Gono Phiri, Tapiwa

Tapiwa Gono Phiri

  • Award
    Sprints/Hurdles Athlete of the Week
  • Week Of
    4/23/2024
  • Sport
    Outdoor Track & Field
  • School
    Kenyon College
  • Year
    Junior
  • Position
  • Hometown
    Ndola, Zambia
  • High School
    Hillcrest National Tech.
Kenyon junior Tapiwa Gono Phiri scored 30 points at the Duane Gomez Invitational to help lift the Owls to a first-place finish. Gono Phiri scored his first points of the meet after he ran the anchor leg of the victorious 4x100-meter relay team (43.72), moving the squads time into second in conference standings. The junior then turned in a personal-best in the 400-meter dash (49.90) for another first-place finish, moving him up to eighth in the NCAC standings. In his last event of the evening, Gono Phiri ran the final leg of the 4x400-meter relay that finished first with a time of 3:29.92.