Jonathan Komen
27 November 2011
World half marathon and Africa 10,000m champion Wilson Kiprop and former World Cross winner Emmily Chebet won the senior races at the fifth Tuskys Wareng Cross Country meeting in Eldoret on Sunday as the two highlighted the season’s comeback tales at Huruma grounds.
Dennis Kipruto (35:01.9), this year’s Standard Chartered marathon 21km runner-up, and Africa Cross Country junior bronze medallist Nicholas Togom (35:04.0) followed.
World Cross runner Gedion Kipketer (23:04.7) won the men’s 8km ahead of Abraham Kasongor (23:26.8) and Ernest Ng’eno (23:32.1).
Chebet (27:02.6), the 2010 World Cross champion, won the eight-kilometre contest in ahead of Farida Chelagat (27:05.2) and Gergina Rono (27:08.0).
Agnes Chebet (20:04.7) won the women’s 6km race ahead of Jepkorir Kipkoech and Cynthia Kosgei.
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