Maurine Jepkoech successfully defended her Machakos Cross Country title, the opening leg of Athletics Kenya cross Country championships held today in Machakos County.
Coming from North Rift, Jepkoech won the 10km senior women title after clocking 30:37.7 ahead of Sandrafelis Chebet Tuei, who was third last in 31:07.6 with Rebecca Njeri Mwangi completing the podium at 31:18.9.
Selected top ten results
6km under 20 women
- CYNTHIA CHEPKURUI (South Rif) 18:54.8
- JOYLINE CHEPKEMOI (South Rift) 19:00.4
- JANE WANGARI (South Rift) 19:02.8
- MIRIAM CHEMUTAI KIBET (South Rift) 19:04.9
- REMUS NASERIAN (South Rift) 19:05.3
- ANATASHA CHEPTOO LANGAT (South Rift) 19:35.1
- BRENDA CHEBET (South Rift) 19:36.1
- FANCY CHEPKORIR (South Rift) 19:46.6
- NEMAYIAN SIMON (South Rift) 19:48.6
- SHARON NDANU MWANTHI (Eastern) 19:48.9
8km under 20 men
- FESTUS KIMORWO KAPTUM (Central Rift) 21:52.5
- RONALD KIPKOECH NGETICH (South Rift) 21:53.6
- KEVIN KIPROP BIWOTT (Central) 21:56.3
- CHARLES KIBOINO (Central Rift) 21:59.9
- NICHOLAS KIPCHUMBA (Central) 22:07.9
- KELVIN KAKENYA KARIANKEI (Central Rift) 22:12.8
- BENEDICT NJOROGE MBUGUA (South Rift) 22:18.7
- KIBIWOT ANTHONY (Western) 22:22.0
- GISAH FRANKLINE KILESI (South Rift) 22:27.4
- JOHNSON KAMAU NJOKI (Central) 22:39.0
10km senior women
- MAURINE JEPKOECH CHEBOR (North Rift) 30:37.7
- SANDRAFELIS CHEBET TUEI (Kenya Police) 31:07.6
- REBECCA NJERI MWANGI (Kenya Prisons) 31:18.9
- WINFRED MBITHE (Kenya Police) 31:29.6
- DIANA CHEPKEMOI (South Rift) 31:30.2
- DIANA WANZA (Nairobi) 31:35.0
- NDUNGU REGINA WAMBOI (South Rift) 31:42.3
- RUTH MWIHAKI GITONGA (South Rift) 31:48.3
- SHARON CHEPKEMOI (South Rift) 31:54.9
- FAITH JEMISTO KAPKIRON (North Rift) 31:57.8
10km senior men
- RONOH GIDEON KIPKERTICH (Central Rift) 28:12.4
- VINCENT KIBET LANGAT (South Rift) 28:18.9
- SILAS SENCHURA (South Rift) 28:19.7
- VICTOR KIPRUTO (North Rift) 28:22.8
- KELVIN KIPLAGAT ROTICH (Central Rift) 28:24.0
- VICTOR KIMOSOP (Central Rift) 28:26.0
- GIDEON KIPNGETICH (South Rift) 28:35.7
- MOSES KIRIMI MUNGATHIA (Central) 28:37.9
- DUNCAN WAWERU GITUKU (Central) 28:38.0
- KEVIN CHESANG CHEPSERGON (Central Rift) 28:40.2
2km loop women
- CARREN CHEPNGENO (South Rift) 6:32.2
- JACENTA ABESE (Kenya Prisons) 6:38.1
- JOSPHINE SEMBEYO MANCHA (South Rift) 6:48.5
- LUCY KWAMBOKA GITENYA (Nyanza South) 6:56.5
- SARAH KWAMBOKA OMARI (Nyanza South) 7:02.8
- JOSEPHINE NYAMUSI NYAKORA (Kenya Prisons) 7:05.3
- EMMILY JEROP (KDF) 7:07.2
- MARGARET TAJEU NASERIAN (KDF) 7:08.9
- MOUREEN NANJALA WAFULA (Kenya Prisons) 7:31.2
- FAITH MUKONYO (Southern) 7:34.5
2km loop men
- DAVID KIPKOECH TOROITICH (Central Rift) 5:31.8
- SOLOMON KIMUTAI (NYS) 5:35.3
- EZEKIEL LETAYA (KDF) 5:35.5
- PATRICK KIPRONO ROTICH (KDF) 5:36.2
- VINCENT MEKENYE GWACHI (North Rift) 5:36.6
- KAMAR ETIANG (North Rift) 5:37.3
- GEORGE MEITAMEI MANANG’OI (KDF) 5:37.7
- OBADIAH KIPLETING (Kenya Prisons) 5:38.9
- RASHID KWEMOI MKULIA (Nairobi) 5:41.0
- EDWIN KIPLAGAT KIPRONO (Central Rift) 5:42.4