Rock City Marathon entries surpass 2,500
Mathew Kasonta, event coordinator from Capital-Plus International
(CPI), confirmed the statistics after arriving in Mwanza city yesterday
to finalise preparations of the event which is expected to start and
finish at CCM Kirumba Stadium.
He said apart from attracting prominent government officials within
Lake Zone, many upcoming athletes and those who have been in the game
for some time have registered for this year’s event, mentioning that the
runners are from Tanzania and other countries including Kenya, Uganda,
Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), India, Canada and
United States.
Kasonta is optimistic that the number of participants will increase
based on the past experience where many participants do register at
eleventh hour.
‘We expect the number of athletes to increase this year, as we have
greatly improved prize fund package and reshaped the activities for
this year. We are also looking forward to have an increased number of
foreign participants as contrasted to the previous editions,’ said
Kasonta.
This year’s event will feature short races of 100, 400 and 1,500
metres, thanks to RCM technical committee who saw the significance of
introducing the races which will include youths from secondary schools
and those at upper primary schools. The races which will be run after
the main half marathon.
He unveiled cash prize packages for various categories as follows,
for 21 kilometer race (half marathon) a total of 7,100,000/- have been
set aside for winners whereby 1.5 m/- will be for the grand winners in
either sex, First runners-up will walk away with 900,000/- each and
second runners-up will get 700,000/- each.
For five kilometers category race, more than 400,000/- has been set
aside for winners. A sum of 340,000/- has been set aside for winners of
the three-kilometre race and a total of 200,000/- is for the
two-kilometre winners.
Kasonta said for the inaugural short distance race category a sum
of 480,000/-, will be up for grabs while all grand winners will walk
away with decoders as well.
The coordinator said registration forms are still available at the places stated earlier during the launch of the event.
SOURCE:
THE GUARDIAN
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