Caminong claims sole ownership of Junior High Jump Record

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian It has been a very interesting High Jump in junior girls at the national open. Which began at the Palarong Pambansa and splurged out in the Heptathlon event. As the dust settled Evangeline Caminong (Dasmarinas) claimed sole ownership of the Junior Women’s High Jump record with a 1.71m effort in…

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Christian Ampong wins Palaro Gold despite struggles

Christian Ampong took the Javelin Gold Medal at the 2018 Palarong Pambansa in Vigan for his new team NCR. Ampong’s throw of 58.51m (@700 gram) is a big improvement on his personal best (PB). The silver medalist was nearly 5 meters back at 53.87m. Ampong’s PB however remains outside the Palaro Record of 62.47m…

Philippine Weightlifting needs help says Sports Chief

Philippine Weightlifting From Manila Bulletin 30th May 2018 https://sports.mb.com.ph/2018/05/30/ph-weightlifting-grievances-shed-seeks-help/ PH weightlifting grievances shed, seeks help Published May 30, 2018, 4:00 AM Philippine weightlifting, the only sport to have ended the 20-year medal drought for the country in the Olympics, has aired a plea to major sports stakeholders: Please help us. Samahang Weighlifting ng Pilipinas president…

Lumapas is the MVP of Palaro Athletics (videos)

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Vigan, Palarong Pambansa Jessel Lumapas of Calabarzon was the most medalled athlete of the 2018 Palarong Pambansa. She earned 4 Golds and 1 Silver medal. And in the process tidied up 2 Palaro Records. 100M In her last appearance in the Palaro, the 18 year old from Cavite was…

Cuyom brushes aside 22 year old Record in 100 Hurdles

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician In her final year of the 2018 Palarong Pambansa. Eliza Cuyom brough the curtain down on her Palaro playing days. By breaking one of the most elusive records in the Palarong Pambansa. Clocking 14.8 in the heats. The 18 year old from Dasmarinas East Integrated High school rubbed out…

Up and Up Away Top 2 pass Palaro Record in Boys High Jump

Kent Brian Celeste ARTICLE BY ANDREW PIRIE ATFS Statistician Vigan, Palarong Pambansa Kent Brian Celeste of Ilocos Region helped himself to the Palaro High Jump Record with a leap of 1.99m. Celeste surpassed the record of Alexis Soqueno of Western Visayas who jumped 1.95m three years ago in Tagum. Soqueno who also a very accomplished…

Drama in Palaro Walks as Defending Champions Dethroned

Palaro Walks Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician The Walkathon is now in its third year of active service at the Palarong Pambansa. Introduced in Legazpi in 2016. The 2K Walk is fast becoming a popular event for boys and girls. Top 5 Pass Boys Record In Vigan, the event steamed up even…

Riza Jane Valiente clocks New Palaro Record runs fastest time in country 400 Hurdles

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…

Alcantara Bashes out 4 Throws over Palaro Record in Girls Shotput

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Davao City wins 2019 Palarong Pambansa Hosting

2019 Palarong Pambansa Saturday, April 14, 2018 By MARIANNE L. SABERON-ABALAYAN VIGAN, Ilocos Sur (Updated) — In a unanimous vote by the 10-member Palarong Pambansa Board during a meeting at the Vigan Convention Center here, Davao City won the hosting of the 2019 edition of the annual games. The hosting lifts the morale of Davao…

2018 Palaro Schedule and Quitoy stuns them all with Palaro Record in Javelin

Day 1 Palaro Report – Quitoy stuns them all dismantles the Palaro Record in the Javelin Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Vigan, Palarong Pambansa While all pre-media hype was focused on the defence of the Palaro Title by NMRAA record holder and champion from last year Sylvan Abunda. Months before I had been informed…

POC / PSC / NSA / BP 2016

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Ilongo Beauty Queen Soars to new heights with 1.72m High Jump

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 16 year old Alexie Mae Caimoso Brooks soared to a new PB of 1.72m. On December 6 at the ISSC Meet in Iloilo, taking the gold the prerequisite for the Western Visayas meet scheduled February next year. The 5’8 Ilongo beauty queen is the Palarong Pambansa Champion in Antique 2017 back…

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Athletics Trivias By Kimberly May Goloran (Kimly) Kimberly Goloran is a 17 year old student athlete at the University of the Philippines. She is covering the Palarong Pambansa. We welcome Ms. Goloran’s contributions to Pinoyathletics.info. Abstract: Each of the ‘about 30-45second’ trivia were intentionally made simple, understandable to target even non-runners/athletes/track and…

