Agnes Ngetich credits Beatrice Chebet’s track performances for inspiring her return to track racing, signing up with Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track League.
World 10km record holder Agnes Ngetich has disclosed Beatrice Chebet had a major role to play in her decision to join Michael Johnson’s Grand Slam Track league.
Agnes Ngetich revealed that she wanted to make a comeback to the track after competing in a series of road races and watching Beatrice Chebet compete at the Paris Olympic Games and the Diamond League Meetings motivated her to sign up with the league.
The reason behind that is that she will be able to compete in the 3000m and 5000m in all four slam events starting from Kingston, Jamaica from April 4 to 6.
Agnes Ngetich will then head to the second leg of the event in Miami from May 4 to 6 before competing at the Philadelphia Slam from May 30 to June 1. She will round up her campaign in the fourth Slam in Los Angeles from June 27 to 29.
This, she believes, will enable her to gain enough speed to push her through the season through to the Kenyan trials for the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
She added the prize money is also a motivating factor but it is not the main reason she decided to join the track league.
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The winner of each Slam group will walk away with $100,000 in prize money, and the 8th-place competitor will earn $10,000.
“I think looking at the likes of Beatrice Chebet competing on the track so I had to come back and look for speed because Chebet has been showing me that I can come back on the track and do it,” Agnes Ngetich told Pulse Sports Kenya.
“When I see her competing on the track, she is great and she is also a role model to me. Somehow it’s a motivating factor but the main thing is that I’m looking forward to the World Championships and I have to try my best and improve my speed and build up.”
Agnes Ngetich has been making headlines in road races, especially after missing out on the Paris Olympic Games due to an injury setback.
She made her half marathon debut in Valencia where she intended to break the world record but fell short after clocking 1:03:04.
However, the time she clocked is the second fastest behind the 1:02:52 set by Letesenbet Gidey in Valencia in 2021. She rounded up her season with a win in the 5km race at the Kumamoto Kosa 10 mile Road Race.
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In 2025, she will open her campaign at the Sirikwa Classic Cross Country before heading to the Grand Slam Track races and then hopefully also represent Kenya at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.
