Kianda school emerged the overall winners of the fourth edition of the 2023 Private and International School Sports Association (PIPSSA) Swimming Championships over the weekend.
This is after accruing a total of 128 medals from various events at the event held at the Moi Educational Center, Nairobi.
Kianda scooped 48 golds, 47 silvers and 38 bronze medals to finish miles ahead of Dashing Dolphins (112 medals) and Strathmore school (79 medals) in second and third respectively.
The champions dominated the girls’ category, gaining a total of 4885 points. Dashing Dolphins (1179) and St. Peter's Juja (791) finished second and third respectively.
In the boys category Strathmore school emerged victorious ahead of St. Peter's Juja and Dashing Dolphins.
Mary Gathoni of Umoja Sharks and Kianda's Grace Munyiri won the under-7 100m category. Gathoni's school mate, Britney Zawadi and Haviller's Swim Club, Glowy Corazon, dominated the under-9 category.
On top of the prestigious awards offered at the event, the winners of different categories qualified for the Alliance 'Bush' Invitational Swimming Gala at Alliance girls high s
chool, Kiambu next month.
PIPSSA will hold Rift Valley swimming championships at the Shah Lalji Academy, Nakuru on June 10.