2017 Batang Pinoy Dumaguete Visayas Report and Full Results

Batang Pinoy Dumaguete Visayas ARTICLE BY ANDREW PIRIE ATFS STATISTICIAN RESULTS SUPPLIED BY BALITA.PH DUMAGUETE, Hand Timing and no wind gauge reported. Bianca Jane Combate (Leyte) the National High School Champion in the 100m and 200m clocked 12.2 and 25.5 in the Heats of the 100 and 200. The 14-year-old won in 12.3 and…

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Nervous System Training Nervous System Training Inside of each of us lies an untapped giant, capable of superhuman strength and performance. Consider the following: pound for pound apes have double the strength of a human being. They can also jump about 30-40% higher than top human jumpers, in addition to their superhuman leg…

2018 Palaro Vigan wins bid to host Palarong Pambansa

2018 Palaro Vigan Vigan has won the bidding for the 2018 Palaro. While beating out Baguio, Marikina City, Ilagan City and the Province of Bulacan. Most noteworthy is that Vigan which may prove difficult to get to is some 10-12 hours from Manila by bus. It is Located in the Province of Ilocos Sur. Especially…

DepEd targets 2nd or 3rd place finish in ASEAN School Games

July 4, 2017 MANILA, Philippines – A total of 159 Philippine athletes will compete in the 2017 ASEAN School Games from July 13 to 21 in Singapore. Department of Education assistant secretary Tonisito Umali said the athletes will come from the top performers in the recent Palarong Pambansa in San Jose, Antique. Umali is…

PATAFA President Juico Drops Tabal from SEA Games

PATAFA Three new articles show that PATAFA and its President Philip Juico has dropped Olympian Mary Joy Tabal from inclusion in the SEA Games. Tabal the Cebu Athlete took silver at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore in the Marathon. The Final lineup for the SEA Games for all sports is expected to…

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…

Five Years of Pinoyathletics.info

Pinoyathletics.info celebrates its 5th Birthday, started in 2012. Prior to this, we were Pinoyathletics.com at WordPress starting in 2011 before moving to wordpress.org. And prior to that in 2010, I first signed up to sports writing through the encouragement of Moriel ‘Yell’ Carreon, The Pinoymiler YUN OH!!!. When we first came along there was pinoymiler…

Zamboanga Del Sur Program Problems Part 1-4

Zamboanga Del Sur Program Problems Part 1 Zamboanga Del Sur Program: second year in a row Poor showing in Athletics Palaro With the 2017 Palarong Pambansa in Antique finished it is again a very terrible outcome for the Province of Zambonaga Del Sur in Athletics. With three individuals, two DEPED coaches/teachers and one DEPED coordinator…

Palaro 2017 - Master Speech Jieann Calis makes it three in a row

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2017 Palaro Relay Lumapas & Calabarzon 4×400 JR Record

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Monkey’s Arm Baaart!!!! Giron wins Palaro 800 and 1500 double : updated

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Palaro 2017 Athletics: Veruel adds title, Lumapas defends, Maquillero beats champion

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2017 Palarong Pambansa : Talja takes Triple Jump, Combate leads 200m (other results)

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2017 Palaro Double Gold for Dave Gemar Marcelo

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Palaro 2017 Abunda sets new Javelin Girls Record

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2017 Palarong Pambansa. 59.46 is not a new record in Javelin.

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2017 Palarong Pambansa Day 1: Labansad Shocks with 3000m Girls Win

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2015 Palaro Reports (Merged)

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2015 National Filipino Chinese Meet Results (rev 1)

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Cebu’s Lindley Navaja tied the 35 year old Record of Aquilinio Onofre in the 100m equalling it with 10.5 (hand-timed)

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Filipino Track Records in Chaos Part 3: Palaro Records Tertiary Open Mens & Womens

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1982 Palarong Pambansa Dipolog (rev 8)

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The 1998 Palarong Pambansa saw the emergence and rise of Marestella Torres

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Palaro 98 and 2012 (merged)

Palaro 98 1998 Centennial Palarong Pambansa, Bacolod The 1998 Palarong Pambansa which celebrates 100 years of Philippines Independence was held in Bacolod. This event saw the emergence of many future national stars and future national coaches (then as athletes). This is a partial listing of results that i had saved way back in 1998 when…

1978 Palarong Pambansa in Cagayan De Oro

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

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2012 PSC PNG Review and Results

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Palarong Pambansa 2013 Schedule, Reports and Write ups

Palarong Pambansa 2013 Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian Palarong Pambansa 2013 Dumaguete Cotabato’s Romnick Nor, the 2011 Palarong Pambansa Champion, had the fastest time (allegedly 10.6 ht in semifinals). Nor, who previously represented ARMM, is looking at making a solid claim on the Palaro Record in the final where he will…