Marcus Duncan retained his National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championship men's 100 metres title with a personal best 10.26 seconds run, at the Veterans Memorial Stadium, in Kansas, USA, yesterday.
The Trinidad and Tobago/Central Arizona College sprinter got to the line ahead of Hutchinson Community College student Teddy Poole, the American athlete earning second spot in 10.32 seconds. Another American sprinter, South Plains College student Aaron Smith III, bagged bronze in 10.38.
Duncan was also the defending champion in the men's 200m. However, he had to settle for bronze, yesterday. The 20-year-old athlete completed the half-lap trip in 20.75 seconds, the same time recorded by silver medallist Dwight Mullings-a Jamaican attending Essex County College. Poole topped the field with a 20.48 seconds run.
In the 100m preliminaries, Duncan had clocked 10.32 seconds to lead all qualifiers into the final. He was second fastest in the 200m qualifying round, clocking 21.26 to Poole's 20.81.
T&T's Sandino Nero returned a time of 32 minutes, 33.05 seconds to finish eighth in the men's 10,000m. The Colby Community College student also competed in the 5,000m, copping 16th spot in 16:09.19.
