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0Lydia De Vega JR 200m Record Seems Safe
Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega
Legendary sprinter Lydia De Vega 200m Junior Record looks fairly safe. The National Junior mark of 23.54 has stood since 1981 Manila SEA Games. It was here that De Vega won the 200m as a 17 year old. De Vega resurfaced again when a newspaper falsely reported that she had died. Ofcourse this is not true and She is currently coaching in Singapore.
First Princess Joy Griffey (2004) and then Kayla Anise Richardson (2015) were able to lower the Junior Records of De Vega in the 100m. Although De Vega still has the 100m Senior Record at 11.28.
The Junior and Senior 400m Record which De Vega co-held was broken by first Jenny Rosales (2013), Zion Corrales-Nelson (2014) and then Kayla Anise Richardson (2017).
De Vega still holds the Senior and Junior 200 Records.
Two Strongest Candidates pass into Senior Category in a few months
Kayla Richardson
The closest any athlete has goto this was 2015 SEA Games 100m Champion Kayla Anise Richardson who ran 23.67 in the 2015 SEA Games, and also had recorded a ‘wind-aided’ 23.45 (+3.5). According to IAAF Competition Rule Book 2016-2017, marks over +2.0 cannot be counted as Records at any meet. Richardson in 2017 wound up 5th in the SEA Games in 24.29.
Meanwhile Zion Corrales-Nelson clocked 24.26 at SEA Games finishing fourth and has a PB of 23.74.
The Duo of Richardson and Nelson who have represented the Philippines already in several international meets. Are both Filipino Heritage athletes (athletes with a Filipino Parent). And they are both based in the United States. They are both born in 1998, so they would only have until December 31 to eclipse De Vega Junior 200m Record.
Despite Performing below expectations at the 2017 SEA Games in their individual 100 and 200 meter events. Nelson and Richardson. Joined Kyla Richardson and Eloiza Luzon to take the Womens 4x100m National Record in 44.81. The old record of 45.29 (Sinoro, Punelas, Ganosa, and De Vega) had stood since 1991. Apart from Eloiza who is 21, the other 3 girls are all juniors born in 1998.
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