The Anti-Doping Agency of Kenya (ADAK) has intensified sensitisation campaigns across the country in a bid to fight doping in sports.

The agency is upbeat that this move or strategy will stamp out the menace in sports going forward, stating that doping has become a serious issue threatening the development of sports, not only in Kenya but around the world.

Head of Education and Research at ADAK Dr Martin Yauman revealed that agency officials are currently visiting sports camps, especially athletic ones, and some schools with a view to sensitising upcoming sportspeople on the dangers of performance-enhancing substances.

Speaking at Litein and Kericho hotels during the sensitisation meeting, Yauma explained that young sports talents and upcoming sportspeople should understand doping and its dangers in the sector.

“We are moving with speed to sensitise everyone who has an interest in sports, especially the upcoming ones, to know the dangers of doping, both in their sports careers and even on their health. So, we are equal to the task to ensure the menace is stamped out completely,” he assured the public.

He disclosed that by the close of business over the weekend, the ADAK team would have sensitised over 600 athletes in Kericho County on the doping menace. Those who participated in the meetings were athletes from Litein, Tulwet, Kiptere, Lemotit, Kalyet, and students from some schools in the county.

“The government is doing this because we want to standardise sports practice, not only in Kenya but across the world. We want fair competitions where sportspeople compete and win cleanly across the world. We want to ensure we present a clean team to any international competition,” Yauma added.

He said doping has become a major concern in the country because the cases of doping continue to rise to an extent that Kenya has been placed in category A by the Integrity Unit, a move that could lead to the country being banned from participating in major world competitions.

The participants were taken through substances or drugs they should take or avoid, or even seek advice from medical doctors whenever they fall sick, lest they unknowingly fall into doping and subsequently face bans from competitions.

Fairfax, VA – La Salle men’s and women’s track & field completed its racing in the Atlantic 10 Outdoor Championships over the weekend, concluding the meet Sunday afternoon at George Mason Stadium. Overall, the men finished 11^th with 18 points, and the women had 26 points to finish 13^th.

Follow @LaSalle_XCTF on X and @lasalle_tfxc on Instagram for updates and content surrounding the team.

 

HOW THEY FINISHED (DAY 1):

• Day 1 started with the 1500-meter preliminaries. In the men’s version of the race, Callum Murray, Ricky Lee, and Chanel Muir placed fourth, fifth, and seventh respectively to qualify for the finals.
• In the women’s 100-meter prelims, Nevaeh Davis placed sixth overall and won her heat to qualify for the final. Her time of 11.94 set a new program record and was her first 100-meter dash with a time under 12 seconds.
• Soleil Morrison’s time of 24.05 also was a program record in the women’s 200-meter dash, as it placed her third overall in the prelims.
• Gillian Lovett got fourth in the 3k steeple finals, finishing in 10:48.59.
• La Salle’s first medal came in the last event of the day. Matt Hill placed third in the 10k with a 30:45.96 performance.

HOW THEY FINISHED (DAY 2):

• The women’s 10k, delayed to Sunday due to lightning Saturday night, led to Helene Usher getting the La Salle women’s team its first medal. She placed second with a time of 35:15.43.
• Callum Murray’s time of 3:50.61 got him fifth in the 1500-meter finals.
• Morrison got a fourth place finish in the 200-meter dash finals, finishing in 24.37.
• Neve Moulai earned a personal best in the women’s 5k, placing fourth and completing the event in 17:05.72.
• MacCallum Rowe got silver in the men’s 5k, competing it in exactly 14:20.

UP NEXT 

• The Explorers will compete in the West Point Twilight meet this Thursday. The meet will begin at 3:00 p.m.

In its first match after the vacation week, the Woburn High boys volleyball team

defeated Burlington, 3-1 on Tuesday.

After dropping the first set, 25-17, the Tanners won the next three sets, 25-22, 25-17

and 25-18.

Playing several different positions during the match, Ryan Le made 14 assists as a

setter, plus 19 digs and six kills.

Marcio Castro made 24 kills for the Tanners, who improved to 6-4 heading into

Thursday’s match with Lexington.

In its final match before vacation, Woburn came back after dropping the first two sets to

defeat Lynn Classical, 3-2 (23-25, 21-25, 25-21, 25-15, 15-13),

Castro made 23 kills and four blocks. Le added 20 kills and four assists.

Hayden Deriphonse added four blocks. Rohan Patel made seven digs and Mateo

Qirjazi added four blocks.

As for Burlington, the Red Devils sure aren’t calling it quits this season.

Despite coming into Tuesday’s home match against Woburn with a 1-8 record, BHS

working hard against the Tanners before dropping the match, 3-1.

The Red Devils earned their first win of the year with a 3-0 sweep of Wakefield on April

10, but has struggled for victories otherwise.

Burlington lost 3-1against Belmont and Billerica earlier in the campaign and has also

fallen against North Andover, Somerville, Framingham, Winchester, Arlington and

Lexington.

New London, Conn. – Colby Track & Field wrapped up its 2025 outdoor season with strong performances at the NCAA Division III New England Championships, hosted by the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Mules posted facility records, personal bests, and national-level marks, with the women finishing 5th and the men placing 7th overall.

On the women’s side, Fiona Mejico won the 200m in 24.55 (#22 DIII all-time), followed closely by Simone Waheed (24.59, #26 DIII) and Tally Zeller (25.39). Olivia Doherty placed 3rd in the 400m (57.25) and anchored the 4×800 relay to a new facility record and 3rd place finish (9:16.10). The 4×100 relay team of Zeller, Mejico, Waheed, and Charlotte Brake-Hoffman dominated in 46.68—setting new meet, facility, and school records, and ranking #10 all-time in DIII. Multi-athlete Sarah Lenox placed 4th in the heptathlon high jump and scored across several events. Maddie Bush clocked a season-best 2:18.71 in the 800m.

