Athletics Kenya poised to kick-off its new calendar with Machakos Cross-Country meet

Athletics Kenya(AK) has announced that its 2024/25 calendar of events is poised to kick off on October 19-24 with the Machakos Cross-Country weekend meet.

The Machakos Cross-Country is the first leg of the Cross-Country series that will run till January 2025.

"Athletics Kenya is excited to announce the start of its new calendar with the first leg of the Cross-Country Series set for October 19, 2024, at The Machakos Teachers College," announced AK via a tweet on their X account.

The Cross-Country run will feature the 2km Fun Run for both men and women, 2km mixed relays, 6km U-20 women's run, the 8km U-20 men's run and both the men's and women's 10km senior run.

AK has announced the prize money for the event with the winner in the senior men's and women's race pocketing a sum of Ksh50,000 while the runner-up walks away with Ksh40,000 as a third-place finish will earn Ksh20,000.

In the junior men's and women's races, the winner will collect a sum of Ksh30,000 while the runner-up will pocket Ksh20,000 with third-place walking way with Ksh15,000

The mixed relays will see the winner walk away with Ksh40,000 while both the runner-up and third-place pocket Ksh30,000 and 20,000 respectively.

The Cross-Country race is the first of many in a cakendar of events that has been tailor made as preparation for the roadmap to Tokyo 2025 World Athletics Championship.

It will be followed by the Cross-Country series second leg in Kapsokwony, Bungoma county on October 24-26.

Bib collection for the Machakos Cross-Country run is on October 18.