UG Coach and Athletes Selected for National Cross-Country Competition
The University of Ghana Athletics (Middle and Long Distance) Coach William Awunime Akuka, and two student athletes, Naomi Addo and Afful Basit, have been selected to join the Ghana Universities Sports Association (GUSA) Cross-Country Team for the 2023 edition of the National Cross-Country Competition at Savelugu in the Northern Region from 23rd to 26th February, 2023.
Basit Afful (Dip II) and Naomi Addo (Dip I) are both reading Diploma in Public Administration. The two will join seven (7) of their colleagues from the University of Education, Winneba, University for Development Studies, University of Cape Coast, University of Energy and Natural Resources, and Akenten Appiah Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development to form the GUSA Team for the national event.
Basit Afful was an integral member of the UG Team that triumphed at the 25th Cross-Country Competition held at the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho in 2022.
Basit and Naomi both beneficiaries of the University of Ghana Policy on the Admission of Athlete Students (UG-PAAS) and the University of Ghana Sport Fund (UG-SF) will impact the GUSA Team positively with their experience and hardwork, stated the Coach of the Team, Mr. William Akuka.
Coach William Akuka
Mr. Akuka, a Cross-Country veteran and alumnus of the University of Ghana highlighted the importance of the competition.
"The GUSA Team is very promising. They are the best long distance athletes we have at the moment. We are going into the competition with all the seriousness it deserves, as we know it is also a platform for selection into the National Team as the African Games beckons. The Team has a lot of experienced heads who should help push for the trophy."
GUSA will be participating at the national event for the first time in its existence.