NAIROBI, Sept. 29 -- Athletics officials in Kenya have announced major changes in their local schedule in order to accommodate seven major international and continental events that will take place during the 2017/2018 calendar of events.

Athletics Kenya (AK) Senior Vice-President in Charge of Competitions, Paul Mutwii, said the calendar of track and field season will commence in early November 2017 away from the traditional March date and end in April 2018.

"We were compelled to make the changes because the Commonwealth Games have been brought forward from the traditional month of August to April," he said on Thursday evening.

The second round will begin in May after the Commonwealth Games to pave way for preparations for Africa Senior Athletics Championships.

The international and continental events that Kenya will participate in include the World Indoor Championships scheduled for March 2018 in Birmingham, England; Africa Cross Country Championships to be held in Chlef, Algeria in March; and the World Half Marathon in Valencia, Spain (March 24).

Others are the Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia (April 8-15); Africa Senior Athletics Championships in Delta State, Nigeria (August 1-5); and Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina on October 6-18.

Mutwii said that during the first round of the season AK will only hold weekend meetings which will culminate with the trials to select athletes for the Commonwealth Games.

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