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Bayelsa dominate MTN Champs/MOC Athletics Season 3

Team Bayelsa has emerged winner of the national athletics MTN CHAMPS/Making of Champions (MOC) competition after impressive showing.

Bayelsa finished first with a total of 14 medals made up of seven gold, three silver and four bronze medals.

At the competition held at the Samuel Ogbemudia Stadium in Benin City, Edo State, Bayelsa athlete, Sophia Efetobore was the star of the three day event, winning three gold medals in the 100m and 200m women senior as well as 4×100 metres relay.

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Also, 13 year old Ebimoboere Chistopher of SAMKAY Athletics Academy, Yenagoa won 2 gold medals in the cadet under 14 category, in 100 metres with a personal best of 12:95 seconds and 200metres with a time of 27.05 seconds.

In the U-20 category, Samson Tebowei of SAMKAY Athletics placed second in the 800m to win silver, setting a personal best time of 1:59:95 seconds.

The quartet of Perezide, Sophia, Taye and Kate won gold in the 4x100meters relay for senior girls, just as David Michael, Bright Benson, Shalom George and Akwanga also won gold in 4×100 meters senior men relay.

Also, Bright Benson clinched silver in the 400m Senior men, while Lucky Daje was in blistering form, winning the 200m gold Senior men, and bronze in the 100meters, while Austin Ezeruike clinched the bronze medal in the 200 metres.

Still in the U-20 category, Perezide Sigah of SAMKAY Academy clinched silver in 200 metres, while team Bayelsa also won silver in the 4X 400m mixed relay.

Speaking shortly after the closing ceremony, Vice Chairman of Bayelsa Athletics Association and founder SAMKAY Athletics Club, Dr kolawale Oredipe, commended the performance of the athletes, saying the event was a test run for the state contingent ahead of the Niger Delta Sports Festival holding next month in Uyo and National Sports Festival scheduled for April.

 

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