2015 PATAFA Fitness Testing and PSC Seminar Photos and Video FREE PDF

2015 PATAFA Fitness Testing Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 2015 Fitness Testing for Athletics SEA Games by Sports Performance University. Conducted by Dr. Lynn and Mr. Terence Rowles. The Following were present Coaches Arnold Villarube Sean Guevarra Emerson Obiena Ernie Candelario Athletes Ernest John Obiena Narscica…

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2012 ASEAN Uni Games Report

2012 ASEAN Uni Games Report Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician With the completion of the UAAP. The action now moves to the ASEAN University Games with a selection of athletes based on availability and the results of the 74th UAAP last February. While the Games will be held Dec 12-18 in Vientiane Laos…

Eric Cray Articles 2013

Cray contacts Pinoyathletics.com I would like to thank everyone. And will be continuing plans for my book titled ‘Behind Closed Doors - ‘The Roar of the Athletes’. An important part of my journey was meeting Eric Cray along the way. I will share with you quickly how I initially came into contact…

Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega

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Lydia De Vega JR 200m Record Seems Safe

Lydia 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 falsely reported that…

2017 ASEAN Para Games Logo, with 11 nations competing in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in various sports disciplines.

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2017 ASEAN Para Games Report and Donations

Support PARA Athletes Philspada Mobile Donations Oct 21, 2017 MANILA Following the successful campaign of Filipino para-athletes in the 9th ASEAN Para Games in Malaysia in Sep., the Philippine Paralympic Committee/Philippine Sports Association for the Differently Abled is pushing the envelope further to support local para- athletes in upcoming international competitions. On October 16,…

Eric Cray Articles 2014

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Asian Games: Cray keeps promise to Filipinos Sept 30, 2014 Eric Cray, 25-year-old Fil-Heritage SEA Games 400m Hurdles Champion lived up to his promises and predictions of his coach Keith Sharper of a low to sub 50 run. A disappointing day yesterday with highly feted Long Jumper Marestella Torres…

2017 Malaysian Athletes Articles

Malaysia 3 to 8 Golds SEA Games Athletics Sept 3, 2017 Malaysia has gone from 3 to 8 Golds in the space of one SEA Games cycle.While Nauraj Singh (High Jump), Hakimi Ismail (Triple Jump) and Muhammad Irfan Shamshuddin (Discus) all defended their titles. And 5 new athletes added to this tally when Malaysia hosted…

Eric Cray Takes Third SEA Games Title in 400 Hurdles

Eric Cray Takes Third SEA Games Title Newly Crowned Asian Champion Eric Shauwn Cray of the Philippines in his third race of Day 1, won his 4th ever SEA Games Gold Medal. Cray made it his third straight SEA Games title in the 400 Hurdles. He added the second gold for Athletics after Mary Joy…

Gymnastics Adds 2 Golds for the Philippines

Gymnastics Adds 2 Golds for the Philippines Capellan claims 4th Gold for Philippines defends title Reynald Yuson Capellan successfully defended his SEA Games title in Men’s Artistic Floor. Capellan ended with 13.950 points. His win increases the Philippine Medal Tally to 4 Golds, 6 Silvers and 6 Bronzes. Capellan Gold in Singapore in 2015 ended…

Tears of Joy, Tabby bulldozes the field to become SEA Games Champion

Tears of Joy Mary Joy Tabal, 28 followed in the foot steps of the Great Jhoann Banayag and Cristabel Martes to crown herself the SEA Games Marathon Queen. The emphatic victory of the tiny 4’11 girl from Cebu. Was a bitter sweet reward for years of hard work from her. And her hard working coach…

SEA Games Day 5 - medal drought continues for Philippines

SEA Games Day 5 The Philippines was bogged down with 1 Silver and 2 Bronzes out of 14 awarded events, with 5 days passed. Seems like the real competition hasn’t started yet. Consequently The Philippines had dropped early to 7th on the overall tables. Hosts Malaysia leads early with 7 Golds. Archery again didn’t place…

