The Inter House sports competition re-engineered by Enugu state government entered the zonal stage last month and is heading towards the state finals this month with a lot of young talents discovered so far.

Director of Information in the Enugu State Ministry of Youth and Sports, Mr. Edwin Eze said that some of those discovered after five days zonal competition include Mellitus Ugwoke from Nsukka High School who ran 10.91 secs in the 100m, just a second off the national record of  9.97 secs.

“There is also Emekagu Ebere from Girl’s Secondary School Obe who scaled 1.43m in the High jump in Enugu East senatorial zone. The festival record is 2m. There are so many other medal prospects discovered in the zonal competition and by extension the state finals will help the state galvanize, synthesize and shore up these stars for the task ahead,” Mr. Eze said.

Other revelations in the zonal competition include Ugwumba Grace from Queens Secondary School, Enugu in 800m, Ogenyi Friday in Javelin; the duo of Ani Gideon and Onyekwere Ebube from Government Technical College (GTC) Enugu in 200m, Long jump, Shot Put and 400m.