Coach happy ahead of athletics championships

Lovemore Dube in Kigali, Rwanda [email protected]
THE coach of the Zimbabwe team at the African Senior Athletics Championships that starts in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday is happy that all his athletes are in camp.

Coach Phakamile Lisimati, the presence of all the athletes will enable him to assess preparedness both physical and mentally.

The Zimbabwe contingent is buoyed on by the recent splendid display by a number of athletes locally and abroad with the 4×400 men’s relay team’s fifth finish in the World Relays in Botswana, icing on the cake.
By Saturday evening all his athletes had assembled in Accra and are housed at a university which is acting as the Games Village.

Hurdler and sprinter Ashley Miller flew into Ghana earlier in the week to acclimatise, with the rest arriving on Saturday to a championship that promises a lot in terms of silverware.
“The mood is very good in camp, all athletes now in Ghana,” said Lisimati.

Team
Men: Leeford Zuze (400m, 4x400m relay), Dennis Hove (400m, 4x400m relay), Thandazani Ndhlovu (400m, 4x400m relay), Gerren Muwishi (400m, 4x400m relay), Derick Matutu (4x400m mixed relay), Methembe Tshuma (200m, 4x100m relay), Tapiwanashe Makarawu (100m, 200m, 4x100m relay), Makanakaishe Charamba (200m,4x100m relay), Ngoni Makusha 100m, 4x100m relay)
Women: Ashley Miller (400mH, 4x400m mixed relay), Samukeliso Ndebele (100m, 200m) Anesu Nyahuma (400m, 4x400m mixed relay).