Kenya’s universities shine with 55 gold medals at EAUG

Kenya’s universities shine with 55 gold medals at EAUG

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Kenyan universities dominated the thirteenth Eastern Africa University Games (EAUG) hosted at Maseno University, securing a mixed whole of 55 gold medals. However, Uganda’s Ndejje University claimed the general crown with a formidable 34 gold medals as a single college.

Amid the spirited competitors, Kenya’s mixed universities secured a formidable 55 gold medals, whereas Maseno University’s Julius Mpayan upheld the nation’s legacy by placing gold within the males’s 3,000m race, whilst Ugandan athletes stole the present in long-distance occasions.

Final medal standings and outcomes of the EAUG, held for the primary time at Maseno University, have been launched on the weekend and shared with People Sport by the Federation of Eastern Africa University Sports (FEAUS) administrator Ivan Kisa. 

According to the EAUG medal standings, Uganda’s Ndejje University emerged high with 34 gold medals. Kenya’s United States International University Africa (USIU) secured second place with 15 gold medals, adopted by Uganda Christian University (UCU) with 15 gold medals.

Makerere University completed fourth with 14 gold medals, whereas Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) was ranked fifth with 10 gold medals. 

Host Maseno University ranked sixth total, bagging 8 gold medals.

They have been adopted by Uganda’s Gulu University, which additionally secured 8 gold medals however had fewer silver (5) and bronze (8) medals in comparison with Maseno’s tally of 10 silver and 22 bronze medals. 

Makerere University Business School took eighth place with seven gold medals, adopted by Kenya’s Mount Kenya University (MKU) and Kenyatta University (KU), which every garnered 7 gold medals, closing the highest 10 total winners bracket out of 32 universities.

However, MKU and KU gained fewer silver and bronze medals in comparison with Makerere University Business School. 

The video games, organised by FEAUS in partnership with numerous Kenyan establishments, have been hosted with assist from Olympics Kenya, Mumboha Secondary School, Chulaimbo Boys Secondary, St Mary’s Yala, Kisumu Boys High School, and different companions corresponding to Coca-Cola and Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB). 

Athletics occasions have been held at Moi Stadium in Kisumu, the place Maseno University’s Mpayan bagged gold within the 3,000m race.

Edgar Nsimiramkama from Bishop Stuart University (BSU) completed second, timed at 8:39.9 seconds, whereas Kisii University’s Isaya Kiriago completed third at 8:48.0 seconds. Mpayan additionally claimed second place within the males’s 10,000m with a time of 31:45.5, behind the Ugandan winner. 

In different outcomes, the boys’s 5,000m was gained by Akampu of BSU, clocking 14:46.8 seconds, whereas Marvellous Orishaba of Ndejje University clinched the ladies’s 5,000m title in 18:02.6 seconds.

The 800m males’s and ladies’s races have been additionally dominated by Ugandan athletes, with BSU’s Peter Akemkwene and Orishaba claiming the titles, respectively. 

Kenyan athletes excelled in brief and middle-distance races.

MKU’s Godwin Ochieng gained the boys’s 100m hurdles in 16.2 seconds, whereas Denis Ngetich claimed the 100m dash with a time of 10.6 seconds. 

Overall, Ndejje University emerged because the athletics champion with 10 gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze medals.

Uganda Christian University adopted with 14 medals, whereas Gulu University bagged 15 medals. 

During the closing ceremony, Maseno University vice-chancellor Prof Julius Nyabundi, represented by performing deputy vice-chancellor Prof Erick Nyambedha, lauded FEAUS for granting Maseno the rights to host the occasion.

He additionally recommended the organising committee and the County Government of Kisumu for his or her assist in making ready the venues and guaranteeing the success of the video games.