Coast Region BingwaFest athletics action set for Shanzu Teachers College
More than Ksh 5 million will be up for grabs in the various races that will be on show at Shanzu, with both male and female athletes receiving equal prize money
All is set for the BingwaFest Coast edition athletics showdown at the Shanzu Teachers Training College today in Mombasa County.
African Championships bronze medalist in the 4x400m relay Joan Cherono is expected to lead the charge in the 400m race, with sprinter Monicah Zephania also one to keep an eye on in the women’s 100m. Meanwhile, Wiseman Were is expected to lead the trio of Elkana Chemelil, Felix Kibet, and Meshach Babu in the men’s 4x400m.
More than Ksh 5 million will be up for grabs in the various races that will be on show at Shanzu, with both male and female athletes receiving equal prize money.
Gold medalists in the lucrative 10,000m, both men and women, will take home Ksh 300,000 as the first and second runners-up will pocket Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 200,000 respectively. The athletes who finish fourth and fifth will round off the prize bracket and will receive Ksh 100,000 and Ksh 75,000 in that order.
In the 5,000m category, winners will be awarded Ksh 250,000, second-place finishers Ksh 150,000, third-place Ksh 100,000, fourth-place Ksh 50,000, and fifth-place Ksh 30,000.
Prizes for the top five in the 100m, 4000m, 800m, and 1,500m will be the same, with gold medalists receiving Ksh 150,000, silver medalists KSh 100,000, and bronze medalists Ksh 60,000. The fourth and fifth-place finishers will pocket Ksh 30,000 and Ksh 20,000.
The 4×4 and 4×1 relays will see winning teams awarded Ksh 100,000, as positions two and three receive Ksh 60,000 and Ksh 30,000 respectively.
The other disciplines took place just over a week ago, with winners in football and rugby pocketing Ksh 1 million each while the winning teams in the 3×3 basketball went home Ksh 500,000 richer. The first runners-up for football and rugby were awarded Ksh 500,000 while the second runners-up rounded off the prize category and received Ksh 250,000. In basketball, the teams that finished second and third took home Ksh 250,000 and Ksh 100,000 respectively.
