2023 Word 10,000m silver medalist Daniel Simiu and Brilliant Jepkorir will return to the Eldoret Sports Club this Saturday 25th October as they seek to defend their 10km National cross country titles as well as punch tickets for the global championship.
Simiu of Kenya Police is the man to beat in a star studded men’s field as he returns to the venue where he bagged the national title early February this year as he faces stiff challenge from 10,000m reigning national champion Silas Senchura of Nairobi region.
Others in contention for the men’s title include youth sensational Benson Kiplangat and Ishmael Rokitto among other formidable opponents.
Equally the women’s race is blow wide open with Kenya Prisons’s Jepkorir facing off with Lillian Kassait,Mercy Chebet,2013 world silver medalist in 5000m Mercy Cherono among others.
Athletics Kenya will use the one day championship to select a formidable team for early next year’s World Cross Country championships set for Tehasse,USA.
Other races will be the 8km men and 6km women under 20 as well as the 2km loop with over 400 athletes scrambling for about 30 slots up for grabs.
