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Kusile Madlela Sports Reporter
FASTER times were recorded during this year’s ZITF Four Minute Mile final that took place on Saturday, an official has said.

Bulawayo Athletics Board (BAB) secretary-general Dailes Bingadadi attributed the improvement in times to the stringent qualifying process that saw semi-finals being held a day earlier.

“Usually, we would have one or two athletes posting good times but this time the times were close knitted and every athlete gave a good account of themselves. Having one stage being completed a day meant that the athletes had ample time to rest for the next stage,” said Bingadadi.

She added that they were generally satisfied with the turnout of athletes as it showed an improvement from the previous years.

“Every year this event is growing thanks to Delta Beverages through their sponsorship. We are expecting it to be even much bigger next year,” said Bingadadi.

Trust Chidomaya was the victor on the day with a time of 4 minutes 16, 07 secs. Cephas Pasipamire of ZRP was second, clocking 4 minutes 16,71secs while Zimbabwe Prisons and Correctional Services’ Jonathan Chinyoka emerged third in a time of 4 minutes 17,90secs.

There were monetary prizes for the top 10 athletes with the winner taking home $800 while the first and second runners up took home $500 and $450 respectively.

Results

1st Trust Chidomaya (4min 16.07secs) 2nd. Cephas Pasipamire (4min 16.71secs) 3rd. Jonathan Chinyoka (4min 17.90secs) 4th. Isaac Mpofu 94min 18.12secs) 5th. Elijah Mabhunu (4min 18.64secs) 6th. Nomore Wikiri (4min 19.23secs) 7th. Thando Maphosa (4min 19.55secs) 8th. Tendai Zimuto (4min 19.9secs) 9th Wellington Varevi (4min 20.11secs) 10th. Ngonidzashe Ncube (4min 21.01secs).