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Mayoyo and Nyangeri shine on Kisii track
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- Published on Sunday, 22 June 2008 23:25
Mayoyo clocked 14 minutes, 13.42 seconds while Tanui was second in 14:19.76. Mosima, the pre-race favourite and a younger brother of former Kenyan great Philip Mosima, finished third in the hotly contested race clocking 14:20.47.
Shoulder-to-shoulder
Mayoyo was upbeat that he will do well during the national championships next week in Nairobi.“The race was very tough because the three of us ran shoulder-to-shoulder but I beat them because I had some energy in my reserve. I hope to do well in Nairobi next week,” he said.
Marathoner Jackline Nyangeri easily won the women’s 10,000m in 35:55.24 beating Irene Mong’are of Kebirigo to second position in 37:04.22 while Agnes Morang’a came in 37:34.60.Nyangeri lapped all the runners in the race.“The race was not very tough. It was very difficult for me to meet the qualifying time because I was virtually running alone but I tried my level best,” the winner said after the race.
Philes Moriti, formerly based in Canada, is slowly rediscovering her form and on Friday she clinched the women’s 5,000m clocking 17:15.15 and was followed by Jane Onyang’i (18:00.00).The one-day championships, that brought together runners from the Nyanza South region, were dominated by runners from the eight Gusii districts. The championships were used to select a team to represent the branch in the national trials scheduled for Nairobi next week.
