Benjamin 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 Athlete Born 27…
2018 Taiwan Open Meet 2018 Taipei Open - Bronze for John Albert Mantua #5 all time list May 27, 2018 Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician It was 3 medals for Team Philippines. With John Albert Mantua landing bronze in the Discus in a new PB of 46.62m. Mantua only registered two throws 46.62m…
Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 2018 Philippine National Games Athletics Day 2 and 3 May 23, 2018 *All Performances need to be verified Rosie no spring chicken but still got it 2009 SEA Games Champion Rosie Villarito won the Women’s Javelin in 45.98m. Villarito who is gunning for the SEA Games bronze…
Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician With Malaysia recently having 9 athletes qualified for the World Junior Champs. It got me thinking what about the Philippines? Despite having 17 Total Records broken at the Palaro. The Philippines Junior athletes are dropping further and further behind the global standards. Only Fil-Heritage athetes…
Malaysia Open Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Three athletes were sent to the Malaysian Open from the Philippines. This was not on the original request list with the PSC. Clinton Kingsley Bautista (110 Hurdles) Anfernee Lopena (100m) Julian Reem Fuentes (Long Jump) Malaysia Open Day 2 Bronze for CLINTON!!! SEA Games Bronze…
Philippines Swimming 2015 PSC-POC PNG MINDANAO QUALIFYING LEG (PAGADIAN) SWIMMING COMPLETE RESULTS 2015 2015 SEA Games In Synchronized Swimming, Allysa Salvador and Jemimah Tiambeng both wound up dead last in the Women’s Duet Technical and Free Routine with 53.0333 points. The Philippines again finished dead last in Synchronized swimming with 8th of 8 in the duel…
Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Veruel Verdadero defended both his Palaro Titles in the 100 and 200. The 17 year old from Dasmarinas still has one more year left to play in the Palaro. Veruel is an experienced campaigner who had bronze at the 2017 Children of Asia Games, bronze in the 2017 SEA…
Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Vigan, Palarong Pambansa Riza Jane Valiente of Bohol. Not only defended her Palaro 400m Hurdles Title. She also smashed her own meet record. Please note according to the DEPED listings the record belongs to Rochelle Jalabrica of NCR set in 1994 at 1:00.5. This is quite impossible as the…
2018 Singapore Track and Field Open Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician RESULTS AND REPORT Aries Toledo 9th in the Shotput 10.72m 400 Heats Alejan makes his debut in 47.91, Alferos 48.50, and Caido wins heat in 49.09. Also Famous Actor Jericho Ejercito of Philippines goes through in a 50.03 PB. A Final. 4 Filipinos,…
Boosting Your Home Exercise Routine During Training Season Article by Jane Sandwood Whenever UAAP season comes around, most people in the Philippines turn their attention to the top university athletes in the country. Watching some of the most impressive young athletes deliver outstanding performances every year can lead us to wonder how to train at…
Powerlifting Philippines 2016 Team Philippines Report 2016 WORLD JUNIOR & SUB-JUNIOR POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Oct 12, 2016) Article by Joan Masangkay This is the story of our team in POWERLIFTING last month at the 2016 WORLD JUNIOR & SUB-JUNIOR POWERLIFTING CHAMPIONSHIPS Held in Poland The country of Szczyrk, Poland is very cold country. I…
Milo Little Olympics Marikina Sports Complex Oct 24-25 This was at October 24-25 at Marikina Sports Complex. Straight Final of 8, 2 from each team. Teams Luzon, NCR, Visayas and Mindanao. 2014 Milo Finals Elementary Swimming Results (complete not in order) 2014 Milo Finals Secondary Swimming Results (might be partial) University Games Philippines Central Philippine…
Edward 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 Nelson at Mt…
Pre-Asian Games Day 2 Toledo wins Gold, Medina PB in 400 Hurdles Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Toledo wins another Gold In a 2 man Decathlon competition SEA Games Champion Aries Toledo emerged victorious with the first gold for the Philippines Athletic contingent at the Pre-Asian Games. Toledo was able to overcome…
Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Born 1932 At the age of 21 Somblingo took the National 400m title in a time of 49.9 at the Rizal Memorial Colisseum in Manila. Defeating and succeeding Ciprinao Nuera as the countries fastest quarter miler. Nuera who had won the 200m title in 23.3 at the National Championships had a…
Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Jeorge Andrade of Davao City. Is an unknown figure in terms of road running. However he had his big break today in the Milo Marathon finals as he claimed the title in 2h39.34. In what was expected to be anyone’s game and a close finish. Andrade clearly won fairly…
