CAPAS, Tarlac – Fil-Am Eric Cray captured his third title in the 400-meter hurdles Tuesday in a fiery windup to the athletics competitions in the 30th Southeast Asian Games here.
Cray, 31, took the lead in the last 100 meters and clocked 50.21 seconds, relegating his Indonesian rival (50.81) and the Vietnamese bet (52.30) to second and third, respectively.
It was Cray’s fourth straight gold medal dating back to the 2013 Naypidaw SEAG. In 2015 in Singapore, he didn’t run the 400 hurdles but took the gold in the
century dash.
Cray ran the 400 hurdles again in Kuala Lumpur in 2017 and won it.
“I think it speaks of my longevity,” said Cray, who was born in Olongapo, Zambales.
