Palarong Pambansa 2013

Schedule of Events in Athletics

(As of January 28, 2013)

Dumaguete

April 22, 2013 Monday

April 23, 2013 Tuesday

April 24, 2013 Wednesday

April 25, 2013 Thursday

April 26, 2013 Friday

Prepared by:

BIENVENIDO N. CONTAPAY

Technical Manager , Palaro 2013

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Palarong Pambansa 2013

Cotobato’s Romnick Nor, the 2011 Palarong Pambansa Champion, had the fastest time (allegedly 10.6 ht in semi finals). Nor, who previously represented ARMM, is looking at making a solid claim on the Palaro Record in the final where he will be up against 16 year old Jomar Udtohan of NCR, the NCAA Record Holder (10.7ht / 10.99et PB).

Meanwhile, after finishing silver in this event three years in a row, NMRAA’s Eloisa Luzon was by far the fastest qualifier to the finals in 12.2 seconds. Luzon, who finished behind Michelle Loterte, Jenny Rosales and then Mau Schrijvers, now looks at finally capturing the title of being the country’s fastest girl in high school.

16-year-old Mary Anthony Diesto of Western Visayas won the Girls Triple Jump in a big personal best of 11.61m.

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Palaro Results - Four Athletes overtake Palaro Record in Boys Javelin, athletes make standard for ASEAN Youth (Apr 23)

Athletes Performances qualify for ASEAN Youth

Mary Anthony Diesto of WV (97) winning performance of 11.61m strengthened her qualification for the ASEAN Youth along with Her previous best was 11.39m. Second placer Jessa Mayor also surpassed the qualification marks with 11.31m and 5.30m to win the long jump to nab the second slot in the event.

Joining Diesto in the list of qualifiers was Eloisa Luzon whose time of 12.2 secured her a spot in the youth relay and Romnick Nor in the 100m (10.6 semis).

Please visit here to see an updated list of qualifiers

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Boys

Shotput: Renzy Gemalaga (WV) 13.65m, Bryan Pachecho (CL) 13.37m, Gary Santiago (97) (NCR) 13.36m, Cris Haluber (CL) 13.06m

Javelin: Pachecho (CL) 57.81m (New Palaro Record), Joshua Patulud (NCR) 56.75m, Renzy Gemolga (WV) 55.10m, Aluhon Omosura (DAV) 52.13m (using 700-gram javelin, old record is 51.51m Danilo Abra with 700 grams 2012)

Girls

Long Jump: Jessa Mayor 5.30m, Kimberly Alforque (NMRAA) 5.29m, Diesto 5.15m

Triple Jump: Mary Anthony Diesto (97) (WV) 11.61m, Jessa Mayor (CAV) 11.31m, Judy Mae Almasa (NMRAA) 11.24m

Javelin: Jorremay Rubias (WV) 39.59m (, Rizalyn Apos (CARAGA) 37.89m, Jovelyn Notario (CAV) 36.05m.

Palaro - Luzon finally wins the Gold, Avila overcomes heartbreak and De Josef breaks 800 records. (25 Apr)

The Palarong Pambansa continued in Dumaguete with some very remarkable stories. A girl who never won an individual medal at the Palaro, a girl who spent three years in a row as the runner-up in the 100m, and a first-year high school student who broke the Palaro Record.

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Avila overcomes heartbreak to become a champion

The True story of the games was NCR Marilyn Avila who after falling in the 100m Hurdles heats, came back to win the Girls 400m Hurdles in 1:04.3. At the expense of defending champion Jealyn Lancita of WV who finished third despite improving her best time from 1:05.6 to 1:05.4.

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The Bridesmaid finally wins the title

Eloisa Luzon NMRAA far left in Orange finally wins the Palaro 100m Girls title.

