{"id":6058,"date":"2016-03-13T12:16:46","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T16:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/?p=6058"},"modified":"2016-03-13T19:22:28","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T23:22:28","slug":"kenya-dominates-africa-cross-country-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/kenya-dominates-africa-cross-country-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya dominates Africa cross country Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aprot-afr-16-e1457885534517.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6059\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/aprot-afr-16-300x200.png\" alt=\"aprot-afr-16\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6059\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nKenya thoroughly and utterly dominated the 2016 African championships, leaving arch rivals Ethiopia, Uganda, Morocco and Eritrea biting the dust. Alice Aprot Nawowuna from Turkana county, continued her meteoric rise to the top when she won the women&#8217;s senior race finishing 52 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. James Rungaru needed a late burst to pass Uganda&#8217;s Philip Kipyeko in the last 50 metres. <\/p>\n<p>Leading results<\/p>\n<p>Senior men 10km<br \/>\n1 James Rungaru (KEN) 26:34<br \/>\n2 Phillip Kipyeko (UGA) 26:35<br \/>\n3 Charles Yosei (KEN) 26:46<br \/>\n4 Cleophas Ngetich (KEN) 26:52<br \/>\n5 Geoffrey Koech (KEN) 27:09<br \/>\n6 Getaneh Tamire (ETH) 27:13<\/p>\n<p>Senior men team<br \/>\n1 Kenya<br \/>\n2 Uganda<br \/>\n3 Ethiopia<\/p>\n<p>Senior women 8km<br \/>\n1 Alice Aprot (KEN) 29:52<br \/>\n2 Sheila Chepkirui (KEN) 30:44<br \/>\n3 Beatrice Mutai (KEN) 31:08<br \/>\n4 Dera Yami (ETH) 31:13<br \/>\n5 Daisy Chepkemei (KEN) 31:29<br \/>\n6 Nancy Nzisa (KEN) 31:30<\/p>\n<p>Senior women team<br \/>\n1 Kenya<br \/>\n2 Ethiopia<br \/>\n3 South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Junior men 8km<br \/>\n1 Isaac Kipsang (KEN) 21:33<br \/>\n2 Ronald Kiprotich (KEN) 21:44<br \/>\n3 Aron Kifle (ERI) 21:48<br \/>\n4 Anthony Kiptoo (KEN) 21:56<br \/>\n5 Andrew Lorot (KEN) 21:59<br \/>\n6 Nixon Kiplagat (KEN) 22:11<\/p>\n<p>Junior men team<br \/>\n1 Kenya<br \/>\n2 Ethiopia<br \/>\n3 South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Junior women 6km<br \/>\n1 Miriam Cherop (KEN) 18:31<br \/>\n2 Gloria Kite (KEN) 18:39<br \/>\n3 Winfredah Mbithe (KEN) 18:40<br \/>\n4 Lucy Cheruiyot (KEN) 18:42<br \/>\n5 Muliye Dekobo (ETH) 18:52<br \/>\n6 Tersit Desalgn (ETH) 19:02<\/p>\n<p>Junior women team<br \/>\n1 Kenya<br \/>\n2 Ethiopia<br \/>\n3 Morocco<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 50%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/kenyapage.net\/athletics\/\"><br \/>\nBack to Kenya Athletics Page<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/kenyapage.net\/commentary\/kenya-athletics-news-3\/kenya-dominates-africa-cross-country-championships\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenya thoroughly and utterly dominated the 2016 African championships, leaving arch rivals Ethiopia, Uganda, Morocco and Eritrea biting the dust&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,39],"tags":[688,717,718,245],"class_list":["post-6058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kenya-athletics-news-3","category-kenya-sports-commentary","tag-alice-aprot","tag-james-rungaru","tag-kenya-cross-country","tag-kenya-runners","wpcat-31-id","wpcat-39-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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