The men’s team was led by Ian Irwin (21.51) and Peter Martel (21.55) in the 200m—both among DIII’s top 55 ever. Ren Zanze took 5th in the 400m (48.85), and Levi Biery ran a personal-best 14.86 in the 110m hurdles. The 4×400 squad of Coelho, S. Graubart, M. Graubart, and Thornton-Sherman placed 5th, setting a new facility record in 3:18.44. Lexington Lehnert cleared 4.85m in pole vault for 4th, with Martel and Logan Lehnert tying for 5th.

The Mules will later be in Williams College at Williamstown, Mass. starting on May 9 for the F.I.R.E Meet. 

It was a huge weekend for St. Xavier athletics.

The men’s volleyball team finished second in the nation.

The baseball team won the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament and qualified for the NAIA National Tournament.

And the softball team pulled off a dramatic CCAC Tournament semifinal win to stay alive for a national bid, although the championship game was suspended by rain.

The volleyball team, ranked second in the nation by the NAIA coaches all season and the national runner-up last year, lost 28-26, 25-23, 18-25, 25-19 to The Master’s of California, which was ranked No. 1 in the nation all season, on May 3 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

The Cougars (31-1) were led by Matt Pennala’s 20 kills as he broke the program’s single-season record with 395. He also had eight assists, eight digs three blocks and two aces.

Riverside-Brookfield grad Vejas Cuplinskas closed out his career with 12 kills.

The Master’s (27-0) was led by Isaac Seltzer’s 11 kills while NAIA Player of the Year Braden Van Groningen added eight.

The Cougars baseball team (31-22) was seeded third in the CCAC Tournament but beat Judson 6-0 on May 3 at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet.

Three pitchers combined for the shutout for the Cougars, while Tahlor Steig had two doubles and Travis Hammond had two runs and two stolen bases.

The Cougars qualified for the NAIA Opening-Round Tournament, which begins on May 12. The time, location and opponent had not been determined as of May 4.

The softball team (35-6 and ranked 18th in the nation) trailed 4-0 heading into the bottom of the third inning against St. Ambrose. But the Cougars came up with nine runs and hung on for a 9-6 CCAC Tournament semifinal win on May 3 at the Crown Point Sportsplex in Indiana. 

Shepard grad Taylor Becker had a three-run double in the rally.

The two teams met again in the championship game of the double-elimination tournament on May 4 and were tied 3-3 in the top of the second when the game was suspended.

More Stagg champs in esports

Stagg continues to enjoy state championship success in esports.

Since the IHSA first sanctioned eports in 2022, the Chargers have won three state championships in team events and three state titles in individual events.

That included bringing home a pair of titles on May 3 at the state tournament, held at Evergreen Park for the third year in a row. 

Stagg won the Mario Kart 8 division, 123-111 over Normal West.

Members of the team are Kalina Bell, Jakub Gagestad, Jack Gawel, Christos Giapitzoglou, Adrian Gorski, Nikolas Kounavis and Mattew Oddie.

Individually, Stagg’s Ryan McNulty beat Minooka’s Chuck Purracchio 63-14 in the Madden competition.

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If you missed the action, here’s the rundown of the scores of Roses 2025

We have seen some incredible sportsmanship here at Roses 2025, from both sides, not to mention the outpour of support for both sides.

Rome wasn’t built in a day, but here are the scores of day one of Roses (as of 11:59 pm on May 2nd).

We saw Lancaster take the lead with 84.5 points, with wins in:

Waterpolo (Women’s)

Football (Men’s 1st)

Football (Men’s 2nd)

American Football (Open)

Climbing (Lead – Open A)

Climbing (Lead – Open Individual)

Climbing (Lead – Women’s individual)

Trampolining

Cricket

Octopush (Open)

Equestrian (1st team)

Swimming (Open 2nd)

Table Tennis (Open 1st)

Football (Men’s 3 (college select))

Indoor Hockey (Open 2nd)

Table Tennis (Women’s 1st)

College Netball (League B)

Snow Sports Racing (Open Ski 1)

Ultimate Frisbee (Outdoor Women’s)

Canoe Polo (Women’s and Open)

Canoe Whitewater (Women’s and Open)

Rowing (Men’s Senior 8)

Rowing (Men’s Novice 8)

Rowing (Men’s Senior 2nd 8)

Rowing (Women’s Novice 2nd 8)

Rowing (Men’s Novice 2nd 8)

Basketball (Men’s 1st)

However, it’s not too late to turn it around for York, who have secured 44.5 points in:

Waterpolo (Open)

Lacrosse (Men’s 1st)

Cheerleading (Open)

Table Tennis (Open 2nd)

Football (Women’s 2nd)

Lacrosse (Women’s 2nd)

Equestrian (2nd Team)

Swimming (Open 1st)

College Netball (League A)

Indoor Hockey (Women’s 1st)

Indoor Hockey (Women’s 2nd)

Football (Women’s 3rd)

Snow Sports Racing (Ski Slalom)

Cross Country (Open and Women’s 5km)

Rowing (Women’s Senior 2nd 8)

Rowing (Women’s Novice 8)

Rowing (Women’s Senior 8)

We’ve also seen a few draws in

Climbing (Lead – Women’s A Team)

Swimming (Women’s 1st)

Swimming (Women’s 2nd)

Indoor Hockey (Open 1st)

With two days and many more matches to go, it’s too early to predict a win for either university, but good luck to everyone competing, and enjoy!