Benguet Philippines Adivay sports events Benguet Philippines slated by Ofelia C. Empian Various sports activities are lined up as part of the 2017 Adivay Festival in Benguet Philippines next month. Set on Nov. 18 is the arnis tournament to be held at the Capitol covered court. While the summer sprint competition is set at Shilan-Beckel…
Agrippina Dela Cruz Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Born November 7, 1960. Agrippina Dela Cruz. Hailing from Buer, Aguilar, Pangasinan. She was discovered by her school principal Mr. Andres Nava. And began Athletics at age 13. Her first meet locally was in Pangasinan where she won the 100 and 400 Hurdles. She…
stretching Warm-up at Stretching: Alin ang tama? Isang review article Airnel T. Abarra MS Human Movement Science (Candidate) University of the Philippines Diliman [email protected] Kung tatanungin ang isang ordinaryong atleta o recreational runner na wala masyadong background sa Sports Science, sasabihin nila na ang warm-up ay ang pag-stretching kasama at pag-ikot ng ilang beses sa…
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…
Track Ovals in the Philippines Pinoyathletics.info Needs your Help! In Updating our List of Track Ovals in the Philippines. You can either Comment on the Facebook Thread Comment on this Webpage Email us at [email protected] With Track Ovals in the Philippines we would appreciate the Following Information Track Ovals in the Philippines not included…
FINAL MEDAL TALLY | Ashgabat2017 Philippines 19th Asian Martial Arts and Indoor Games Sept 28, 2017 Article by Go For Gold Philippines Some Edits: Medal table[edit] Host nation Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Turkmenistan (TKM) 89 70 86 245 2 China (CHN) 42 32 23 97 3 Iran (IRI) 36 23 59 118 4 Kazakhstan (KAZ) 28…
Philippines worst finish in the SEA Games since 1999 It seemed that during the 2017 SEA Games, the Mall across the road was having a 50% off sale. Which unfortunately also included the Gold Medal count for Team Philippines. When the task force had predicted 50 golds medal before the SEA Games its seemed a…
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…
Philippine Athletics at World University Games FESSAP will send 15 Athletes to the World University Games in Taipei. Furthermore the team will be accompanied by Former National Head Coach Joseph Sy. While the games is held at the same time as the SEA Games in Kuala Lumpur. In addition the talents were selected from a…
2017 SEA Games Events: 100, 200, 400, 4×100, 4×400 Born: 11 October 1998 Coach: Mike Gipson School: California State Berekley (NCAA Div 1) Member of National Team Since 2015 Based in Los Angeles, USA Home Town: Burnaby, Canada Performances 100m: 11.69 Coquitlam 11-Jun-2017 200m 23.74 Los Angeles 28-Apr-2017 400m: 54.18 Langley 29-May-2015 Nelson, is…
Two Junior Fil-Heritage athletes continued to show promise. Cerah Moren breaks Palabrica Junior Record, wins for Zion Corrales-Nelson June 29, 2017 The fast improving Cerah Moren from Arizona. Who is from Arizona. Erased the National Junior Record of Evalyn Palabrica 45.43m set 5 years ago in the ASEAN University Games in Vietnane. The 5’3 Moren,…
Kwiatkowski Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Fil-Heritage jumper Marisa Kwiatkowski, 20 broke the 13-year-old National Triple Jump Record of Olympian Marestella Torres. Marisa has held a Filipino passport since 2014 coming through the PSC Fil-Heritage scouting program. Playing in her first year of college. Kwiatkowski who represents Stanford leaped 12.68m (1.4), to place 26th…
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…
Veruel adds another Palaro Title After delivering an expected win in the 100m Dash. Veruel Verdadero (STCAA) extended his range by taking the Palaro 400m in 49.6. This was just outside his best time of 49.5 set at the STCAA Regionals. Even though not quite a palaro record held by Jomar Udtohan 48.7 (2014). The…
Villagoniza San Jose, Antique Alcantra Surprises It was a surprise win for Kassandra Alcantra (NCR) in the secondary girls shotput she improved her best throw from 10.07m at the UAAP representing UE where she finished behind Daniella Daynaata of DLSU high school. Alcantra first palaro title came with her first ever win over the favorite and…
10th grader from Bukidnon sets new Palaro javelin throw record By: June Navarro - Reporter / @junavINQ Philippine Daily Inquirer / 06:00 PM April 25, 2017 SAN JOSE, ANTIQUE— Secondary Girls javelin throw record fell on the second day of athletics competition in the 60th Palarong Pambansa at the Binirayan Sports Complex here. Sylvian Faith Abunda…
James Lozanez of Western Visayas took an upset win in the Secondary Boys Javelin with a hurl of 59.46m. Beating his team mate Ronald Lacson 57.30m. Lozanez was not even in the Top 8 last year. Lacson improved his best from his last years winning throw of 55.81m but this was not enough to secure…
