Ringwood’s Harrison Kerr completed a 12-month plan when he won the Black Opal 400m final.
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Kerr, who has only been racing seriously for four years, showed in his semi-final victory that he’d be hard to beat in the final and he produced a carbon copy performance in the decider.
![CLASSY: Harrison Kerr after his win in the Black Opal 400m final. Picture: ADAM BOURKE CLASSY: Harrison Kerr after his win in the Black Opal 400m final. Picture: ADAM BOURKE](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/shjDWP57NvFsN4SYJTNkJk/14798bc0-b9db-4e86-a2a4-dccc1f764290.jpg/r0_228_1632_1146_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
He raced to the front in the final and showed great strength to hold off a classy field which included Bendigo duo Jake Hilson and Lonain Burnett.
Kerr (32m) ran a time of 44.795 seconds to defeat Ashley Kenshole (24m) and a gallant Hilson (25m).
“I’ve trained for 12 months for this. All my planning went into it,’’ Kerr said.
“All the hard work has paid off.”
Kerr won $3500 and a Black Opal.