Former Amsterdam Marathon champion Magdalene Chenjor (2:31:32) made a comeback to the top flight to take the first place in the women’s race.

Caroline Chepkoech, who was beaten by a slight margin, clocked 2:31:44 for second place with Wilson Yegon (2:14:48) for second place in the men’s race.

Joseph Amenya, Barnabas Bor and Alfred Kipsang took positions three, four and five respectively while Valery Chemeli, Rebecca Sang and Rachel Kitui managed to secure similar positions in the women’s category.

The third place winners were awarded a prize of Sh50,000 in both the men’s and women’s categories with the winners and runners’ up getting Sh200,000 and Sh100,000 respectively.

The five-kilometre category, which was introduced exclusively for Kisumu residents who are not culturally athletics oriented, also recorded impressive results for the athletes debuting for the race.

The women’s category was scooped by Roseline Atieno, 16, who beat her competitors by clocking 17:51 taking home the first prize of Sh5,000, followed by Veronica Atieno, 17, in 19:44.

The men were led by Benson Onyango in 15:19, with David Opondo (20:34) second.

Athletics Kenya secretary general David Okeyo, the patron of the race, said that the five-kilometre run was held to encourage more locals to participate in athletics.