Namibian sprinter Narib to spice up NAAZ event

Mzingaye Sibanda Sports Reporter
NAMIBIAN sprinter Enerst Narib is expected to spice up the National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (NAAZ) Inter-provincial championships at the National University of Science and Technology (Nust) from June 14-15. Narib has confirmed participation in the 200 and 400m dashes.

He is expected to be joined by a host of athletes from Botswana, South Africa, Zambia, Lesotho and Swaziland.
The event is being organised by the Bulawayo Athletics Board and the Nyasha Charandura Athletics Academy (NCA) which is based at Nust.

NCA director Charandura confirmed that Narib would grace the event which would be used as qualifiers for the African Senior Championships.

“Enerst Narib from Namibia is among the notable athletes that have confirmed their attendance. We expect this event to be a bigger one as we have invited athletes from Bostwana and Swaziland as well.

“This would be a good opportunity for athletes to prepare for the African and the World Championships,” said Charandura.
Narib has a personal best time of 46.12 seconds in the 400m and is set to face off with US-based Reinard Ndlovu who has run the distance in 46.80 seconds.

Other notable 400m runners are Nigel Tom and Conias Mudzingwa.
Charandura challenged all athletes across the country to come for the event.

“We are also expecting athletes across the country to come in numbers. It will be an interesting competition and we hope to see a lot of talent in what promises to be a big competition,” he said.