{"id":437173,"date":"2011-06-07T02:38:47","date_gmt":"2011-06-07T02:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/07\/kenya-triangular-to-pick-youth-track-team\/"},"modified":"2011-06-07T02:38:47","modified_gmt":"2011-06-07T02:38:47","slug":"kenya-triangular-to-pick-youth-track-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/07\/kenya-triangular-to-pick-youth-track-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenya: Triangular to Pick Youth Track Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"41.6203238414\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/nation180.jpg\" alt=\"The Nation (Nairobi)\" title=\"Visit The Nation (Nairobi)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Komen<\/p>\n<p>6 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>Nairobi \u2014 Good action is expected when young and experienced athletes battle at the Triangular Athletics Championships at the Nyayo National Stadium from on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The showpiece will be used to pick Kenya&#8217;s team to the Seventh IAAF World Youth Championships in Lille, France, next month, will be a competition between colleges primary schools and secondary schools.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day competition, that ends on Wednesday, will be headlined by a legion of trailblazers among them world cross-country junior champion Faith Jepng&#8217;etich and Youth Olympic 3,000m champion Gladys Chesir.<\/p>\n<p>Africa Cross Country Championships junior runner-up Linda Jepkorir and national secondary schools steeplechase runner-up Lilian Chemweno will spice up the water and barriers race.<\/p>\n<p>Albert Kiprop of Nairobi&#8217;s Riruta Central School offers a mouth-watering clash against Cyrus Kiprono of St Francis Kimuron Secondary (in Keiyo) in 3,000m race.<\/p>\n<p>Festus Kiprono (3,000m), Norah Jerop (steeplechase) and Viola Jepchirchir of athletics-rich Sing&#8217;ore Girls in Keiyo are other stars to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Athletics Kenya vice chairman Paul Mutwii said athletes must produce valid documents that justify their age to be named in the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Those born between 1994 and 1995 will only be picked to the World Youth Championships. 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