Zaria Athletics Grand Prix has been financially rewarding and provides athletes from the Northern region and Abuja an opportunity to assess themselves and prepare for major national and international tournaments, according to 1,500m champion, Comfort James.
Not less than N2.6 million was carted away as cash prizes by the podium winners cutting across the 10 events of the competition.
Speaking on how the athletics tournament, whose fourth edition just ended at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna state, has impacted on the track and field athletes, James, who won the women 800m in the second edition in March and women 400m in the third edition in June before emerging the women 1,500m winner at the weekend, said, “the Zaria Athletics Grand Prix has a very great impact on us athletes because it has been financially rewarding, helps us achieve our objectives and prepare us for other competitions.
