a strong field, beating second-place finisher Wallace Spearmon by 0.4 seconds.
""That's Tyson,"" said 2004 Olympic 400 champion Jeremy Wariner, who entered the 200 to work on his speed and finished fourth.
Gay hadn't even done much speed work in practice, focusing on his endurance by running lots of 400s instead of doing 30s and 60s. Asked what Bolt would think of his rival's statement performance, Gay said, ""He's probably excited.""
Gay led a strong day for the Americans. It won't erase the disappointments of Beijing, when Jamaica dominated the sprints. But for one day at least, the U.S. stars outshined their rivals in front of a crowd full of Jamaican flags on Randall's Island, east of upper Manhattan.
Carmelita Jeter beat a tough field in the women's 100 as she tries to bounce back from a rough 2008. Jeter won bronze at the 2007 world championships but didn't come close to qualifying for the U.S. Olympic team last year.
American Muna Lee, who finished in the top five in the 100 and 200 in Beijing, was second. Two-time Olympic 200 champ Veronica Campbell-Brown of Jamaica was third.
""Last year I was relaxed. I wasn't as aggressive as in '07 and I paid the price,"" Jeter said. ""That won't ever happen again.""