2017 SEA Rankings Athletics

2017 SEA Rankings Athletics 2017 SEA Rankings Athletics as of December 1, 2017. By ATFS Statistician Andrew Pirie

Info on Write for us, Sponsor us, and Core Values

Call for New Writers for pinoyathletics.info By Pirie Enzo WIIFM if you write for your blog? 1. If you write for our blog it will help brand yourself as a subject matter expert. 2. If you write for our blog, it will help give you exposure to the target market you’re marketing to. 3. If…

Ernest Obiena Archives 2012-2017 (merged)

Ernest Obiena Interesting Statistics Ernest John Obiena Article by Andrew Pirie, ATFS Statistician Here are some interesting Statistics on Filipino SEA Games Silver Medalist Ernest John Obiena. For Biography Read Here Records Broken EJ has broken the Philippine National Junior Record 18 times from 2012-2014 He has broken the National Record 9 times from 2014-2015…

Francis Obiena Top 8 at Asian Youth Athletics

Francis Obiena Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician SEA Youth Champion & Palaro Record Holder Francis Obiena, 17 Finished inside the Top 8 on the first day of competition at the Asian Youth Championships. Furthermore Obiena comes from a strong family of vaulters including National Record Holder & SEA Games silver medallist Ernest Obiena. Hence…

Beram takes SEA lead in 400m for 2017 #3 all-time, other members sort out 4×400

Filipino National 200m Record Holder Trenten Beram, 21 grabbed the lead time for South East Asia in the 400m with a time of (46.56). The performance was done at the American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships in Houston last weekend. Beram mark took the lead from 2015 SEA Games silver medalist Quach Cong Lich (Vietnam) who…

2017 Singapore National Open Report Other Filipino Athletes (Results)

Singapore National Open SPORTS HUB, SINGAPORE ARTICLE BY ANDREW PIRIE ATFS STATISTICIAN While Francis Medina qualified for SEA Games and Lasangue who has already, got another near standard. Other athletes represented the Philippines at the Singapore Open Track and Field Champs. It doing go well for some of the Veterans. Rosie Villarito, 38 was 5th…

2017 Singapore: Francis Medina 400H SEA Bronze Mark

Francis Medina Francis Medina Hits SEA Bronze Standard in 400 Hurdles Singapore National Open, Sports Hub, Singapore Francis Medina, had a significant break through winning the gold medal in 400 Hurdles for the Philippines at the Singapore National Open. Medina timed 51.30, to book a plane to Malaysia as the SEA Games bronze standard is…

2017 Asian Grand Prix Jinhua 1st Leg Report and Results

Jinhua, Asian Grand Prix first leg Philippine Athletes Bui Thi Thao of Vietnam again got the best of Marestella Sunang (Torres). Thao who is the SEA Game silver medalist leapt 6.58m (-0.4) to win the 1st leg of the Asian Grand Prix. Thao who had allegedly was pregnant or retired. Showed anything but clearly dominating…

2017 South East Asian Swimming Rankings Part 1

Absoluetly no Short Course times will be applied. Please send updates or results for consideration to [email protected] Part 2 will be issued at the end of May or June sometime. Swimming Rankings from Jan 1 to Apr 30. The Following Meets have been included. Data Used *Singapore Age Grades *Singapore Jan Time Trial *Malaysia Age…

SEA Youth Part 2: Investigation and Lessons for next time.

To everyone I advised you i would continue my investigation on our 80 athlete = 1 gold performance. And if people took offence to constructive critical feedback i apologize. Regarding SEA Youth observation and later video analysis will show. Its not entirely the fault of PATAFA. Even though PATAFA needs to do a better job…

Philippines Host dismall 6th place only in SEA Youth 80 Athletes = 1 gold medal.

