NINETY-EIGHT Zimbabwean athletes held their second day of training camp yesterday at White City Stadium ahead of the Confederation of Schools Sports Association of Southern Africa (Cossasa) track and field championships scheduled for Lesotho from April 30 to May 2.
BY MAMELO NKOMO
The athletes trooped into a 10-day camp on Monday at Northlea High School, Bulawayo, where they began their first training session.
National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (Naaz) first vice-president Enias Nhoro said: “The second day of training camp for Team Zimbabwe turned out to be spectacular as the athletes were using a standard facility. “We utilised the White City Stadium for the tartan track as the athletes are scheduled to compete on a standard facility during the Cossasa games in Lesotho.
“Basically, athletes trained on grass, compared to those who conduct their training on a standard facility, will not produce excellent results if they are to compete on a standardised facility.”
Nhoro indicated that the morning sessions would be conducted at White City Stadium and the afternoon sessions would be more of conditioning the athletes at their camp site in Northlea.
The athletes are under the guidance of renowned coaches Lisimati Phakamile from Matabeleland South, Briad Nhubu from Manicaland, Simon Mugura from Masvingo, Silas Muringani from Harare and Lilian Chitiriro from Mashonaland East.
Cossasa cater for primary and secondary schools represented in the Under-14 and 17 and under categories. Team Zimbabwe is made up of the National Association of Secondary School Heads (Nash) and National Association of Primary Heads (Naph) athletes.
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The Nash team has 49 athletes while Naph has 52. For the track events, participants will be competing in the 100m, 110m hurdles 200m, 400m, 800m, 1 500m, 3 000m 4x100m and 4x200m relay events while in the field events there is high, long and triple jumps, discus, shotput and javelin.
