Kenya's Ngumbau wins Premium Trust Bank Abuja City International Half Marathon

Posted : 21 April 2024

Kenya's Shadrack Ngumbau emerged as the champion of the first edition of the Premium Trust Bank Abuja City International Half Marathon.

With this performance, Ngumbau set a new Half Marathon record of one hour, seven minutes, and fifty-eight seconds.

The 29-year-old System Integration Engineer at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, took home a cash prize of five thousand dollars.

In second place was Nigeria's Francis James, who set a new national record for men in the Half Marathon at one hour, 8 minutes, and 2 seconds.

His second-place performance gave Nigeria the long-awaited hope and inspiration that very soon, a Nigerian will win the full marathon race, which had remained elusive to the country's runners over the years.

Francis James went home with a cash prize of 3,000 dollars and one million naira, which was the winner's cash prize for the first Nigerian to cross the finish line.

In third place was Ratim Kenneth from South Sudan. Kenneth emerged in third place at a time of one hour, 8 minutes, and 55 seconds.

He received a cash prize of 2,000 dollars.

In fourth place was another Nigerian, Gyang Emmanuel, whose performance reaffirmed Nigeria's steady drive to end Kenyan dominance of marathon races on the African continent by the East Africans. He received a cash prize of one thousand five hundred dollars.

Gyang Emmanuel, from Plateau state, also finished as Nigeria's second-placed finisher to grab an additional cash prize of N750,000.

Another Nigerian, Adamu Shehu, finished fifth in the main race at one hour, eleven minutes, and eight seconds.

He received a cash prize of one thousand dollars and a Nigerian male's third prize of five hundred thousand naira.

In the women's category, the foreign elite runners claimed the top three positions, with South Sudan's Gaspore Atalona crossing the finish line first at one hour, 20 minutes, 23 seconds. She set the new women's race record and took home the champions' cash prize of five thousand dollars.

Kenya's Toofriada Lodefa finished second in the women's race at one hour, 21 minutes, 37 seconds, receiving a cash prize of 3,000 dollars.

In third place was Kenya's Rotto Nancy Jebet, crossing the finish line at one hour, 21 minutes, 58 seconds. She received a cash prize of 2 thousand dollars.

In fourth place was Nigeria's Patience Daylop, who also emerged as Nigeria's first woman to cross the finish line. She received the Nigerian prize of One million naira and one thousand five hundred dollars in the international race.

In fifth place in the women's race was Yilmune Nichola. She emerged as Nigeria's second-place finisher, receiving a cash prize of N750,000.

And in sixth place was Elizabeth Nuhu, who ran one hour, 29 minutes, and 16 seconds.

The presentation of prizes to the winners in the main race was done by the Senate President, Mr. Godswill Akpabio, and the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Premium Trust Bank, Mr. Emmanuel Emefienim, in a series of elaborate victory ceremonies at the finish point, the Old Parade Ground, Garki, Abuja.

The Premium Trust Bank Abuja City International Half Marathon, organized by Nilayo Sports Management Limited, was described on Friday by the FCT Director of Sports, Mr. Lucas Istafanus, as the first-ever official Marathon held in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Another highlight of Saturday's elaborate presentation ceremony was the Premium Trust Bank's official invitation of one of their Sports Ambassadors, Ese Brume, to the Old Parade Ground in Abuja.

Kenya's Ngumbau wins Premium Trust Bank Abuja City International Half Marathon

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