National 400 metres junior champion Stephan James placed sixth in the 400-metre final at the ongoing Pan American Junior Championships yesterday in Miami, Florida while Iana Amsterdam failed to show up to participate in her events.
Eighteen-year-old James rose to prominence in Guyana over the past year and a half by winning every possible local junior 400 metres title, crowning it off with a fourth place finish, after running a personal best time in the heat, at the Carifta Games. History repeated itself for James; he lowered his personal best time in the heat at the Pan Am championships early yesterday morning, clocking 47.27s,
