MTN CHAMPS Season 1 came to a fitting end in Abuja Sunday

Nearly 800 athletes competed at the MTN CHAMPS Grand Final, including 43 Most Valuable Performers (MVPs) drawn respectively from the Benin, Uyo and Ibadan
legs of the competition as the historic competing came to a fitting climax on Sunday at the Moshood Abiola stadium in Abuja.

Foundation Science emerged winners in the Cadet (U-14) Girls’ category, topping the table with 63 points to finish ahead of Nigerian Tulip International (33 points) and Army Day (16 points) in the Abuja leg.

However, Army Day bounced back in the Cadet Boys’ class where they garnered 38 points to beat Doveland International (34 points) and Foundation Science (33
points).

Nigerian Tulip International dominated the Youth (U-17) Girls’ category with 60 points. They were followed by Army Day (33 points) and Zuba Government
Secondary School (30 points) respectively.

Chosen International was the team to beat in the Youth Boys category where they scored 40 points. Foundation Science was 2nd with 37 points, and Doveland
International 3rd with 35 points.

Team MVP emerged the top team in the Junior (U-23) category with 279 points, followed by Coach Felix Academics (116 points) and Karu Government Day which
scored 82 points.

The six MVPs and four ‘Golden Performers’ from MTN CHAMPS Abuja were unveiled at the end of the competition.

Team MVP’s pair of Faidah Abdulhamed and Lucky Ebe were named MVPs of the Cadet Girls’ and Boys’ categories respectively. Abdulhamed claimed a Silver medal
in the 100m and Bronze in the 200m. On his own part, Ebe, a hearing-impaired athlete, stormed to victory in the sprint double to earn a place on the list.

Nigerian Tulip International’s Miracle Ezechukwu was unbeaten across the Youth Girls’ 100m and 200m and named MVP in that category. Hamza Dalhatu of Makkah
Academy emerged Youth Boys’ MVP, courtesy of his Silver medal in the 200m.

Dynamic’s Comfort Sule secured her spot as Junior Girls’ MVP after racing to a Bronze medal in the 200m. Osama Chibueze outclassed all his competitors in the
Junior Boys 100m and 200m, striking GOLD in both events to become Junior Boys’ MVP.

The four Golden Performers were Chizoba Gift Onyemauwa who won 400m GOLD and 200m Silver in the Cadet Girls’ category, Fervent Imoh who secured 200m Silver
and 100m Bronze, also in the Cadet category, Chigozie Kanu who won double Silver in the 100m and 200m in the Youth Girls’ category, and Khalil Saleh who
raced to a 100m Silver in the Youth Boys class.

20 Athletes across the four locations have been shortlisted in the final selection phase, with 10 of them eventually making it into the MoC Academy sponsored
by MTN.