The Results of the national open threw further confusion at who would be lining up for the Philippines at the 2017 SEA Games in a few months in August in the Men’s Long Jump. The event was truly stunning. In what might be the strongest field in the history of the national open. 6 of the…
Connor Henderson Filipino Scottish Hurdler Connor Henderson had been contacting me for several years. Confirmed that Connor had first contacted me in 2013, as per emails, face book messages and the first time he appears in my ‘exclusive’ national ranking lists prior to having contacted the PATAFA. Henderson first appears on the 2013 Ranking list…
DLSU Angel Carino has obliterated the UAAP Triple Jump Record of Olympian Marestella Torres, with a leap of 12.60m. While Torres then representing FEU record had stood for 15 years since 2002. Also the 20 year old Carino beat UST duo Judy Almasa (12.15m) and Alyssa Andrade (11.73m). Her performance is 4th on the all…
The Top Part is a 52 Page Document Archive of Correspondence in Emails and Letters between Tabal and PATAFA on Scribd Regarding her lead-up to the 2016 Olympic Games YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE Tabal makes it Four Milo Marathon Titles, one away from History Dec 26, 2016 Mary Joy Tabal, 27.…
Jaime 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 he had clocked…
Beram Mercado King of the blanket finish in the 100 Meters Earlier in the meet Bryan Mercado, 23 a graduate of USC, Los Angeles. Had a very narrow blanket win over two members of the national team in the 100 Meter Dash. Mercado clocked 10.59 (0.8) (not far from his 10.51 PB from last…
Arsenio Jazmin was one of the great early quarter milers from the hot spot of Bicol, who inspired and led to Bicol becoming a power house in Philippines 400m running for the next few decades. I had the chance to meet the legendary sprinter, during my stint as a Palaro Coach for Zamboanga in Albay.…
2015 Batang Pinoy Athletics 2015 Batang Pinoy Athletics Full Results: Inaccuracy in timing in Heat 2 of Girls 100m I think the paper results of Heat 2 of the girls 100m needs to be checked. Especially relevant is that 12.04, 12.09 and 12.12 from Limos, Gatinga and Cuyom is very inaccurate. While I had requested a…
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…
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.…
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…
Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Weekly Roundup -July Week 2- Lydia’s Heirs do well in the sprints July 8, 2014 Corrales-Nelson good lead up to World Juniors breaks 200 PB Fil-Canadian Zion Corrales-Nelson set a new personal best of 24.15s, enroute to the World Junior Champs in Oregon (July 21-23). She improved on…
Power-lifting Power-lifting Philippine Powerlifting Records Below is a list of the Philippine Powerlifting Records (Deadlift, Bench, Squat to parallel or below). Kindly supplied by national weightlifting coach Edmundo Cardano. Included in the lists of Records is University of the Philippines Thrower Precious De Leon. 1. Raw records begin Nov 2011 2.…
Recruiting Athletes in Philippine Track and Field Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian There are three ways I can think of which come to mind for recruiting talented Track and Field athletes into the Philippines, 1. Are grassroots programs e.g. finds at the Palarong Pambansa and other such meets Batang Pinoy Regional Palaro Meets…
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 was Lydia De Vega,…
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 the island of…
track ovals 70 Fun Track Ovals in the Philippines, guaranteed for your running needs Article, original article, and revisions by Andrew Pirie (Pirie Enzo) ATFS Statistician . Synopsis The First edition of this publication was published on Facebook on January 21, 2011. Hence in 2012, it moved to pinoymiler, then pinoyathletics.com, then pinoyathletics.info. Attached is…
1981 SEA GAMES ATHLETICS Manila, Philippines 1981 . Mens 100 METRES (10/12) HEAT 1 1 Sumet Promna Thailand 10.50 2 Ellron Alfred Angian Malaysia 10.73 3 Tang Ngai-kin Singapore 10.83 4 Constantino Sebastian Philippines 10.90 5 Christian Nenepath Indonesia 10.94 6 Thant Zin Burma 11.06 7 Baha Bujang Brunei 11.33 HEAT 2 1 Suchart Jairsurabharp…
2013 Weekly Roundup January to March Philippine Athletics Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Fil-Heritage 2013 January-February (Amended) Richardson Twins open 2013 with PBs in 60m, Fil-Heritage athletes in action! (Jan 28) The Philippines fastest female over 100-200m who ran 12.00et and 24.12et last year 14-year-old Kyla Richardson had a very narrow win over…
2013. Fil-Heritage 2013 April (Amended) Alyana Shatters the Philippine Junior Record (Apr 1) . Alyana Nicolas had a significant break through on Saturday at the 2013 Chabot Invite & Relays. Nicolas who submitted her Filipino dual citizenship documents to PATAFA now has taken a considerable amount off her own National Junior Record with a leap…
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