Beach volleyball: Youngster Jepkosgei joins national team for qualifiers

Yvonne Wavinya of the Kenya National Volleyball team dives to save the ball during a training session ahead of the Africa Qualifying Sub-Zonal 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Qualifier which will be held in Tanzania early next year, December 28, 2019. The tournament starts on January 07, 2020 in Dar. [PHOTO BY GIDEON MAUNDU/STANDARD]

A standard seven girl Sharon Jepkosgei has earned her first call-up to the national women beach volleyball team currently camping in Mombasa for next week’s Africa Zone Five 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games qualifiers in Tanzania.

Head coach Sammy Mulinge said yesterday that the school girl impressed his technical bench during a recent volleyball camp for the youth held in Lukenya, Machakos County.