when she made her bow at the Grand Slam Track in the first leg in Kingston, Jamaica last weekend.
which is a brainchild of American sprint legend Michael Johnson, and while the likes of Emmanuel Wanyonyi and Agnes Jebet Ngetich walked away with the top and second-best prizes respectively, the world 800m champion was nowhere near.
This is because Moraa finished last in the 800m, a surprising result in her specialty, having clocked 2:00.97 in a race won by American Nikki Hiltz, who timed a personal best time of 1:58.23.
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meaning she ended up finishing last in her category of Short Distance after garnering just one point with Ethiopian Diribe Welteji walking away with the top prize of $100,000 (Ksh13 million) after managing 20 points from the two races.
What will Mary Moraa get paid from Kingston?
However, Moraa did not leave empty handed from the Grand Slam Track leg in Kingston as the event has something for all the eight athletes that compete in the six categories which have two races each.
At , first place attracts $100,000 (Ksh13 million), second place $50,000 (Ksh6.5 million), $30,000 (Ksh3.9 million) going to the third-place finisher, $25,000 (Ksh3.2 million) to fourth place, while fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth places attract $20,000 (Ksh2.6 million), $15,000 (Ksh1.9 million), $12,500 (Ksh1.6 million) and $10,000 (Ksh1.3 million) respectively.
Obiero, who arrived in the Rising Stars camp earlier this week, will be hoping to make the final 21-man squad for the upcoming tournament.
It means Moraa still walked away with Ksh1.3 million from the event despite her poor outing which will perhaps be a motivation for the subsequent legs with the series moving to Miami, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.