Nation Correspondents
6 June 2008
Nairobi — All Africa Games 1,500 metres champion Asbel Kiprop will be the key man in the four-lap race at the Kenya Police Championship at Kasarani, Nairobi, Friday.
Kiprop, who has just joined the force, has been training at the IAAF High Performance Training Centre in Eldoret. "I decided to skip the trip to America where I had planned to race in the Nike Permit meeting in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday to race at home," he said.
Kiprop will come up against training partner Geoffrey Rono with Commonwealth champion, Alex Kipchirchir, expected to miss out as he is still in Europe where he is competing in the Golden League.
Lamu Thursday bagged a total of 160 points to clinch the Coast Administration Police inter-districts athletic championships title at the Mombasa Municipal Stadium.
AP national record holder, Sada Nyawa from Kwale, won the 5,000m walk after clocking 36:25:3 and completed a double by winning the 5,000m race. Lamu dominated the races with the men team getting 119 points while their female counterparts bagged 41 points.
Lamu also dominated the 10,000m race by taking the first two positions through Geofrey Baraza (54:12:2) and Edwin Onyango (54:25:0).
In Nyeri, Richard Wachira from Nyandarua won the 10,000m men race at the Central Province AP championship held at the Ruring'u stadium in Nyeri. The determined Wachira clocked 31:30 with his rival from Murang'a North, Peter Kipchumba, second in 35:40. In the men's 400m hurdles, a time of 1:03:13 was enough to see Eric Ngeny from Kiambu West through to today's final.
- Reports by Chris Musumba, Mazera Ndurya and Boniface Mwangi
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