Zambia’s Tony Wamulwa has set his sights on ending the Eastern African dominance of the Junior men’s contest at the 36th IAAF World Cross Country Championships, Edinburgh, Scotland on Sunday (30 March).

Wamulwa’s potential came to light when he was placed ninth at the annual event in Mombasa Kenya last year.  He was the only athlete from outside East Africa in the top 25 finishers.

This year he signalled his intent by winning the junior men’s eight kilometres at the Southern Africa Regional Cross country Championship in Lusaka on 23 February. Staged at the University of Lusaka, Wamulwa covered the eight kilometres in 22:38. This was almost a minute (23:32) ahead of Zimbabwean runner up Joshua Sabao (see full results below).

“I went to the regional event confident of victory even before the race begun because I did not see a strong challenger at the starting line.  For the past six month I have endured some very tough training,” Wamulwa began.