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AK released its calendar of events for 24/25 season on October 2, dedicated to paving the way for preparations ahead of the 2025 World Athletics Championship in Tokyo.
Athletics Kenya(AK) has announced that its 2024/25 calendar of events is poised to kick off on October 19-24 with the Machakos Cross-Country weekend meet.
The Machakos Cross-Country is the first leg of the Cross-Country series that will run till January 2025.
"Athletics Kenya is excited to announce the start of its new calendar with the first leg of the Cross-Country Series set for October 19, 2024, at The Machakos Teachers College," announced AK via a tweet on their X account.
The Cross-Country run will feature the 2km Fun Run for both men and women, 2km mixed relays, 6km U-20 women's run, the 8km U-20 men's run and both the men's and women's 10km senior run.
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AK has announced the prize money for the event with the winner in the senior men's and women's race pocketing a sum of Ksh50,000 while the runner-up walks away with Ksh40,000 as a third-place finish will earn Ksh20,000.
In the junior men's and women's races, the winner will collect a sum of Ksh30,000 while the runner-up will pocket Ksh20,000 with third-place walking way with Ksh15,000
The mixed relays will see the winner walk away with Ksh40,000 while both the runner-up and third-place pocket Ksh30,000 and 20,000 respectively.
The Cross-Country race is the first of many in a cakendar of events that has been tailor made as preparation for the roadmap to Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championship.
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It will be followed by the Cross-Country series second leg in Kapsokwony, Bungoma county on October 24-26.
Bib collection for the Machakos Cross-Country run is on October 18.
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