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#CHAMPS2024 | Excelsior’s Bennett produces masterclass in Class 2 400m final

Published:Thursday | March 21, 2024 | 9:46 PMOrane Buchanan/Staff Reporter
Excelsior High School's Demarco Bennett (centre) wins the boys' 400 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium earlier this evening. Calabar's Nickecoy Bramwell (left) was second.
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Excelsior High School's Demarco Bennett (centre) wins the boys' 400 metres at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium earlier this evening. Calabar's Nickecoy Bramwell (left) was second.

Excelsior’s Demarco Bennett maintained his form and composure as the boys' Class 2 400 metres approached its closing stages to produce the only sub-47 clocking at the ISSA/GraceKennedy Boys and Girls' Athletics Championships inside the National Stadium this evening.

Bennett clocked 46.91 to relegate pre-race favourite Calabar's Nickecoy Bramwell to second in 47.39. William Knibb's Jabari Matheson secured the bronze medal in 47.40.

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