Coaches confident team will win medal
Mar 11, 2007
HEAD coach Gordon Ahimbisibwe has predicted a podium finish for Uganda at the World Cross Country championships.
By Norman Katende
in Kapkoros, Bukwo
HEAD coach Gordon Ahimbisibwe has predicted a podium finish for Uganda at the World Cross Country championships.
“They are all fit. They have responded very well to training,†Ahimbisibwe said as he finalised preparations for the Mombasa athletics meet due March 24.
“ We are training them to challenge the traditional countries and I am confident they will do it,†said Ahimbisibwe.
“ We want them to start running as a team. It is only running as a team that will help us excel,†he added at his base in the Kapchorwa highlands.
Uganda has won junior team bronze medals in four of the last five years.
Boniface Kiprop won two individual silver medals and a bronze. Kiprop and Dorcus Inzikuru will lead the team.
The team
Senior men: B. Kiprop, M. Kipsiro, I. Kiprop, J. Chebet, R. Soibei, F. Musani, M. Aliwa, W. Busienei and M. Toroitich.
Senior women: D. Inzikuru, J. Suuto, C. Webombesa, E. Chebet, D. Chesang and F. Chelangat.
Junior men: G. Kusuro, S. Kiproitich, F. Arapsudi, D. Hura, B. Kiplagat, I. Ayeko.
Junior women: M. Chelangat, V. Chemos, D. Chesang, J. Nanzalea, and N. Temuko.
in Kapkoros, Bukwo
HEAD coach Gordon Ahimbisibwe has predicted a podium finish for Uganda at the World Cross Country championships.
“They are all fit. They have responded very well to training,†Ahimbisibwe said as he finalised preparations for the Mombasa athletics meet due March 24.
“ We are training them to challenge the traditional countries and I am confident they will do it,†said Ahimbisibwe.
“ We want them to start running as a team. It is only running as a team that will help us excel,†he added at his base in the Kapchorwa highlands.
Uganda has won junior team bronze medals in four of the last five years.
Boniface Kiprop won two individual silver medals and a bronze. Kiprop and Dorcus Inzikuru will lead the team.
The team
Senior men: B. Kiprop, M. Kipsiro, I. Kiprop, J. Chebet, R. Soibei, F. Musani, M. Aliwa, W. Busienei and M. Toroitich.
Senior women: D. Inzikuru, J. Suuto, C. Webombesa, E. Chebet, D. Chesang and F. Chelangat.
Junior men: G. Kusuro, S. Kiproitich, F. Arapsudi, D. Hura, B. Kiplagat, I. Ayeko.
Junior women: M. Chelangat, V. Chemos, D. Chesang, J. Nanzalea, and N. Temuko.