Fresh from winning Chepsaita cross country title in Eldoret, Edinah Jebitok and Abdessamad Oukhelfen won the Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños cross country meeting yesterday in Spain.
The 22 year old Jebitok retained her title she won two years ago after building a five-second lead on USA’S Katie Izzo and Ethiopia’s Asayech Ayichew, while Kenya’s Maurine Jemutai ran in fourth another two seconds adrift.
In men, Oukhelfen edged out his country mate Fernando Carro to second.
Top ten results
Women
1 Edinah Jebitok (KEN) 33:11
2 Asayech Ayichew (ETH) 33:53
3 Katie Izzo (USA) 34:08
4 Angela Viciosa (ESP) 35:05
5 Cristina Ruiz (ESP) 35:08
6 Marta Garcia (ESP) 35:11
7 Isabel Barreiro (ESP) 35:17
8 Lili Anna Vindics-Toth (HUN) 35:28
9 Cristina Espejo (ESP) 35:30
10 Lucia Rodriguez (ESP) 36:40
Men
1 Abdessamad Oukhelfen (ESP) 30:16
2 Fernando Carro (ESP) 30:17
3 Fabien Palcau (FRA) 30:17
4 Abderrahmane Afendi (MAR) 30:34
5 Aaron Las Heras (ESP) 30:54
6 David Bascuñana (ESP) 31:00
7 Abderrahman El Khayami (ESP) 31:11
8 Daniel Hernando (ESP) 32:17
9 Vicente Viciosa (ESP) 34:17
10 Daniel Saez (ESP) 34:41