Clay­ton Clarke

De­on Lendore sped to a new per­son­al best in the men's 400 me­tres event when he clocked 46.76 sec­onds at the 2012 Big 12 In­door Track and Field Cham­pi­onships in Col­lege Sta­tion, Texas, USA on Fri­day.

The Texas A&M Uni­ver­si­ty quar­ter-mil­er achieved the time on his home track as he topped the 400m heats im­prov­ing on the 47.21 set at the Texas A&M In­vi­ta­tion­al on Feb­ru­ary 11. The 2011 Pan Amer­i­can Ju­nior dou­ble sil­ver medal­list took heat three and is now ranked at 36th on the lat­est 2012 IAAF World in­door rank­ing in the event. World In­door se­lectees Lalonde Gor­don (19th-46.43), Jar­rin Solomon (24th-46.55) and Ren­ny Quow (32nd-46.70) are ahead of Lendore with Zwede He­witt (76th-47.18) be­hind the Queen's Roy­al Col­lege grad­u­ate. He­witt was dis­qual­i­fied in the heats. He­witt (Bay­lor) lat­er re­turned to book his spot in the 200m fi­nals af­ter he fin­ished fifth in the pre­lim­i­nar­ies in a per­son­al best time of 21.19. Lendore's team­mate Wayne Davis II is al­so in the fi­nals of men's 60m hur­dles tak­ing fourth in the heats in 7.84. Del­lon Williams (Texas Tech) was eighth in the men's long jump fi­nals with a leap of 7.09, well be­low his 2012 best of 7.60.

Re­sults

Big 12 In­door Cham­pi­onships

Gilliam In­door Sta­di­um, Texas

Men's 400m Pre­lims

1-De­on Lendore-Texas S&M-46.76-1h3

Dq-Zwede He­wit-Bay­lor-

Men's 60m Hur­dles Pre­lims

4-Wayne Davis II-Texas A&M-7.84-2h2

Men's 200m Pre­lims

5-Zwede He­witt-Bay­lor-21.19-2h3

Men's Long Jump fi­nals

8-Del­lon Williams-Tech Tech-7.09

Dns-Garyn Nero-Bay­lor