Philippines Host dismall 6th place only in SEA Youth Despite having around 80 athletes participate the Philippines could only manage 1 gold medal at the 2017 SEA Youth Championships. The host was humbled by Mighty Vietnam which generated a total of 13 golds, Malaysia and Indonesia each had 6, Thailand 5, and Singapore 2.…

Batang Pinoy 2016 Day 1 Results/Report Athletics Limos, Pranisa and Veruel set Records (Sprints)

Batang Pinoy 2016 As not all official results have came out. I will be sharing some of my manual timed performances. When official results are not available. Please notes time below are unofficial unless stated otherwise. Batang Pinoy 2016 : Limos, Pranisa, Veruel set Records The main draw card came in the Semi Finals…

2016 November Weekly Roundup Philippine Athletics

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 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…

2016 October Weekly Roundup Philippine Athletics

Limos Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Cebuana Express Limos Takes sprint Trebble at CESAFI 2016 Oct 9 ,2016 Samantha Limos (Univ Cebu) took the Golds in the Secondary Girls 100 (13.0), 200 (26.6) and 400 (1.03.2). Albeit the performances were far from the bests of Limos 11.99 which set the Palaro Record and 25.3…

2016 Asian Beach Games Athletics Report

Asian Beach Games Athletics Day 3-4 Report: Diones adds a Bronze Mark Harry Diones added another bronze medal to go with Veteran Marestella Torres bronze in the long jump. Diones a Criminology graduate from JRU who is trained by legendary coach Noel George (Jojo) Posadas leaped 15.72m to secure the Bronze. His best jump is 16.11m…

2015 ASEAN School Games Results, Reports and Commentaries

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 7th ASEAN School Games Conclusion and the need for ‘Fair Selection’ of Athletes Brunei Dec 16, 2015 I was originally contacted by Mr Cesar Abalon of the DEPED to provide comparative data for the ASEAN School Games. Mr Abalon texted me wanting to compare lists, this was…

2015 PNG Mindanao Athletics Results & Report

PNG Mindanao Athletics The Philippines National Games Mindanao Leg was held at the Pagadian City Oval. While no starting blocks were used and this a mud track. Yet the inside lane was very slippery so was avoided by the runners. Also this created difficulty in some of the distance events. Yet runners ended up running extra…

South East Asian Games 2015 Athletic Reports (videos)

South East Asian Games 2015 2015 SEA Games Notes Athletics From my notebook at 2015 SEA Games Jun 20, 2015 Split Times for Mary Grace Delos Santos (Timer Wenlie Maulas, Recorder Pirie) Lap / lap time / total time 1 1:20.6 1:20.6 2 1:24.4 2:45.0 3 1:23.3 4:08.3 4 1:23.5 5:31.8 5 X 6:55 7…

2015 Singapore Open Athletics Reports

2015 Singapore Open 2015 Singapore Open Athletics (Schedule of Events) (Start lists) (Live Results) The first tune up meet for the Philippines Athletics Team will be in Singapore. The meet originally scheduled for March 26-27 was postponed to April 4 and 5. The SEA Games will be held in Singapore June 5-15. Pinoyathletics.info will bring…

2015 Philippines NCAA Athletics (rev 1)

2015 Philippines NCAA Athletics NCAA Records (as of 2014, Draft in Progress) 2015 Philippines NCAA Athletics schedule 2015 NCAA Start List 2015 Philippines NCAA Athletics Previews (Merged) Men’s 100m Dash under the microscope CSB Boys aim for SEA Relay Team The Use of Electronic timing will utterly important at this meet. Also several athletes aiming…

Western Visayas Regional Palaro: Belibestre qualifies for ASEAN School Games

Western Visayas Regional Palaro Nothing but the best of Belibestre, qualifies for ASEAN School Games 2015 17 year old Jose Jerry Belibestre 5’4 sent a very clear message to his rivals that he will be in shape to defend his Palaro title. Belibestre also secured a spot in the ASEAN School Games with a leap…

Bertek, clocks fastest Marathon time by South East Asian in the last few years (rev 1)

Bertek The oldest member of the Philippine National Team in Athletics Eduaro Buenavista, 36 (Bertek) rewound the clock back several years. The Veteran Bertek placed second at the Hong Kong Chartered Marathon. The Former SEA Games and Many time Milo Marathon Champion clocked a time of 2:24:11 finishing fourth in the Asian Category and 30th…

Caleb Stuart ‘The Man Mountain’ Archives

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…

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2014 Pinoyathletics.info Athletes of the year in Athletics