After three years in a row as the bridesmaid, Eloisa Luzon of Northern Mindanao finally claimed the Palaro title in the 100m Dash. Luzon who had finished second behind Michelle Loterte, Jenny Rosales and then Maureen Emily Schrijvers qualified by far the fastest in the semi-finals with a personal best of 12.2. In the final, she secured a heroic victory into a big headwind in 12.6 seconds, ahead of her teammate Glaiza Salcedo. Salcedo who has recently come back to Track and Field after a short stint at Basketball was second in 12.8 seconds. Luzon will attempt to recapture the 200m title she won in 2010 as a first-year high school student and secure the sprint double. Luzon performance ensured her selection into the ASEAN Youth Team for the Vietnam meet June 4-7.

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14 Year old De Josef Impressive

14 Year old Angelica De Josef was impressive with a win in the girls 800m with a time of 2:17.2 breaking the Palaro Record 2:18.4. De Josef who is in her first year of High school at the Palaro represented the Western Visayas team.

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Lirazan stops the Nor Express

Local favorite Christopher Lirazan had an upset win in the Boys 100m the times in the final were marred by a strong headwind with Lirazan emerging victorious in 11.1s. This was at the expense of 2011 Champion and PNG Junior Champion Romnick Nor who finished second in 11.3s, NCAA Boys Record Holder Jomar Utdohan was third for NCR in 11.3s also. Utdohan and Nor who have run 10.7 and 10.6 were not able to cope with the strong wind as well as Lirazan who has the best time of 10.9.

Lirazan also made it a sprint double winning the 400m in 49.7 beating 16-year-old Jaime Mejia 50.1 of NCR. Mejia won the 110 Hurdles in 14.9 and 400 Hurdles in 55.3.

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Lirazan with Romnick Nor.

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The Need for Electronic Timing after protest filed in Mens 100m at Palaro

Article by Pirie Enzo, with contributions from National 100 and 200m Record Holder Ralph Waldy

Before i continue i would like to refer to a previous article i wrote which differentiates Hand timing and Electronic Timing.

article below
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I would like to see a clearer video. Ironically the stupid news writing blocks the view of the last frame of the crossing the line hence ruining the quality of the news video. I can tell due to the closeness of 1 and 2 there is no way that is a .2 difference of 11.1 and 11.3 .2 is around one or two strides.

To be honest the times in the final of the Palaro were a lot slower than the semifinals. Several coaches hand timed the top two athletes at around 10.8 and 10.9. Which begs into question the accuracy of the hand timing of the officials at the Palaro and whether we can really count these performances as certifiable by the IAAF.

Not trying to take anything away from the accomplishments of the athletes as winning a Palaro title (National High school) is still a big achievement for a young athlete. However, there may have been cases where an athlete is robbed of a place or an accurate time. I’m not saying that this is an example of this as I need to see a clearer video than the one provided.

I cant make an accurate decision on if Nor actually won without seeing a better video. But what I do know is a lot of countries use electronic timing at HS and even at weekly meets. It’s much fairer for the athletes if they have a photo finish in place.

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We need to introduce Electronic timing and Photo Finish to the Palaro and other meets

That is why hand timing should never be really acknowledged. I mean, we are the year 2013 already. Everything is on the technology age - why is it that a national HS competition still uses hand timing instead of electronic timing? Budget issues? Very shallow answer. Someone who’s in authority should lobby that to PSC and PATAFA should strongly push for this too.

Deped is in charge of the palaro, not PATAFA or PSC anymore. Deped undoubtedly has the funds to hire an electronic system. I looked into the cost of electronics purchasing the equipment is atleast 60,000 USD. DEPED does have the budget to allocate towards hiring electronics. They just do not understand the importance as they are not as well informed as for the PSC or PATAFA on sports.

The electronic Timing system is cheaper than that actually. I have a quotation from finish line coz were supposed to purchase that to support PATAFA events. If PATAFA can commit to us to convince other meets to use the system for at least 20 meets in a year then we can probably reconsider that previous plan. This should be a partnership with PATAFA project.