Bermuda sprinter Tre Houston fell victim of the new-false start rule in the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the Pan Am Games in Mexico.Houston, who ran his quickest ever time of 10.40 seconds to finish second in his heat, was disqualified for jumping the gun in the penultimate round in Guadalajara.The rule which sees any athlete making a false start disqualified led to world record holder Usain Bolt missing the 100 metres final at this year’s World Championships in South Korea.Prior to the World Championships athletes could afford to make one false start and then the whole field was given a warning with any subsequent false starts leading to disqualification.UK-based Houston said his disqualification had been a lesson but was confident of making amends in his main event, the 200 metres, today.“I was disqualified not because I was nervous but due to excitement as I knew I was ready to run fast in the second round,” he said.“These things happen and it’s all a learning process and with the new rule I can’t afford to anticipate the gun.“I’ll be running the 200 metres on Wednesday and just looking to take it race by race and to try and keep calm.“The Games experience has been wonderful and I’m just glad to be in the mix.”Many, including Jamaican officials, have called for the IAAF to reconsider the rule to avoid having a star like Bolt disqualified in similar circumstances at the London Olympics next summer.But even if Houston hadn’t been disqualified, Donna Watson, president of Bermuda Track and Field Association, believes it would have been difficult for him to have made the 100 metres finals considering the quality of the field.“I am pleased with Tre in the heats running a personal best of 10.40 in the 100 metres,” she said. “Unfortunately he false started in the semi-finals but it would have been difficult to make the finals as some of the top 100m runners were in his race. He usually runs the 100m at these events to get the jitters out.”Watson has backed Houston to meet the Olympic standard in the 200 metres at the Games, an event she reckons he’s capable of reaching the final.“Tre’s main race is the 200 and our expectation is that he either reaches the Olympic standard or at least gets close to the standard,” Watson said.“If he runs to his potential he should make the semi-finals and then hopefully the finals.“Tre’s coach, Tony Lester, believes he is in shape to run the time required, he just needs to put the right race together as his fitness is where it should be.”Houston’s team-mate Shianne Smith was also in action in the heptathlon yesterday.