Kenyan
athletic continued to dominate and prove their worthiness in championship as
their youth team conquered almost everything on offer in Cameroon.
The
Kenyan team won the men’s senior 10km as well as the women’s 8km race. This was
during the ongoing 4th Africa cross country championship Yaoundé
Cameroon.
Team
Kenyan also showered her prowess by dominated teams events and winning both junior
and senior women/men’s competitions.
Team
Kenya won 10 of the 12 individual medals on offer on Saturday, March 12 alone
Alice
Aprot, the promising future queen and currently the All-Africa Games 10,000m
champion won her race, 8km course in 29:52 to win by a margin of 52 seconds of the second finisher
Sheila
Chepkirui, 2005 world youth 1500m champion, settled for second place in 30:44. Beatrice
Mutai was third in time of 31:08
In
the senior men’s 10km, there was drama as Kenya James Runguru and Uganda Philip
Kipyeko tried to outrun each other in the finale 10m, but Runguru was better
and he won in time 26:36 and Kipyeko came second in 26:37.
In
1500m specialist Miriam Cherop lead her other compatriots to a perfect team win
and score of 10 points as Kenya filled the top four positions in the junior
women’s race.
Below
are the full results from the competition.
Senior
men 10km
1
James Rungaru (KEN) 26:34
2
Phillip Kipyeko (UGA) 26:35
3
Charles Yosei (KEN) 26:46
4
Cleophas Ngetich (KEN) 26:52
5
Geoffrey Koech (KEN) 27:09
6
Getaneh Tamire (ETH) 27:13
Senior
men team
1
Kenya
2
Uganda
3
Ethiopia
Senior
women 8km
1
Alice Aprot (KEN) 29:52
2
Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 30:44
3
Beatrice Mutai (KEN) 31:08
4
Dera Yami (ETH) 31:13
5
Daisy Chepkemei (KEN) 31:29
6
Nancy Nzisa (KEN) 31:30
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Senior
women team
1
Kenya
2
Ethiopia
3
South Africa
Junior
men 8km
1
Isaac Kipsang (KEN) 21:33
2
Ronald Kiprotich (KEN) 21:44
3
Aron Kifle (ERI) 21:48
4
Anthony Kiptoo (KEN) 21:56
5
Andrew Lorot (KEN) 21:59
6
Nixon Kiplagat (KEN) 22:11
Junior
men team
1
Kenya
2
Ethiopia
3
South Africa
Junior
women 6km
1
Miriam Cherop (KEN) 18:31
2
Gloria Kite (KEN) 18:39
3
Winfredah Mbithe (KEN) 18:40
4
Lucy Cheruiyot (KEN) 18:42
5
Muliye Dekobo (ETH) 18:52
6
Tersit Desalgn (ETH) 19:02
Junior
women team
1
Kenya
2
Ethiopia
3
Morocco
Kenya
dominance in middle and long distances has been locked with doping issues which
the government is trying to put in place the requirements as per WADA report. There
has been tension as the professional runners and KAA were having a stand up-
but this came to close after IAAF suspended the KAA officials.
As
for now, we are waiting to see the Kenya parliament if it will beat the
deadline by passing a bill to counter attack the doping problem, the bill is
been drafted By Former Boston Marathon Champion who is currently Member of
Parliament, Hon Wesley Korir.
