•He said the event is part of their plan to field more swimmers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
•This marks the first national championship meet in Kiambu County and the larger Mt. Kenya Region since Kenya's independence.
Seahorses Club have embarked on a two-week training camp in readiness for the National Swimming Championships scheduled for May 18-19 at the M-Pesa Foundation Academy in Thika.
The club's coach Peter Mwangangi said the swimmers will be at St Bakhita School for a high-performance camp in Machakos and hopes this will inspire them to win medals.
"We will have an intensive 14 days of training to give our swimmers the best available chance to win the event in Thika. We are not leaving anything to chance and we expect several clubs," said Mwangangi
The club will field 43 swimmers for the championship. He said the event is part of their plan to field more swimmers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.
“My focus is on preparing elite swimmers for international competitions, including the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, under a long-term athlete development plan."
After the event, Seahorses Swim Club will grace the Uganda National Swimming Championship in Kampala next month.
This is part of a broader initiative for sports tourism and exchange programs fostered by the cooperation between the Kenyan and Ugandan swimming federations.
Mwangangi said they are keen to test themselves against Uganda's best swimmers. “It will be a good opportunity to test ourselves against Ugandan swimmers and make the event very competitive,” he added.
Uganda's Torpedoes Club based in Kampala is among the confirmed participants, with 15 swimmers who have met the qualifying standards. John Timbe, Director of Torpedoes, expressed his satisfaction with the event's preparations and said his swimmers are coming to win the event
The two-day championship is a qualifier for the World Aquatics short course Swimming Championship in December this year in Hungary.
41 swim clubs have confirmed participation in the championship and many more are expected to confirm by next week. This marks the first national championship meet in Kiambu County and the larger Mt. Kenya region since Kenya's independence.