Agnes fourth in Doha

AGNES Samaria managed to secure a fourth place during the 1 500-metre race at the IAAF Super Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar.

Samaria, who is currently preparing for the African Championships later this year, completed the race in four minutes, 07.76 seconds. The time was a new Namibian national record.Samaria improved the record for the fourth time this year and looks good to give an impressive run at the African showpiece.It was the first time in five 1 500-metre races this year that Samaria did not win, so she was a little disappointed.She said the 1 500-metre tactics are still fairly new to her and she waited a little too long to follow and go with the winner.”A good lesson,” she said.Samaria now leads the 1 500-metre rankings in accordance with the IAAF points system.Samaria is an 800-metre specialist, but has been doing the 1 500-metre race for some time too.She returns home tomorrow to train for three weeks before leaving for the European circuit on June 10 in Oslo, Norway.Her main focuses this year are the African Champs in Algiers and the World Champs in Japan.The time was a new Namibian national record.Samaria improved the record for the fourth time this year and looks good to give an impressive run at the African showpiece.It was the first time in five 1 500-metre races this year that Samaria did not win, so she was a little disappointed.She said the 1 500-metre tactics are still fairly new to her and she waited a little too long to follow and go with the winner.”A good lesson,” she said.Samaria now leads the 1 500-metre rankings in accordance with the IAAF points system.Samaria is an 800-metre specialist, but has been doing the 1 500-metre race for some time too.She returns home tomorrow to train for three weeks before leaving for the European circuit on June 10 in Oslo, Norway.Her main focuses this year are the African Champs in Algiers and the World Champs in Japan.