2014 Pinoyathletics.info Athletes of the year in Athletics Pinoyathletics.info, looks at the most successful athletes in athletics for the year 2014 and are outlined as follows. Mens Athletics MVP: Eric Shauwn Cray (Fil-Heritage) 26 years old; (Coach) Keith Sharper National Record in 400 Hurdles Just .4 seconds from Olympic Qualification in the 400 Hurdles…

2014 Batang Pinoy Finals, Bacolod: Karen and Feiza go five for five

Karen and Feiza Day 1: Karen tidies up the record book With the rush hour meet months of November and December nearly over. The Batang Pinoy Finals returned a second time in the same year to Bacolod. Most impressive at this meet were two girls from the Leyte Sports Academy fresh from the ASEAN School…

2014 UAAP Athletics Complete (merged)

2014 UAAP Athletics Complete 1. UAAP Season 77 Athletics Schedule The UAAP Athletics will be held at Phil Sports December 6 to 10 over 5 days. Fully Automatic timing and wind gauge will be used. Kindly provided by coach Jeoffrey Chua of De La…

2014 ASEAN School Games Athletics (Full Report) (merged)

2014 ASEAN School Games Report Synopsis: The Philippines finished with fourth place at the ASEAN School Games behind Malaysia, Thailand and Indonesia. The Philippines garnered 11 Golds, 14 Silvers and 22 Bronzes a total of 47 medals its best ever finish since the ASEAN School Games revival in 2010. The Philippines was coming second to last leading…

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 Palarong Pambansa Report - All Sports-

2014 Palarong Pambansa 2014 Palarong Pambansa Archery The girls Archery at the 2014 Palarong Pambansa was more impressive. While Region 1’s Mary Queen Ybanez taking six golds 30, 40, 50,60m, single fita round and individual Olympic round. Yet the standout performer in this event was Vicent Villa (CVIRAA) who won four golds in the 30m,…

Palarong Pambansa 2014 Athletics Previews

Palarong Pambansa 2014 will take place at Santa Cruz, Laguna from May 4-10. The Palaro is the National High School Championships of the Philippines. And is an annual multi sports event. While we are waiting for the release of the schedule. We will provide a review of the events of the athletes participating. The analysis…

2013 The Return of the Filipina Sprinters

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Fil Heritage pole vaulter Alyana Nicolas targets the National Junior Pole Vault Record

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2013 July Weekly Roundup Philippine Athletics

Articles by Andrew Pirie Sarah Vitug closes in on Long Standing 1500m Womens National Record (Jul 4, 2013) . Sarah Vitug An athlete excluded from the lineup for the last SEA Games continued to lower her personal best. Vitug actually qualified for the last sea games as her mark of 4m34 was actually below the 4m38 bronze standard.…

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.…

1991 SEA Games Athletics Partial Results (rev 1)

1991 SEA Games Athletics SEA Games December 24 nov to 3 dec 1991 Manila/ Mens 100m 30/11 1 Mardi Lestari Indonesia 10.44 2 Visat Watansain Thailand 10.59 3 Ko Yu Kasty Malaysia 10.74 4 Albert Go Philippines 10.76 5 Kringkrae Narom Thailand 10.77 6 Khadiq Juntasi Indonesia 10.79 7…

Lydia De Vega aged 16.

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1980-1981 ASEAN Schools Partial Results

1981 ASEAN Schools Partial Results 1980 ASEAN SCHOOLS Newspaper and Partial Results Supplied by Jaime Grafillo from Indonesian Newspaper Article . Girls . 400M (11/9) It was a much slower final than previous years. With none of the top three in last years final. 1. Vonny Sondakh Indonesia 60.02 2. Sharifah Singapore…

Once Asia’s Fastest Man Rabuan Pit

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1979 SEA Games Athletics Complete Results

1979 SEA Games Athletics Jakarta, Indonesia 1979 Mens 100 METRES ( 22 /9) FINAL 1 Suchart Jairsurabharp Thailand 10.50 2 Jeffrey Mathelemual Indonesia 10.70 3 Prasit Boonprasert Thailand 10.79 4 Yacob Mursidi Waas Indonesia 10.83 5 Ong Yoke-phee Singapore 11.08 6 Ellron Alfred Angian Malaysia 11.14 7 Norazamal Jaffar Singapore 11.22 . 200 METRES (…