By James Wakahiu
Mount Kenya University (MKU) ladies teams triumph at the just concluded East Africa University games (FEAUS),despite stiff competition.
In badminton and woodball, the ladies emerged winners in their respective sports.
In athletics , 18 year old Viona Wangari a bachelor student in Oral health shook the Ugandan’s opponents by winning silver medals in both 100m and 200m finals denying the Ugandan compatriots the top three podium finishes
Other outstanding performances Were from athletics , taekwondo, karate , tennis , chess, darts, Scrabble, Table tennis and volleyball.
Mount Kenya University finished 9th best overall in the medal standing (7 Gold medals, 5 silver medals, and 14 bronze medals in an event that saw 38 Universities across east Africa compete.
Ndeje University from Uganda were declared overall winners , USIU-AFRICA came second while Uganda Christian University (UCU) finished 3rd overall.
Mr William Luta the sports coordinator was full of praise to the University performance acknowledging how this event was a challenge in creating compact teams after many players withdrew from the tournament due to exams that were taking place at the same time of the event.
“we had to work with who is available, we had to make the last Minute changes in many sports entries to allow those with exams remain at the campus to fulfill their important academic routines, but look at how marvelous the young men and women here fought it out to the last breath to deliver this good results, I saw some play through injuries, some with tears and it tells you the passion these players exhibit and the pride they have in representing their University, we have also picked up important lessons that we need to invest in individual games by offering sports related scholarships if we need to compete effectively like the top three podium finishers.
The games took place at Maseno University from the 15th to 21st December 2024.
