Squad compete at National Track and Field Championships in Ndola

On 17th May, three members of the Chengelo Elite Athletics Squad participated in the National Track and Field Championships at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium in Ndola. Herbert Mithi was not able to attend the event due to chickenpox and Maria Bangala was nursing an injury, but still traveled to support her sister, Johanna.

Chigomezyo Kawonga impressed in the 800m with a personal best time of 2 min 5.01s. Once again, he paced his run superbly, not fazed by the quick first lap. Chigo is now hoping to work on his endurance in the last 200m to improve on this personal best further.

 Chigomezyo Kawonga

Chigomezyo passes several runners on his second lap as he runs a personal best time.

Johanna Bangala, despite missing a couple of weeks of training in April through injury, competed in a race packed with quality. She finished in fourth place in a time of 1 min 0.21s which was seen as a good time considering the limited amount of training she has completed in the weeks prior to the event.

 Johanna Bangala

Kikwanza Sondashi ran a time of 11.43s in the 100m to qualify for the final. Despite two false starts from other runners, he kept his cool and ran a personal best time of 11.17s to finish in fifth place. Kikwanza stumbled out of the blocks and slowed down towards the end of the race and therefore should feel as though he can run a faster time in the near future.

 Kikwanza Sondashi

 

Kikwanza Sondashi sneaks into the final as a fastest loser in the heats.

The athletes will now look forward to the upcoming Independent School Association of Zambia Athletics Qualifiers in Ndola on 31st May and the finals which will be held two weeks later.