You see, this was at the height of the Gor Mahia – AFC Leopards monopoly on the Kenyan football scene, something that trickled down to us. It is these incidences that turned me into a lifelong AFC Leopards fan.
He wasn’t always an 800m runner. The 6 foot 3 inch tall Ereng, born on 22 August 1966 and an almunus of the Starehe Boys Center ran the 400m until early 1988 when he switched to the 800m after enrolling at the University of Virginia that year.
This is the first part of a look at trailblazing female athletes who have waved the Kenyan flag high at global competitions such as the Olympics, Commonwealth Games and World Championships.
Leopards, a team with a decorated history on the local and regional front were up against Eldoret KCC in the final of the Moi Golden Cup, the premier knockout competition for Kenyan clubs.
