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Lendore limps out NCAA final James 4th in Bermuda

Deon Lendore limped out of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championship men's 400 metres final, in Oregon, USA, late on Friday.

With Kinetic tape on his right leg, it was clear Lendore was carrying an injury. Early on, the discomfort forced him to abort his title defence, the Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler unable to complete the championship race. It was an anticlimactic end to an outstanding collegiate career.

Lendore was actually scheduled to return to the track for the 4x400m final, but was unable to take his place on the Texas A&M University team. Earlier on Friday, he anchored his school to fifth spot in the 4x100m final in 38.77 seconds. Another T&T athlete, Penn State University's Steve Waithe finished eighth in the men's triple jump with a wind-aided 16.26 metres effort. His only legal jump was 14.16m.

Texas A&M finished sixth in the men's team competition with 27 points, while Penn State earned 17 points to tie for 10th with University of Illinois. University of Oregon were runaway winners with 85 points. University of Florida (56) and University of Arkansas (53), meanwhile, finished second and third, respectively.

Also on Friday, at the Bermuda National Championships, T&T halfmiler Jamaal James returned a season's best time of one minute, 49.53 seconds to secure fourth spot in the elite invitational men's 800m event.

Shaquille Dill won in 1:48.96, from his fellow-Bermudian Aaron Evans (1:49.24) and American Dage Minors (1:49.40).

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