SEE ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: It is back to the barracks for Kenya's top athletesLydia Cheromei won the 1991 World Cross Country Junior Championship in Antwerp, Belgium. Other stars include Olympic 10,000m champion Vivian Cheruiyot and her class mate Viola Kibiwott, the two-time world junior cross country champion. Mercy Kosgei, who won a silver medal in world junior cross in Fukuoka, Japan in 2006, is also in the mix. They are Kapkenda Girls in Elgeyo Marakwet and AIC Kosirai Girls, AIC Kosirai Mixed High School and Cheptil High School in Nandi. “The Education ministry has placed athletics in February and March in schools, which automatically clashes with junior international events.

Source: Standard Digital June 10, 2020 21:45 UTC