Benjamin Silva-Netto - over half a century of loyal service.

Please Share this PostFacebook9Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Benjamin Silva-Netto Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Athlete, Coach and then PATAFA Secretary General for many years. Benjamin Silva- Netto devoted over half a century to Philippine Athletics. Sir Ben as he is fondly known and recalled is perhaps as paramount even in fact as Reginio Ylanan for his contribution to Philippine Athletics.   The…

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Eduardo Buenavista

Please Share this PostFacebook11Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0eduardo buenavista Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician One of the greatest successes of the legendary coach Mario Castro. Among the highlights of illustrious long career include 4 SEA Games Golds in 4 Disciplines Steeples, 5000, 10,000 and Marathon. 2 Olympic Games. A bronze medal at Asian Championships in 10K. National Records…

Edward Lasquete

Please Share this PostFacebook1Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Edward Lasquete Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   One of the greatest ever Fil-Heritage athletes to represent the Philippines. Was Edward Lasquete. Edward was the first South East Asian athlete to scale past the 5.00m barrier. He was born December 31, 1971. And was coached for his entire career by Steve…

Enrique Bautista

Please Share this PostFacebook5Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician     Born July 15, 1934 from Hagonoy, Bulacan. He stood 5’6 and 57kg.   The first performance we have noted in 11.2 as a Junior set in 21.02.1953. He finished fourth at the BPISAA that year in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. The BPISAA was the forerunner…

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Tokal Mokalam

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician One of the greatest sprinters and most tragic deaths for Philippine Track and Field came from the 1970s star Tokal Mokalam. Born 15 June 1949. Mokalam placed third at the national open then 17, in the 200m in 22.6. He finished behind veterans Arnulfo Valles 21.9…

Lolita Lagrosas Dawn of the Iron Maiden

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Before Elma Muros, no other female Filipino athlete was as versatile as the Iron Maiden of Asia. Her range extended across the High Jump, Long Jump, and Pentathlon. The Pentathlon was the multi event for women unitl it was replaced by the Heptathlon in 1981. And had 5 events instead of 7.…

Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega

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Lydia De Vega JR 200m Record Seems Safe

Please Share this PostFacebook13Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Lydia De Vega JR 200m Record Seems Safe 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…

‘It’s so fake’: Track legend Lydia de Vega dispels death hoax

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0 By: Bong Lozada - Reporter / @BLozadaINQ INQUIRER.net / 08:55 PM August 30, 2017   Lydia De Vega, once dubbed as the fastest woman in Asia, dispelled rumors circulating on social media that she has passed away. In a conversation with INQUIRER.net Wednesday night, De Vega said she was surprised about her fictional death and…

Abdul Guipar supplied by his only daughter Princess Zoraida.

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Abdulkadir Guiapar , Asian Champion in 400 Hurdles

Please Share this PostFacebook279Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Abdulkadir Guiapar   One of the first big names produced by the late Rosito Andaya was Abdulkadir Guiapar from Cotabato. Andaya molded the hard working Guiapar into an Asian champion in the 400 Hurdles.   Guiapar succeeded the aging Timoteo Galima, who had been the national champion in 400 Hurdles on and off for…

Regino Ylanan The Father of Philippines Sport

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Regino Ylanan Regino Ylanan (7 September 1889 – 1963) was a Filipino athlete, physician, sports administrator, physical educator, and sports historian. He rose to fame with three gold medals in track and field at the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games in Manila. He won two further medals at the 1915 Game. And…

Mercidita ‘Bunso’ Manipol

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0  In some cases, courage mattered more than height. Thus the petite figure of Mercidita Manipol that stood less than 5’0 crushed the challenge of her much bigger opponents to emerge as a SEA Games champion in the 2005 SEA Games in Manila. Manipol still holds the Philippine Record in the 5000m…

Lerma Elmira Buluitan-Gabito

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0     Lerma Elmira Bulauitan (later Gabito), Born 1974 from Penablanca, Cagayan Valley. Lerma began her career as a sprinter and jumper.   Bulauitan clocked 12.5 to the win the Palarong Pambansa secondary girls title as a 16-year- old in 1990 in Pangasinan. During her senior years of the Palaro though Bulauitan…

