The 2000 Ras na hEireann committee is pleased to confirm 
that Mr. Kamathi will be racing on
the 26th of March, 2000 at the Ras na hEireaann race
in Dunleer, County Louth Ireland. Mr. Kamathi ran the fastest 
time in the world last year for 10,000m-26:51-and he recently won
the IAAF Cross Internacional de Italica in Seville on
January 16, 2000, beating Paul Tergat and Patrick
Ivuti.  Mr. Kamathi was ranked number one after
Seville for the IAAF Cross Country Challenge.

In addition to Mr. Kamathi, the following other
members of the Kenyan teams will be competing: 
Mr. Gabriel Muchiri-ranked seventh after the second IAAF Cross
Country Challenge in Seville and he is a member of the
national team for the 1999 World Championships in the
10,000m after placing third in the 10,000m final in
Nairobi, Kenya on June 24, 1999; Mr. Leonard
Mucheru-ranked second in this year's Kenya
cross-country meets in the 4k; and Mr. Sammy
N'geno-finished 18th place in the first IAAF Cross
Country Challenge and he is one of the top road racers
in the U.S.  Mr. Ng'eno won the Great Race 10k in
Pittsburgh, PA on September 19 in a time of 27:54.  

For the women's team, Ms. Martha Komu will be leading
the team.  Ms. Komu just finished 3rd in the Hannut
Cross Country meet in Brussels on January 23rd; Anne
Wambui-won the final meet of the Kenya AAA
cross-country circuit; and Anastacia Ndereba-placed in
the top six in the last four cross-country meets in
the Kenya AAA circuit.

The Ras committee will be announcing more teams from 
several countries over the next couple of weeks.

This site will be updated with all breaking news.

To be continued........



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