Standard, KIU dominate national trials
Apr 19, 2009
LONG-DISTANCE ace Benjamin Kiplagat showed he has a sprint finish and can compete at different distances by winning the 1500m at the second National Track and Field trials at Namboole on Saturday.
By Norman Katende
Selected winners
Women
100m M. Gamba (MAK) 11.9
200m J. Bayigga (Ind) 23.8
400m E. Nanziri (KIU) 54.7
800m J. Chekwel (St’dard) 2:08.4
1500m M. Chebet (IUIU) 4:34.7
5000m A. Negesa (Iganga) 16:31.2
Men
100m A. Ngaimoko (KIU) 10.4
200m A. Ngaimoko (KIU) 21.0
400m Nsamba (St. Lawrence) 47.1
800m J. Adar (Standard) 1:47.9
1500m B. Kipagat (St’dard) 3:43.6
10000mM. Kipsiro(St’dard) 28:16.0
LONG-DISTANCE ace Benjamin Kiplagat showed he has a sprint finish and can compete at different distances by winning the 1500m at the second National Track and Field trials at Namboole on Saturday.
Kiplagat clocked 3 minutes 43.6 seconds to edge fellow club mates Alex Cherop (3:44.4) and Moses Kibet (3:44.7) in a sprint finish as the battle to qualify for the World Championship hit up. Cherop has already qualified for the event as a marathon runner.
His win was one of several great runs by Standard Athletics Club. Also winning for Standard was Moses Kipsiro (10000m) and the duo of Jimmy Adar and Juliet Chekwel in the men and womens 800m.
Adar’s 1:47.9 was the only promising time, as it was a second off the qualifying mark of the World championship.
KIU sprinters again stole the show, with Ali Ngaimoko winning the men’s 100m and 200m and Emily Nanziri the 400m.
Trinity College Nabbingo provided the day’s surprise when they entered a bus full of athletes in the local competition.
“It is still early season. They will improve as they get more competition,†said Godfrey Nuwagaba, the federation treasurer.
One of the close races, the women’s 800m saw KIU’s Achola Janet improve her 800m personal best by over one second. The race was won by Juliet Chekwell (Standard) in 2min 08.4 seconds. Achola was second in 2 minutes 09.9secs.
The men’s 100m world record - set by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt in Beijing last August - will be broken at August’s World Athletics Championships in Berlin, according to IAAF president Lamine Diack.
Bolt’s time of 9.69secs will fall at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, predicts Diack, when the world’s fastest men gather in Germany’s capital.
“Whoever wants to win 100 metres in Berlin will have to run under 9.69seconds,†Diack said.
Selected winners
Women
100m M. Gamba (MAK) 11.9
200m J. Bayigga (Ind) 23.8
400m E. Nanziri (KIU) 54.7
800m J. Chekwel (St’dard) 2:08.4
1500m M. Chebet (IUIU) 4:34.7
5000m A. Negesa (Iganga) 16:31.2
Men
100m A. Ngaimoko (KIU) 10.4
200m A. Ngaimoko (KIU) 21.0
400m Nsamba (St. Lawrence) 47.1
800m J. Adar (Standard) 1:47.9
1500m B. Kipagat (St’dard) 3:43.6
10000mM. Kipsiro(St’dard) 28:16.0
LONG-DISTANCE ace Benjamin Kiplagat showed he has a sprint finish and can compete at different distances by winning the 1500m at the second National Track and Field trials at Namboole on Saturday.
Kiplagat clocked 3 minutes 43.6 seconds to edge fellow club mates Alex Cherop (3:44.4) and Moses Kibet (3:44.7) in a sprint finish as the battle to qualify for the World Championship hit up. Cherop has already qualified for the event as a marathon runner.
His win was one of several great runs by Standard Athletics Club. Also winning for Standard was Moses Kipsiro (10000m) and the duo of Jimmy Adar and Juliet Chekwel in the men and womens 800m.
Adar’s 1:47.9 was the only promising time, as it was a second off the qualifying mark of the World championship.
KIU sprinters again stole the show, with Ali Ngaimoko winning the men’s 100m and 200m and Emily Nanziri the 400m.
Trinity College Nabbingo provided the day’s surprise when they entered a bus full of athletes in the local competition.
“It is still early season. They will improve as they get more competition,†said Godfrey Nuwagaba, the federation treasurer.
One of the close races, the women’s 800m saw KIU’s Achola Janet improve her 800m personal best by over one second. The race was won by Juliet Chekwell (Standard) in 2min 08.4 seconds. Achola was second in 2 minutes 09.9secs.
Bolt’s time of 9.69secs will fall at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium, predicts Diack, when the world’s fastest men gather in Germany’s capital.
“Whoever wants to win 100 metres in Berlin will have to run under 9.69seconds,†Diack said.