Santa Monica Track Club members (from left to right) Coach Joe Douglas, Tonny Okello, Prince Mumba, and Felix Kitur pose for a photo after participating in the 2013 Jim Bush Meet at UCLA Saturday afternoon. Okello is from Uganda, Mumba is from Zambia, and Kitur hails from Kenya. Mumba scored a 1:45:87 beating his time of 1:46:89 clocked a year ago at the 2012 Jim Bush Meet at UCLA that qualified him to enter the London 2012 Olympics.

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Prince Mumba (left) of the Zambia National Team poses with Coach Hudgens (center) , and Godfrey Siamusiye (right) of the Arkansas University Hall of Fame at the 2012 Arkansas Indoor USATF Classic.

Santa Monica Track Club member Prince Mumba will represent his home country Zambia in the 800m at the London Olympics on Monday.

Zambia’s flag bearer Prince Mumba, left, holds the national flag as he leads the contingent in the athletes’ parade during the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on Friday night.

Windward School student Oliver Curry says he’ll have to root for Zambia during the Olympic 800 meter track event. Curry is one of many Southern Californians who will be supporting Prince Mumba – who trains at Santa Monica Track Club and coaches at the Mar Vista private school – as he races for the gold. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on July 17, 2012.

Prince Mumba of Zambia (right) wins the Men's 800 meter with a time of 1:46.89 at the Jim Bush Track and Field Meet at the University of California Los Angeles on Saturday June 2, 2012.

Masato Yokota (center) trains with other Santa Monica Track Club athletes.