Nice finishing by Lalonde Gordon and a new SB but he is yet to go sub-45 this season just like Machel Cedenio. If Machel Cedenio had executed his trademark kick-finish (that we all know him for) down the home straight he would have won this race as he was in 2nd place as the runners came into the home straight.
Its possible that Machel is short of long distance condition training this season and also needs to work on getting his back his trademark sprint kick down the home straight.
It will be interesting to see if Machel can hold on to his National 400m title at the Senior Open Champs in 2 weeks time as I believe he is not in the same top shape as he was around this time last year. He could also be a bit race rusty as he opened his season pretty late and with a rather slow time.
On a related note, Jamaica has definitely got a stronger Men's 4x4 team than T&T this season as Demish Gaye was altready sub-45 before today and lowered his PB to become the 2nd fastest Jamaican quarter-miler this season. At this rate JA might be a strong threat to the USA for the gold medal in the M 4x4 at Worlds Champs in London.
T&T will struggle to medal in the M 4x4 in London if we don't have at least 3 to 4 quarter-milers in reliable sub-45 shape by the end of June.
http://racersgrandprix.com/liveresults Jamaica National Championship Meet
JN/Racers Grand Prix - 6/10/2017
National Stadium
Event 8 Men 400 Meter Dash=======================================================================
Name Year Team Finals Points
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Finals
1 Gaye, Demish Jamaica 44.73
2 Gordon, Lalonde Trinidad& Tobago 45.18
3 Cedenio, MACHEL Trinidad& Tobago 45.57 4 Norwood, Vernon USA 45.63
5 Williams, Delano GBR 45.85
6 McDonald, Rusheen Jamaica 45.93
7 Gayle, Jermaine Jamaica 46.43
8 Berry, Mike USA 46.76