Diones surpasses National Record. Lopena Honey moon season continues.

Diones

Diones 16.29m

Of course HND mawawala eto
Thanks po coach George Posadas
Mission accomplish!!!
Next level na po ulit. - Harry Diones via FB.

Mark Harry Diones registered a new personal best of 16.29m. This mark has surpassed the National Record of 16.12m set by Joebert Delicano in the 2009 SEA Games in Vietnane, Laos.

Pinoyathletics.info will just wait for confirmation of the wind reading before updating our database.

Diones who hails from Bicol and is a Criminology graduate from JRU has been guided by the same coach Noel George (Jojo) Posadas since he started at JRU in 2010. Diones was fourth place last SEA Games. 16.29m surpasses the silver medal standard of the 2015 SEA Games (16.20m). Last SEA Games was won in 16.76m.

Ronne Malipay was a very distant second at weekly relay finals with 15.31m.

Lopena Honey moon season continues

On what could very well be the rise of a new national sprint champion some day. The humble boy from Bohol, Anfernee Lopena, 22 rounded off a fabulous 2016 winning both the 100 and 200m Dash at the Weekly Relay Finals. Lopena clocked 10.51, to beat NCAA Record Holder Jomar Udtohan 10.71 and 2013 SEA Games 400m Champion Archand Bagsit 10.80. The mark was just outside his 10.47 PB which had been the third fastest mark of all time by a Filipino sprinter.

He then was rewarded later with a new PB of 21.68 in the 200m Dash. Improving from his 21.75 race a few weeks back in eliminations. He held off Bagsit and Udtohan.

Good Old JR. Lasangue won the Mens High Jump in 2.08m fom Janry Ubas 2.05m.

4×100 Record disallowed

It was better luck for the time keeping this week than it was last week.

Also the time of 40.2, cannot be allowed due to a timing malfunction in the electronic device belonging to PATAFA. Firstly in the 200 times were not recorded. Later in the 4×100 the team of Isidro Del Prado, Jomar Udtohan, Clinton Kingsley Bautista and Anfernee Lopena clocked a time of 40.2. This mark would have been under the 40.64 national record, however no photo finish was captured. Photo finish is part of the requirement for track records in sprints. The hand time given was 40.5.

Yesterday the same four clocked a time of 40.90et.