Kenyan athletes celebrating after winning (Photo/citizentv.co.ke)
Japheth Kemei was named on Monday as the head coach for Kenya’s athletics team for Gold Coast Commonwealth Games due on April 4 to 15 in Australia.
The 2016 SOYA Coach of the Year will be accompanied by the AK Nyanza North chairman, Joseph Ochieng, as team manager for the Commonwealth Games.
Kenya will today name marathon teams for World Half Marathon that is scheduled on March 24 in Valencia, Spain and Commonwealth Games after concluding a meeting with various coaches at Riadha House.
AK senior vice president Paul Mutwii, said that other officials will be named today.
Kenya collected 10 gold, 10 silver and three bronze at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games to emerge the top nation.
“Competition for places in both teams for Gold Coast and Valencia is stiff but we want to settle for the best. We want to retain both titles in Valencia as well as recapture men’s marathon title in Gold Coast,” Mutwii said as reported by Nation.
The country will take 132 sportsmen and women which is a lesser number compared to 195 athletes that graced the 2014 Glasgow edition.