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2017 SEA YOUTH ATHLETICS RESULTS – FULL
Held at Ilagan City, March 26-27.
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2017 SEA YOUTH ATHLETICS RESULTS from Philippines Host dismal 6th place SEA Youth 80 Athletes = 1 gold medal
March 29, 2017
Philippines Host gloomy 6th place SEA Youth 80 Athletes = 1 gold medal.
Despite having around 80 athletes participate in the Philippines, they could only manage 1 gold medal at the 2017 SEA Youth Championships. In conclusion, the host was humbled by Mighty Vietnam. Above all, which generated 13 golds, Malaysia and Indonesia each had 6, Thailand 5, and Singapore 2.
2017 SEA YOUTH ATHLETICS RESULTS from Philippines Host dismal 6th place SEA Youth 80 Athletes = 1 gold medal
8 of the 11 sea nations participated, with Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar not joining.
However, The Philippines did have the most number of medals at 25. Because they had by far the biggest delegation. In addition to most cases, the other SEA Nations did not field large teams or send their best age-grade athletes in many events. Therefore in most circumstances, there were only 2 non-Pinoys, so the Pinoy athletes have assured a bronze medal.
For instance, some events’ quality was not high; for example, the 200m Boys were won at 22.30 here compared to 21.4 in Marikina at ASEAN Schools in 2014 (same age grading). In conclusion, there are clearly more boys in this age category running below 22 seconds that did not show up. The 100 and 200 were straight finals. Let’s say if each of the member nations entered 2. And the Philippines had 3 that would have been 17 athletes (2-3 heats) and not just 8 or less.
In the Girls 100 Hurdles, 15.02 was the winner’s time from Vietnam. 3 years ago in Marikina, Karen Janerio ran 14.52 and only got silver, with that time behind 14.51. Now the girls run 15.75 and 16.62 for silver and bronze. Is it tough to produce a sub 15s runner in 100 Hurdles in secondary girls?
Only One Gold
The lone gold came from Francis Obiena, the clear event favorite with a 4 meter + PB. Francis delivered the only gold for the Philippines.
The PATAFA needs to really see this as a WAKEUP CALL. In terms of where are, the program is heading. It seems like we will drop further and further behind other SEA Nations. Just like my closing report with the PSC. If we can’t even keep up with the age-grade level athletes, how are the senior-level athletes going to develop and cope with SEA Games?
There are no problems with DEPED and PSC programs, such as the Palarong Pambansa and Batang Pinoy, which bring changes to lots of athletes and coaches.
SEA Youth Part 2: Investigation and Lessons for next time.
More emphasis must be put on incorrect movement patterns and must put less into quantity type training.
Not running properly can also lead to burning out and injury.
Well, let’s look at the Vietnamese and Thai athletes; it’s obvious that their age-grade champions usually become SEA Games champions later. Why is it that our best age-grade winners burn out or get injured a lot of the time? A lot of the time, it may be due to ineffective movement patterns being taught.
Unlike the conventional way of thinking that other athletes will overtake an athlete that excels at an early age, I tend to disagree if the athlete has a good attitude and is well guided, this is not always the norm.
Hence we don’t win as many SEA Medals. It’s a known fact that out of all the current Palaro Record Holders in athletics, Elementary Boys, Elementary Girls, Secondary Boys, and Secondary Girls. Only Patrick Unso has a bronze medal at SEA Games; none of the other current record-holders won SEA Games medals. If you compare this to, say, Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysian school record holders, you’d probably see that many of them went onto win SEA Games medals. The coaches guided them better in movement patterns; so they didn’t burn out or get injured.
Thailand sent only 6 athletes to the SEA Youth but ended up with 5 Golds, what’s more, if they sent a full-strength team.
2017 SEA Youth Athletics Schedule
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He has worked as a PSC Consultant and Research Assistant from 2013-2015, Consultant, and Sprint Coach at Zamboanga Sports Academy from 2015-2017. And Currently is Consultant Coach with VMUF 2021-
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