Cherutwo signals early warning
Jan 22, 2006
JACKLINE Cherutwo announced her claim to the national junior title by winning the women 5km Bukwa road race in Amananka, Bukwa district on Saturday.
By Norman Katende
Women 5km race
1. J. Cherutwo 18:27.58
2. N. Chepkwemoi 19:01.2
3. D. Chesang 19:10.2
Men 10km
1. I. Kiprop 31:32.3
2. N. Kwemoi 31:58.0
3. F. Arapsudi 32:13.5
JACKLINE Cherutwo announced her claim to the national junior title by winning the women 5km Bukwa road race in Amananka, Bukwa district on Saturday.
The 15-year old Arua Athletics Club runner, who finished 17th in the Eldoret cross-country early this month, clocked 18 minutes 27.6 seconds in the high altitude Bukwa district near the Kenyan border.
“It was a tough race but I am prepared. I am used to the course,†said Cherutwo, a promising long distance runner.
She beat standard High’s Nancy Chepkwemoi and Doreen Chesang to the top winner’s prize offered by Canadian Karl Kerlstead.
Isaac Kiprop managed to defend last year’s title in the absence of Boniface Kiprop, watching on the sidelines and Moses Kipsiro, who stayed in Europe nursing an injury.
The third edition Bukwa race attracted 120 athletes, including ten who were breastfeeding mothers.
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Women 5km race
1. J. Cherutwo 18:27.58
2. N. Chepkwemoi 19:01.2
3. D. Chesang 19:10.2
Men 10km
1. I. Kiprop 31:32.3
2. N. Kwemoi 31:58.0
3. F. Arapsudi 32:13.5
JACKLINE Cherutwo announced her claim to the national junior title by winning the women 5km Bukwa road race in Amananka, Bukwa district on Saturday.
The 15-year old Arua Athletics Club runner, who finished 17th in the Eldoret cross-country early this month, clocked 18 minutes 27.6 seconds in the high altitude Bukwa district near the Kenyan border.
“It was a tough race but I am prepared. I am used to the course,†said Cherutwo, a promising long distance runner.
She beat standard High’s Nancy Chepkwemoi and Doreen Chesang to the top winner’s prize offered by Canadian Karl Kerlstead.
Isaac Kiprop managed to defend last year’s title in the absence of Boniface Kiprop, watching on the sidelines and Moses Kipsiro, who stayed in Europe nursing an injury.
The third edition Bukwa race attracted 120 athletes, including ten who were breastfeeding mothers.
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