ATHLETES SET FOR BUSY SEASON: AK keen to start early preparations for 2017 Worlds

Caroline Chepkoech leads Visiline Chepkesho (012), Nancy Nzisa (014) the 10km women race during the Athletics kenya Nairobi Country Cross Country Championship at Posta Grounds along Ngong Road on November 7, 2015. [PHOTO:DENNIS OKEYO/STANDARD]

Athletics Kenya has rolled out its 2016/2017 calendar, with Kenya’s title bid at the IAAF World Athletics Championships set for London on August 4 –13 on the card.

Nicholas Maswai, the Kenya Prisons senior assistant commissioner, has been appointed the national team manager in the quest to retain Kenya’s top spot, where they amassed 16 medals – seven gold, six silver and three bronze – at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, last year.