Erlinda Lavandia

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Erlinda Lavandia Considered one of the greatest Javelin Throwers in the history of the South East Asian Games. Born in 1952 and Hailing from Surigao Del Norte. Lavandia was the sole gold medalist at the 1977 SEA Games the first time the Philippines joined. She won her first Javelin title with a…

Jaime Grafilo

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Jaime Grafilo As a 17 year old school boy in 1979 Grafilo had a PB of 49.7 in the 400m Dash heading into the ASEAN School Games that year. He was selected to play in the 1979 SEA Games but did no do well finishing fifth in 58.32. Well below the 54.6…

Henry Dagmil - Long Jump King

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Henry Dagmil Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Bringing in many years of honor to the people of the Philippines. Henry Dagmil broke a long-standing national record in the Long Jump which had stood past the living memory of most in the summer of 2004, he would go on from that to…

Arnulfo Valles

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Arnulfo Valles Arnulfo Vallejos Valles was born in 15th August, 1940, in Tagbilaran, Bohol. Valles was an active sprinter during most of the 1960s. He was a PSIAA (Public Interscholastic Athletics Association, predecessor to the Palarong Pambnansa) stand out with William Mordeno. While he represented the Philippines at the 1964 at the…

Genaro Saavdera -Jim Thorpe of the orient

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit1StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Genaro Saavedra (born 1895) was a Filipino track and field athlete and four-time Far Eastern Championship Games champion. While at high school in Ambos Camarines, Saavedra was trained by a Nebraskan sports coach, Clinton “Doc” Fehliman. Who taught for six years in the country during its era of American influence. Although primarily…

Pio Robillos - The King of the Cinder-path

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Pio Robillos Dating before Fortunato Catalon, was a pre-war champion by the name of Pio Robillos. Robillos was a Cebuano. Furthermore, he was known as the King of the Cinder-path during his time. Most noteworthy was that Robillos represented ‘The Philippine Islands’ he won the 100 yard (91m) and 220 yard titles…

Pedro Subido

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Pedro Subido (Dec 4, 1930- Dec 4, 2013) Pedro Subido was born in Naguilian, La Union He would be better known as a very capable member of the National Relay Squad in the 4×100 during the 1950s.   In the 1954 Asian Games he won the Philippines a bronze medal in the…

Joebert ‘Grover’ Delicano

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Joebert ‘Grover’ Delicano After 17 years of loyal service to the national team, his watch has now ended. Joebert although unable to secure that elusive SEA Games gold medal continually provided a factory of meals at the SEA Games from 1999 to 2009 in the long and triple jump. He currently holds…

Andres Tan Franco: First and only Gold Medal at Asian Games in High Jump

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit1StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Andres Tan Franco Andres Tan Franco (1925-2008) Although he will be in the shadow of our greatest High Jumper. Simeon Toribio. Andres Franco tremendous unmatched feat of an Asian Games gold medal finally earns him the right to the Pinoyathletics Hall of Fame. He was raised and born in Tondo, Philippines (30…

The Sean Guevara Story

Please Share this PostFacebook230Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Sean Guevara Sean Guevara Our latest induction to the Legends of Track and Field is current national Coach Sean Guevara who hails from Iloilo in Western Visayas. Consequently discovered by veteran coach Noel Diel one of the foremost coaches of the Western Visayas. Sean Guevara despite being already 29 years of age.…

Tony Benson - Great Coaches of the Gintong Alay

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Tony Benson Early Days   Although not a Filipino. Australian Tony Benson contributed a great deal of development to Philippines Track and Field during the golden age of the Gintong Alay. It is very appropriate that Tony will now forever be immortalized among the greats of Philippines Track and Field.    …

Bruce Ventura

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Bruce Ventura - Legends of the Throwers Circle

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Bruce Ventura Today we add another Legend to our circle of champions of the past. Fil-Heritage Thrower Bruce Ventura will be immortalized forever among the legends of our sport. Bruce was the Philippine National Record Holder in the Shotput for 15 years from 1992 to 2007. A lot of the senior coaches…

Mrs Nanette Lusterio enjoying some good times with her Gintong Alay Team Mates.

