Jesson Cid Articles Archive

Jesson Cid Articles Archive Compiled by Andrew Pirie, ATFS Statistician From Various sources or Solely Decathlete Jesson Cid joins the Adopt an Olympian Program Aug 6, 2014 SEA Games Decathlon Champion and Philippine Record Holder Jesson Cid, 23 has joined the Adopt an Olympian program of Jim Lafferty. The Former UAAP standout and his Coach Sean…

Shoulder Rotation and Stride Length?

Shoulder Rotation and Stride Length? Following up on the brilliant first article on sprinting ‘Olympic Sprinters: Why should I toe Drag? ‘.   Our Thursday article is Guest Blogged by Coach Adarian Barr and Mrs. Alysson Bodenbach.   Written by Adarian Barr and Alysson Bodenbach For more info Contact [email protected] or www.nextlevelathleticsandfitness.com .. Core stability in relation to shoulder rotation. Has…

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400m Training Articles Part 2

400m Training   400m Training Part 2How to Decrease 400m Time As far as 400 meter training, google Clyde Hart, arguably the best 400 coach in the world. Consequently his runners have ranked #1 in the world 16 out of the last 21 years. Also they are now one and three on the all time world…

Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports and 2017 Ranking List Criteria Updated

Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports Fil-Heritage Athletes Philippine Passports As I have been getting a lot of queries by athletes of what they need in order to represent the Philippines. This article will save me a lot of time from having to relay repetitive generic information. This compulsory requirement has been endorsed by our National Sports Association, Philippine Track…

Olongopo Speed Clinic

Olongopo Speed Clinic Olongopo Speed Clinic Accompanied by PATAFA National Sprint Coach Ernie Candelario. We took what ended up as more than a scenic tour on the way to Olongopo to conduct The Olongopo Speed Clinic. An early morning bus ride became a 4-5 hour trip. Every topic under the sun regarding the state of…

Palarong Pambansa Athletics 2014 Articles (merged)

Palarong Pambansa Athletics 2014 Laguna named host of 2014 Palaro (merged) Oct 13, 30, 2013 By: Olmin Leyba (The Philippine Star) MANILA, Philippines - Laguna has been awarded the hosting of the 2014 Palarong Pambansa after convincing the game’s executive committee of its capability to stage the annual multisports competition for student athletes. “Laguna will…

Phil Sports (Ultra) Oval correct Spike Nails (rev 1)

Phil Sports Phil Sports 1. CONTENTS   Opening Hours Advised Spike Nails   With Renovation of Phil Sports well underway with the relaying of the new track surface. I would like to revive this old article for the public’s information in regards to incoming guidelines.   While the PSC has invested a lot into the…

The Sean Guevara Story

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…

Keizel Pedrina back on track

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Negros Monthly Relays Bacolod Results: Pedrina Returns (rev 1)

Pedrina In Part of the PSC/PATAFA extension program of the Weekly Relays. For the first time it was held in Bacolod. We would like to thank Miss. Keizel Leano Pedrina for the official results. 2011-2012 National 400m Champion Keizel Pedrina made a return to the track oval after 10 months of retirement. Pedrina who is…

Run for Change Articles Archive

1st Run for Change DLSU Dasmarinas Invitational Meet (Sept 7-8) Full Results The first Run for Change run in cooperation with DLSU Dasmarinas University was successful with an invitational of Singapore also participating. The closeness of the meet (Sept 7 to 8) to the Thailand Open (Sept 3 to 6) meant that nearly all the…

2013 Thailand Open Full Report

2013 Thailand Open Full Report   2013 Thailand Athletics Open Schedule The Philippines sends 47 in athletics to Thai Open most in its History   The Philippines the largest athletic team overseas in the countries history. Breaking all participation records. 47 Athletes and an additional 14 (mainly composed of national coaches, but including parents…

Recruiting Athletes in Philippine Track and Field (rev 3)

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…

A job well done. Mr Joey Santos of PATAFA doing his bit for Philippines Athletics.

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2013 Weekly Relays Dasmarinas Results and Report

2013 Weekly Relays Dasmarinas Complete set of Results Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician     This is a complete set of results of all the Weekly Relays held at Dasmarinas in 2013. I would like to thank Ms. Tyne Artiaga the official encoder of PATAFA for compiling these results from the handwritten results were taken…

Kyla and Kayla Richardson prepare to win Gold at Asian Youths

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Richardson Twins New Hope Philippines Women Sprint Program with videos.

