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28 April 2023 | Athletics

10 Ugandan runners will represent the country at the U18 and U20 athletics championship in Lusaka, Zambia, due April 29-May 3. Dan Kibet, a student of Chemanga HS is ready to perform at the event, having finished fourth, just one place short of the podium finish at the World Cross Country in Bathurst, Australia in February.
"All I am looking at is a gold medal and I think I have prepared enough for it," Kibet, who competed at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia told Daily Monitor.
Dr Bernard Ogwel, the NCS General Secretary believes the U18 and U20 teams will be future champions.
“One of the privileges is to present such players to international events which are also qualifiers for the Paris 2024 Olympics," Ogwel told Daily Monitor.
Africa U20 & U18 team
Girls
Loice Chekwemoi (U20) 3000mSc
Financia Chekwemoi (U18) 3000m
Felister Chekwemoi (U18) 1500m
Maureen Chebet (U20) 800m
Boys
Dan Kibet (U20) 5000m
Kenneth Kiprop (U20) 5000m
Victor Cherotich (U18) 3000m
Gideon Rotich (U20) 1500m
Raymond Omara (U18) 800m
Rajab Lomutho (U20) 100m/200m

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