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KERR THIRD IN EUGENE Scottish internationalist Josh Kerr placed third in the 1,500m at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon. The 2017 champion in the event, Kerr clocked a time of 3:45.02 at Hayward Field as his last-lap kick fell just short at the line. Kerr finished exactly a quarter of a second behind Wisconsin’s Oliver Hoare, who won in 3:44.77 and finished just 0.003 behind the silver medallist. l Dundee athlete Jamie Crowe made a successful return home from Lamar University, Texas, winning the Templeton Six-Mile Trail Race ahead of Hawkhill junior James Donald. Crowe won last month’s US Colleges Southern Conference 10,000m track title in 31 minutes 01.96 and on this occasion at Templeton clocked 30 minutes 15 seconds with Donald following in 31.38. Prolific local women’s winner Sheena Logan (Fife AC) was 13th overall in 37.27 with Hawkhill over-40 veteran Diane Placentino the second female home, 27th overall. Results: 1 J Crowe (Central AC) 30.15, 2 J Donald (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st junior. 31.38, 3 B Gibson (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st veteran. 34.10, 4 R Dunlop (Dundee RR) 34.16, 5 C Russell (Falkland TR) 2nd veteran. 34.52, 6 J Belfrage (Dundee RR) 35.37…15 D Stewart (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 37.46, 16 T Martin (Falkland TR) 1st over 60. 37.49, 115 S Cromar (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st over 70. 53.50, 151 N Smith (Kinross RR) 65.58. Women. 1 S Logan (Fife AC) 37.27, 2 D Placentino (Dundee Hawkhill) 1st veteran. 40.06, 3 J Massie (Dundee RR) 40.13, 4 C Clark (Dundee CaniCross) 41.03, 5 J hay (Anster Haddies) 44.21, 6 CJ McPhail (Anster Haddies) 44.21, 7 I Bracegirdle (Fife AC) 1st over 60. 45.00, 8 A Gelly (Dundee RR) 1st over 50. 45.36.