Richardson Twins Richardson Twins New Hope Philippines Women Sprint Program July 4, 2013 Article by Pirie Enzo . Firstly would like to thank Mr Jeffrey Richardson for helping provide me with information on his two daughters and sharing their achievements with the Filipino Athletic Community. Also special thanks to Mrs Lorraine Johnson for supplying some…

Barefoot Hurdler Rocena Chua was the surprise winner in the girls 15-16 Hurdles

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2012 Batang Pinoy Report

2012 Batang Pinoy Report Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Batang Pinoy National Finals Dec 5-8 Iloilo City   12-year-old Joycie Beranio of Negros Occidental set a blistering fast 12.9 hand timed to easily win the Girls U/13 100m title from Briceline Soriano of Pangasinan by five meters. Beranio performance equaled the all-time record for…

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.…

2013 Philippines NCAA Schedule, Report and Photos

. Philippines NCAA Day 1 Report, Noval retains title   NCAA Philippines, Daniel Noval (CSB) narrowly held onto his 100m title for the third year in a row. He timed 10.89s just holding off the fast-finishing Archand Bagsit (Letran) who had an identical time. Utdohan in the boys had a fast 10.99s (which is an…

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…

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

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Remembering Nanette Lusterio (1954-2012) (rev 1)

Article  by Nicky Lusterio, Ignacio Dee, and Pirie Enzo Would like to thank Nanette daughter Nicky for giving me permission and contributing photos to this article and Mr. Ignacio Dee for his insight as a long time follower of Track and Field in this country   Nanette Galaritta Lusterio passed away August 13, 2012, at the young…

Pole Vault Results 2012 Complete (merged)

Kunshan (CHN) 22-25.09.12 -National Championships- Mens Pole Vault Pole vault 24 September 1 Yang Yansheng CHN 5 Jan 88 5.70 SB 2 Xue Changrui CHN 31 May 91 5.60 PB 3 Zhang Wei CHN 22 Mar 94 5.50 =PB 4 Lu Yao CHN 19 Sep 87 5.30 SB 5 Xie Xing CHN 3 Feb 88…

2012 PSC PNG Review and Results

2012 PSC PNG Review and Results PSC/Philippine National Games Full Review (May 28-31) Dumaguete By ATFS Statiscian Andrew Pirie . Discussion Points? Ways to Improve the National Championships??   (Feel Free to comment on the above suggestions welcome)   1. Have more lavish Medal Ceremonies in between events. It instills upon the athletes a sense that…

Throwing Events Explained (with diagrams)

Throwing Events (source Australian Sunday Telegraph) Three of the four throwing events been at the Olympics since its modern beginnings. Discus, shotput, and hammer were among the field events included for the first modern Olympic Games in 1896. Javelin made its debut in London in 1908. The sculptured bronze image of the ancient Greek discus…

Fortunato Catalon congratulated by Prince Chichibu at the 1923 Far East Asian Games (Photo Supplied by Ron Casey President of the International Society for Japanese Philately (ISJP).

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Fortunato Catalon the King of Filipino Sprinters

  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…

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]…

Cristabel Martes the Marathon Queen

Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician We have not done a feature on a legend of track and field for a while. Due to preparation of the PNG and commitments to assisting various athletes.   Its only fitting that Christabel Martes who won the SEA Games Marathon twice in 2001 lost the title in 2003…

Legend of Philippines Track and Field Lydia De Vega

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Lydia De Vega Asia’s Sprint Queen (rev 9)

Lydia De Vega Article Revised by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Lydia De Vega was Asia’s fastest women during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong Alay program in Track and Field. Hence turning the Philippines into a superpower in Asian Track and Field and inspired national pride in being Filipino.   Also, De Vega…

Loralie Sermona

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Loralie Sermona

Loralie Sermona Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   Below is my proposed Wiki, for another legend of Track and Field. In order to qualify for this status athlete must currently hold a record in a senior event.   VIDEO OF LORALIE THROWING IN HONG KONG Loralie Amahit Sermona (born Nov 1, 1981), Is a Filipino Hammer Thrower and…

2012 Thailand Open Athletics RP Team

2012 Thailand Open Athletics RP Team TEAM LIST NOV 2-5 (OCT 15) PHILIPPINE AMATEUR TRACK AND FIELD ASSOCIATION (PATAFA) 2012 THAILAND OPEN TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS Bangkok, Thailand 31 October to 06 November 2012 Coaches: Joseph Sy Roselyn Hamero Sean Guevara Nixon Mas Ernie Candelario Athletes: (Latest Performance) No Name Event/Perfo Competition Date &…