2018 April Round up - World Athletics News

2018 April World Athletics News - Simbine tames the Beast at the Commonwealth Games 100m (Video) Apr 10, 2018 ARTICLE BY ANDREW PIRIE ATFS STATISTICIAN GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA Akani Simbine was the surprise winner of the Commonwealth Games Blue Rib-band 100m. Moving out fast in lane 8. Wedged between fellow South African Bruntjies and…

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Regine Tugade of Guam

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Regine Tugade Articles

Tugade Tugade ready for Navy’s season Mike Nauta Jr. | For The Guam Daily Post Jan 17, 2018 Updated Jan 17, 2018 Not only do I want to keep chipping away at Guam records, but I want to make my mark in my school and in our conference league as well.” – Regine Tugade AN OFFICER…

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How Many Filipinos qualify for Rio 2016 I am going to ask not just the athletic community and the sports community How many athletes are going to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics from the Philippines? The Question comes in light of the headlines in the Manila Bulletin, Tribune, and Inquirer. And other leading newspapers.…

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IAAF World Series Golden Spike Championships Airnel T. Abarra-Chief correspondent, www.pinoyathletics.info OSTRAVA,CZECH REPUBLIC- For the first time in Philippine media history, a Filipino will cover live an IAAF global event as www.pinoyathletics.info, chief correspondent Prof. Abarra is on site in Czech Republic, to bring in the latest events and views, at the 2015 Zlata Tretra…

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Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian Mar 15, 2015 Meanwhile 2014 PNG Champion Tyler Ruiz improved his seasons best to 2.07m, 6cm from the SEA Games standard. Ruiz holds a personal best of 2.17m from 2013. At Cougar invitational meet in Los Angeles, 17 year old Kyla Richardson who has battled with hamstring injuries the…

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Caleb John Stuart obliterates SEA Hammer Record Mar 14, 2015 Caleb John Stuart Fil-Heritage thrower Caleb Stuart sent a sign of things to come to his rivals in South East Asia. And that the Philippines was in fact prepared to…

Weekly Round up Philippine Athletics April and May 2014

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Phi Athletes Weekly Roundup - May 2014- (merged) Griffey 11.62 With less than 2 weeks to go before the opening of the National Games May 17. The Fil-Heritage athletes put in a good batch of performances in the United States. Princess Joy Griffey closes in on personal best Princess Joy…

2014 Weekly Roundup Philippine Athletics October, November

Marisa Kwiatkowski - The new Kid on the Long Jump Board (rev 1) November 13, 2014 Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Looking at following the legacy and great tradition of Filipino Long Jumpers. De Vega, Muros, Gabito, Torres, Santos is another promising young athlete. The 18 year old beauty Marisa Kwiatkowski is the…

2014 PATAFA Weekly Relays - Report & Results

2014 PATAFA Weekly Relays - Report & Results Sept 28, 2015 Compiled by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician/PSC Consultant I have compiled all the reports for the 2014 Weekly Relays. Please note the amount of detail and effort I put into and promoting Managing this meet as a PSC Consultant .2014 saw an exponential growth…

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Sean 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. And standing only…

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Tony 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. …

Isidro Del Prado: Legacy of the quarter mile

Isidro Del Prado By Pirie Enzo with insights by Ignacio Dee In the early 80s a young man emerged who would take the Mens 400m dash further than any Filipino that came before him. Also he set a new bench mark in this event until today his performance of 45.57 remains the Filipino National Record.…

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Elma Muros the SEA Games Heptathlon Queen

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 Elma Muros. [EMBED]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAtrusA8ADo[/EMBED]…

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Brumel at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics (Photo Credits: Getty Images)

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How the High Jump Evolved: A brief history

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Ensayo para sa kabataang atleta; Ano ba ang dapat?

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