Two-time Olympic gold medalist Maurice Greene is far from finished at the age of 27.

In fact, the former Kansas City Schlagle standout, who will run the Kansas Relays 800 relay with Hudson Smith International track teammates Jon Drummond, Kaaron Conwright and Larry Wade at 7:15 p.m. Saturday at Memorial Stadium, already has his eye on the 2004 Games in Greece.

Kansas State's Pat Pyle competes in the high jump during the Kansas Relays decathlon Wednesday at Memorial Stadium. Pyle holds the lead after the first day of the decathlon with 3,758 points. The decathlon and the women's heptathlon will conclude today.

“I think about it, but I don’t want to get too far ahead of myself,” said Greene. He won the 100 and ran on the winning U.S. 400 relay team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. “I don’t want to look past a lot of things right in front of me.”

Like the 2002 Kansas Relays.

“It’s great to come back and run the Relays,” Greene said. “This is where I grew up. This is the closest I can get to running at home. I want to come back and put on another show. It’ll be a very impressive show. You have to come out and watch and see what happens.”

Greene has a personal best/world record clocking of 9.79 in his specialty the 100 meters.

“I am a person who doesn’t settle for less. I am looking for perfection. Until I find perfection, I will not quit trying,” Greene said.

Maurice Greene, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, meets the media Wednesday. Greene will compete in the Kansas Relays 800 relay Saturday night at Memorial Stadium.

Greene’s coach, John Smith, is constantly amazed at the effort the 5-foot-9 Greene puts in at practice.

“He is not sitting down and resting on his laurels,” Smith said. “Maurice had an interesting day at practice the other day. He fertilized the lawn,” he added of the athlete vomiting because of such intense effort. “He is not afraid to go there, to put in the effort every single day.

“I told him, ‘If you run under 9.7 (in 100), that’s when you can retire.’ “

Wichita State’s Koya Webb is first-day leader in the Relays heptathlon with 3,161 points. Oklahoma’s Chaundra Allard is second at 2,836. Pat Pyle of Kansas State leads the decathlon with 3,758 points. Wayne Scott of Oral Roberts is second at 3,743.

Wichita State's Koya Webb runs the 200-meter portion of the heptathlon at the Kansas Relays on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium. Webb leads the heptathlon through four events.

Oral Roberts decathlete Wayne Scott dashes to the finish line during the 400-meter run portion of the decathlon at the Kansas Relays on Wednesday at Memorial Stadium. Scott won the 400 and is in second place entering today.