Ferdinand Omanyala on Saturday, March 5, set another record with a world lead time of 10.00 seconds during the Third Athletics Kenya Track and Field Meeting at the Nyayo National Stadium.
The world lead means that Omanyala has recorded the best mark achieved worldwide within a given season, 2022.
On Friday, March 4, the fastest man in Africa finished both the second round and semi-finals with a time of 10.07 and 10.09 respectively.
Omanyala finished first in the men's 100m race, as Samuel Imeta from Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) finished second in 10.36 as fellow soldier Stephen Oluoch finished third in 10.55 seconds.
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Other notable athletes were Hebson Ochieng from Kenya Prisons and Robinson Mutende of KDF who finished fourth and fifth with a time of10.56 and 10.71 seconds respectively.
The 10.00 time is the third-fastest time run on Kenyan soil in the 100m race with his 9.77 seconds being the African record.
"I have greatly improved on my starts, which I can attribute to my participation in the 60m at the World Indoor Tour last month in France.
"The 60m race is quite fast hence you must get it right pretty fast. You blink the race is over, I want to go under 6.57 in Belgrade," Omanyala stated.
Omanyala also noted he is ready for the upcoming World Indoor Championships scheduled for March 18 and 20 in Belgrade, Serbia.
In the women's 100m category the national 100m record holder Maximilla Imali finished first with a time of 11.72 seconds, as fellow compatriot Eunice Kadogo finished second with a time of 11.97.
There was a huge turnout by athletes at the event with the 10,000m having three heats of 30 athletes and the 5,000m having 11 heats of 29 athletes.
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