Sawe turns on class to bag national cross country title
Sabastian Sawe wins the senior men's 10km race during 40th edition of Athletics Kenya National Cross Country Championships at Kenya Prisons Staff Training College in Ruiru on March 2, 2024.
Sawe, who tactically moved towards the pack before retreating at the back, waited until the last kilometre to make the decisive move to again win the national trials
Sawe clocked 28 minutes and 38.3 seconds to edge out the 2022 national cross country champion Samuel Chebolei to second place in 28:38.9 as Gideon Rono settled third in 28:41.9
The 2015 and 2019 world cross country champion Geoffrey Kamworor exhibited why fine wine matures with age, claiming the fourth spot in 28:42.6 to set his sights on his sixth world cross country appearance
World half marathon champion Sabastian Sawe has captured the national cross country title to set his sights on the world title later this month.
Sawe, who tactically moved towards the pack before retreating at the back, waited until the last kilometre to make the decisive move to again win the national trials for the World Cross Country Championships at the Kenya Prisons Staff Training College, Kiambu on Saturday.
