2016 African Cross Country Championships

IV Africa Cross Country Championships CAA 4th 12 March 2016 Yaoundé, Cameroon 16 151 4 2014 Kampala 2018 The 2016 African Cross Country Championships was the fourth edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 12 March at the Yaounde Golf Club in Yaoundé, Cameroon – the first time a West African nation had hosted the event since its re-launch in 2011. There were four races on the program: 10 km for senior men, 8 km for senior women, 7 km for junior men and 5.5 km for junior women.TECHNICAL REGULATIONS OF THE 4th CAA AFRICA CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPSYAOUNDE (CAMEROUN) 12 MARCH 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160918234601/http://www.webcaa.org/en/images/sampledata/pdf/TechnicalRegulationYaounde2016.pdf 2016-09-18 . CONFEDERATION OF AFRICAN ATHLETICS. Retrieved on 2016-09-18. For a fourth successive time, Kenya dominated the event, led by men's winner James Gitahi Rungaru and women's winner Alice Aprot Nawowuna. The country also provided the junior winners (Miriam Cherop and Isaac Kipsang) and topped the team podium in all four races. Only two non-Kenyans won an individual medal: Phillip Kipyeko of Uganda was the men's runner-up and Eritrea's Aron Kifle took third in the men's junior race. Kenya swept the medals on the women's side, including a perfect score of ten in the junior race.Evans, Kip (2016-03-12). Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-09-18.Ayodi, Ayumba (2016-03-12). Mighty Kenya has no equal at Africa Cross Country. Daily Nation. Retrieved on 2016-09-18. There were 151 racers in all, including 46 men who finished the senior race, 43 men who finished the junior race, 29 women who finished the senior race, and 33 women who finished the junior race. The competition had reduced international participation, with only 16 nations sending athletes – eight fewer than had done so in 2014.Kenya rules at African Cross Country Championships https://web.archive.org/web/20160315125300/http://www.webcaa.org/en/index.php/utiliser-joomla/utiliser-extensions/composants/composant-contenu/liste-categories/78-top-articles/445-kenya-rules-at-african-cross-country-championships 2016-03-15 . WebCAA. Retrieved on 2016-09-18. Medallists Individual Senior men's 10 kmJames Gitahi Rungaru KEN 26:34Phillip Kipyeko UGA 26:35Charles Yosei Muneria KEN 26:46Senior women's 8 kmAlice Aprot Nawowuna KEN 29:52Sheila Chepkirui KEN 30:44Beatrice Mutai KEN 31:08Junior men's 7 kmIsaac Kipsang KEN 21:33Ronald Kiprotich KEN 21:44Aron Kifle ERI 21:48Junior women's 5.5 kmMiriam Cherop KEN 18:31Gloria Kite KEN 18:39Winfredah Mbithe KEN 18:40 Team Senior men's 10 kmKENRungaruMuneriaCleophas NgetichGeoffrey Koech 13UGAKipyekoAbdallah MandeDaniel RotichMoses Kurong 30ETHGetaneh TamireBirhan NebebewMogos TuemayYihunilign Adane 41Senior women's 8 kmKENNawowunaChepkiruiMutaiDaisy Jepkemei 11ETHDera YamiKidsan AlemaAlamerew TirusewFotyen Tesfay 33RSADina Lebo PhalulaLebogang PhalulaAndrea SteynMurhendwa Dhavanha 65Junior men's 7 kmKENKipsangKiprotichAnthony KiptooAndrew Lorot 12ETHTefera MosisaSolomon BerihumGurmessa NegaBiyazen Alehegn 38RSAIkageng GaorekweKabelo MelamuRowhaldo RatzKabelo Seboko 81Junior women's 5.5 kmKENCheropKiteMbitheLucy Cheruiyot 10ETHMuliye DekeboTersit DesalgnZerfie LimenehTiblet Getaneth 26MARHanane BouaggadImane BouhaliRahima TahiriMeryam Kamali 82 Participation 18em See also 2016 Asian Cross Country Championships 2016 European Cross Country Championships References Results African Cross-Country Championships, Yaounde (Cameroon) 12/03/2016. Africa Athle. Retrieved on 2016-09-18. African Cross Country Category:African Cross Country Championships Cross Country African Cross Country Category:Sports competitions in Yaoundé Category:21st century in Yaoundé Category:International athletics competitions hosted by Cameroon Category:March 2016 sports events in Africa