Maisaje Vera-Yohanna and Elizabeth Nuhu have emerged winners of the 2022 Lagos Women Run in the Open and Veteran categories respectively.
The 2022 Lagos Women Run was held on November 12, 2022 at the at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena in Lagos.
For the Open Category, Maisaje Vera-Yohanna of Plateau state finished the 10 km race in a time of 29.38.72 to emerge the winner. Lagos State’s Haruna Hauwawu came a close second as she also broke the half-hour mark with a finish time of 29.27.59, while Delta State’s Charity Agofure was third with a time of 30.13.17.
According to Maisaje Vera-Yohanna:
“I am very happy to win the Lagos Women Run. I have been training hard for this race and I am happy that God gave me the victory.”
Though Yohanna’s winning time falls short of the Course Record of 28: 55 secs set in 2019 by Kenyan’s Cheptoeck Careen, it remains the fastest-ever winning time by a Nigerian at the Lagos Women Run.
While three states (Plateau, Lagos, and Delta State) shared the top three positions in the Open Category, the Plateau State trio of Elizabeth Nuhu, Steven Kundung, and Janet Dung claimed a clean sweep in the Veteran Category.
For their efforts in the Open Category, Vera-Yohanna, Hauwawu, and Agofure receive ₦1 Million, ₦500,000, and ₦300,000 respectively.
In the Veteran category, the top three finishers were rewarded with ₦300,000, ₦200,000, and ₦100,000, respectively. They also gave other cash prizes to runners who finished within the first 10 in both the Open and Veteran Categories.
Tayo Popoola, Coordinator for the Lagos Women Run, thanked everyone for making the seventh edition of the 10 km race glamorous, even as she promised more innovations to make the next edition in 2023 even better.
A record 25,000 runners registered for the 2022 edition of the Lagos Women Run.