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Remembering Nanette Lusterio (1954-2012) (rev 1)

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Article  by Nicky Lusterio, Ignacio Dee, and Pirie Enzo Would like to thank Nanette daughter Nicky for giving me permission and contributing photos to this article and Mr. Ignacio Dee for his insight as a long time follower of Track and Field in this country   Nanette Galaritta Lusterio passed away August 13, 2012,…

Mona Sulaiman first woman win sprint double Asian Games

Please Share this PostFacebook15Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Mona Sulaiman By Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian Revision 5   Mona Coco Sulaiman (9 June 1942 - 21 Dec 2017)   I would likely to share with the athletic community another great tale of one of our countries legendary female sprinters Mona Sulaiman. Compiled by Pirie Enzo: but contributed by various sources including…

Renato Unso the heartbreak kid who shattered the National Record

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Renato Unso The Philippines enjoyed a fabulous streak in the early 80s at SEA Games with three 400 Hurdlers in 1981 Grafillo, 1983 Unso and 1985 Arnillo claiming the 400 Hurdle crown. It was Renato Unso who at these games would set the undisputed Philippine Record of 51.26 which till this day…

The Age of Inocencia Solis - The First Great Filipina Sprint Champion

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0     I would like to share with the athletic community another great tale of one of our countries legendary female sprinters. Compiled by Pirie Enzo: but contributed by various sources including Mr Ignacio Dee. . The Philippines has a strong history of Women Sprint Champions at Asian Level. The last one…

Amelita Alanes our Third Great Women Sprint Champion

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Amelita Alanes The Philippines had a very rich tradition of Asian Women Sprint Champions starting with Inocencia Solis in the 50s and then Mona Sulaiman in the 60s. After Sulaiman, some time passed before a stocky teenager born in La Carlota, Negros Occidental on February 28 1952, emerged to become the countries…

Fortunato Catalon congratulated by Prince Chichibu at the 1923 Far East Asian Games (Photo Supplied by Ron Casey President of the International Society for Japanese Philately (ISJP).

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Fortunato Catalon the King of Filipino Sprinters

Please Share this PostFacebook16Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0  Fortunato Catalon Article by Pirie Enzo from various sources During the early dawn of Filipino Sports emerged are first great sprint champion Fortunato Catalon. . Early Beginnings Fortunato Catalon was born on October 14, 1897 in the town of Tolosa, Leyte, he hailed from a farming family from the interior of…

Elma Muros the SEA Games Heptathlon Queen

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0  The Early 80s was an exciting era for Philippine Track and Field. The country was winning international sports events in the region here and there. And medals were not hard to come by. A few athletes instantly became household names. Among them is a no-nonsense runner and durable heptathlon athlete named…

Cristabel Martes the Marathon Queen

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician We have not done a feature on a legend of track and field for a while. Due to preparation of the PNG and commitments to assisting various athletes.   Its only fitting that Christabel Martes who won the SEA Games Marathon twice in 2001 lost the…

Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega

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Lydia De Vega Asia’s Sprint Queen (rev 9)

Please Share this PostFacebook10Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest8Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Lydia De Vega Article Revised by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Lydia De Vega was Asia’s fastest women during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong Alay program in Track and Field. Hence turning the Philippines into a superpower in Asian Track and Field and inspired national pride in being Filipino.  …

Josephine de la Vina Untouched Discus Records

Please Share this PostFacebook0Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit0StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Josephine de la Vina ARTICLE by ANDREW PIRIE - ATFS Statistician & pinoyathletics.info Editor . Born Apr 20, 1946 New Lucena, Iloilo Philippines, Died Nov 4 2011, Jaro, Iloilo, Philippines This is a revision of an article I wrote for Pinoymiler on March 8, 2012, titled ‘Filipino Junior Records in Chaos and Collision:…

Rogelio Onofre and a record that stood nearly half a century

Please Share this PostFacebook6Google+0TwitterLinkedinemailPinterest0Reddit1StumbleUpon0DiggTumblr0Rogelio Onofre Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS statistician and pinoyathletics.info Editor For 45 years Rogelio Onofre held the Men’s 100m National Record from 1962 up until 2007. He was the last Filipino 100m-200m sprinter to be heralded Asia’s fastest man. His career as a sprinter spanned three decades from the late 1950s…