The Bermuda team of Lamont Marshall, Tre Simons, Jay Donawa and Juma Mouchette finished the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Cross Country Championships, at the Mt Irvine Bay Golf Course, in Tobago in fourth place as a team, however the day was over shadowed when Jamaican Cavahn McKenzie died after completing the Junior Men’s Six-Kilometer event.
Marshall placed 11th in a time of 25.54, Simons finished 14th in a time of 26.33, Donawa was 18th in a time of 27.03 and Mouchette finished 23rd in 29.22.
McKenzie finished 21st in 20:26, but then collapsed. The St Jago High School athlete reportedly died in an ambulance while being taken to hospital.
National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) president, Ephraim Serrette told the Express that 18-year-old McKenzie’s death was “cardiac related”.
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