Rhea Joy Sumalpong took the gold with 40.33m, from local Xu Shaoyang 40.04m and To Kwan 38.50m. In the womens Discus, The UE student is a recent addition to the national training pool training under former SEA Games Champion Arniel Ferrera. Sumalpong best performance was 41.50m where she won the national title in Pasig in April. The…
I want to write as a previous research assistant to Commissioner Jolly Gomez of PSC. I strongly came to believe not straight away but over the years that the Batang Pinoy is a very good program. I urge the next administration that comes into continue this legacy that was started by the PSC administration of…
Ernest John Obiena sored to a new championship and National Record of 5.55m, which was also a South East Asian Record. Bettering his mark of 5.50m a few weeks ago at the Philippine National Open in Pasig. Obiena edged closer towards the 5.70m mark required for the Olympic qualification in Rio. According to the IAAF…
Sunang and Obiena after olympic qualifier Olympic hopeful Marestella Torres Sunang will need to tie her national mark of 6.71m, to surpass the Olympic qualifier of 6.70m. Torres mother of one wound back the clock with a 6.60m jump at the age of 35. Torres was third at the last SEA Games. In Singapore her…
Mulling through my data this is what i found this article on proposal of four relay teams for SEA Games. This article was never published due to the high volume of articles I had queued at the time. Its interesting to note if the Philippines will ever be able to field four relay teams at…
Vongvorachoti Thai-American Jane Vongvorachoti clocked a time of 2h42.09. In the Houston Chevron Marathon on the 17th of January to officially surpass the Olympic Standard for the Womens Marathon. Also in December the IAAF recently adjusted the Standard from 2h42 to 2h45 for the 2016 Rio Olympics. Jane best time is 2h40.40 which was set…
The Philippines school team was only able to gain 8 Medals at the 2015 ASEAN. 2 Golds, 1 Silver and 5 Bronzes. This pails in comparison to the 2014 Haul in Marikina of 21 Medals, 2 Golds, 9 Silvers, 10 Bronzes. A more detailed report will be published shortly. The Philippines was 4th overall in…