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PITTSBURG, Kan. (March 11, 2016) – Freshman Sydney Gidabuday ran to a 5000 meter crown at the NCAA Division II Championships on Friday to highlight Adams State University on day one of competition from the Robert W. Plaster Center. Gidabuday's first place mark along with a fifth place finish from the Distance Medley Relay (DMR) team currently position the Adams State University men in second place with 15 team points. Gidabuday's 5000 meter time of 14:06.09 was enough to fend off Bryce Bradley of Grand Valley State University by 1.84 seconds. The title gives the freshman his sixth overall first place finish during the indoor season. Furthermore, he's now won the last four events he's raced dating back to his mile win at the UW Open on February 14 th . After 10 points from Gidabuday, the DMR team of Brian Baum , Robert Guinn , Kale Adams , and Oliver Aitchison supplied five team points by virtue of placing fourth in a field of 12. The Grizzlies finished...

Tanzania National Olympic Camp for athletics posing for a photo while wearing sports gear provided to them by GSM Foundation, Mr Anthony Mtaka (President of Athletics Tanzania) joined them briefly  GSM Foundation has strengthened support for Athletics Tanzania team for 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games to be held next August. GSM Foundation emerged as prime sponsors for the just held Dodoma Hapa Kazi Tu Half Maathon whereby winners were awarded Motorbikes and construction material. Tanzania is gearing up for Summer Games, when sponsors show up for rescue it's always a blessing for this country so hungry of medals. We; the members of Tanzania Athletics Community do appreciate for what GSM Foundation is doing.  We hope that other companies and firms will follow the footsteps shown by GSM Foundation. Patriotism is what counts to achieve Olympic Spirit.

Alphonce Felix Simbu of Tanzania LAKE BIWA-JAPAN  In warm but windless conditions, Lucas Rotich won a close race at the Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon in   2:09:11   ahead of Hisanori Kitajima ( 2:09:16 ) who was one of four Japanese runners to break the   2:10 -barrier on home soil.  Tanzania's Alphonce Felix Simbu comprised the podium in third in   2:09:19   ahead of Suehiro Ishikawa ( 2:09:25 ), Takuya Fukatsu ( 2:09:31 ) and Fumihiro Maruyama ( 2:09:39 ). Yuki Kawauchi was seventh in   2:11:53 while Olympic sixth-placer Kentaro Nakamoto will almost certainly miss out on selection for Rio 2016 in eighth in   2:12:06 .  Ethiopian teenager Shura Kitata set a blistering early pace and passed through halfway in 62:35 ( 14:40   5km split from 10-15km) and was on course to break the Japanese all-comers' record but was caught at 29km and faded to 16th in   2:16:09 . "The pace was already fast and I thought he would co...

Alphonce Felix Simbu Lucas Rotich won the Lake Biwa Marathon, an IAAF Gold Label Road Race, in 2:09:11 in the Japanese city of Otsu on Sunday afternoon (6). “2:09:11 is a good time considering the warm weather conditions,” said the 25-year-old Kenyan. “Since the pace maker Kosgei went back to pace the Japanese before 25km, I was in front alone without a pace maker at that point, so it was little difficult.” The race start time temperature was just below 20C and it stayed about the same throughout the race. The plus side of the weather was that cloud covered the Sun throughout the race, and wind was at minimal. Hisanori Kitajima finished five seconds behind in second place with a PB of 2:09:16 and thus finished in the all-important first Japanese position in the final Olympic qualifying race. “A side-stitch really started to bother me at about 37km,” said Kitajima, whose previous personal best was 2:12:28. “I tapped on my side in the hope that it would go away and luckily it did ...

Emanuel Giniki in one of his domestic victories Tanzania long distance runner Emanuel Giniki beat a field of 18,000 competitors to win this year’s Kunming Plateau International half marathon held in China last Sunday.   Athletics Tanzania’s (AT) acting secretary general Ombeni Zavala confirmed the development yesterday. She said Giniki clocked one hour, four minutes and 2 seconds, beating the previous event’s record.   However, Zavala said the Kunming race was not a qualifying event for Rio Olympics and Giniki and his fellow countryman Nathalia Elsante will compete at this weekend’s Gyung Marathon which is an Olympic qualifier.   “Our two athletes are in China to seek Rio Olympics qualifications, we hope they will qualify, Giniki has just won the Kunming half Marathon which was held in China last week”, she said.   She also disclosed that Allophone Felix will compete at this year’s Lake Biwa Marathon in Japan.   The A...

Emanuel Gisamoda Giniki from Tanzania won the men's title at Kunming Plateau Half Marathon with a time of 1 hour 4 minutes and 2 seconds while Rebecca Chesir from Kenya won the women's championship. Kunming Plateau Half Marathon is increasingly becoming popular across China with tens of thousands of people practicing and joining the event every year. China is also home to dozens of other International Marathons including the ones in Beijing, Xiamen and Shanghai.

Kwa yeyote atakayefikia viwango hivyo katika kila distance husika na katika viwanja vinavyotambulika (Certified). Atakuwa na nafasi ya kuiwakilisha Tanzania katika 2016 Rio De Janeiro Olympic Games.