The 2023 MTN Champs Athletics Championship is ongoing In Uyo, the Akwa Ibom State capital for school children. AthleticNg reports.
About 2000 school children are participating in the Athletics Championship scheduled to take place from Thursday October 26 to Saturday October 28 at the Godswill Akpabio International Stadium Uyo.
The participating school children were requested to present a parental consent form from their parent or legal guardian to participate in the Championship which is aimed at discovering youngsters with potentials in track and field.
MoC’s Country Manager Deji Ogeyingbo revealed that five trophies would be won by the top schools across the three age categories, namely Cadet (U-14), Youth (U-17) and Junior (U-20), while the six Most Valuable Performers (MVPs) and four Golden Performers would be sponsored to the Grand Final in Abuja.
On day-one (Thursday, October 26), star performances included Ezekiel Asuquo Eno who ran the race of his life in the Boys 400m, and he got the reward he deserved, going under 50s for the first-time ever.
Asuquo ran a new Personal Best of 49.60s, the fastest time overall in the Boys 400m Heats.
Miracle Osinachi Sunday turned up as the dominant athlete in the Girls Youth category, winning an impressive three races in the 100m and 400m events on Day 1.
Miracle ran a Personal Best of 12.66s to emerge as the fastest overall in 33 heats of the 100m, then returned later in the evening to also run the fastest time in the 400m, winning heat 7 in a new PB of 57.42s.
She continued where she left off in the 100m semifinals, securing her 3rd win for the day to book her place in the final, clocking 12.86s.
