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Legends of Track and Field

Ciriaco Baronda

Ciriaco Baronda CAPTION OF PICTURE: BPSIAA meets on Feb. 22, 1959. CIRIACO BARONDA was tagged as one of the most…

Consuela Lacusong

Consuela Lacusong was born in 1947. On June 22, 1975, she set the Filipino National Record in the Women's Shotput…

Donovant Arriola Grant

Donovant Arriola Grant PinoyAthletics adds Fil-Heritage Long Jumper Donovant Arriola Grant to the PinoyAthletics Legends of Track and Field. The…

Nenita Dungca

Nenita Dungca was born on 24 December 1965. She clocked 56.69 in 400m at the ASEAN Cup in 1984. The…

2013 SEA Games Champion Jesson Ramil Cid

Jesson Ramil Cid Various sources or Solely via Pinoyathletics Our newest inductee to the Legends of Track and Field is…

Filipino Sports Heroes who displayed true heroism during the war

Plaque honoring Filipino Sports Heroes who died in service in World War II to be restored By Andrew Pirie Jun…

Benjamin Silva Netto

Benjamin Silva Netto Photo: Ben Silva-Netto, in his younger days pounding the cinder tracks as one of the countries' best…

The Extraordinary Josephine de la Vina and her records that still stand after 50 years

Josephine de la Vina This is a revision of an article I wrote for Pinoymiler on March 8, 2012, titled…

Lydia De Vega About Asia’s #1 Amazing Sprint Queen

Lydia De Vega was Asia's fastest woman during the 1980s. Therefore one of the important chess pieces of the Gintong…

Lucila Salao Tolentino

Lucila Salao Tolentino Lucila Salao Tolentino Was born July 1, 1954. Lucila Salao ran the 100 meters in the 1972…

Herman Suizo the Forgotten 2x SEA Games Champion

Remember marathoner Herman Suizo? Born 19 January 1959 s a native of Santa Barbara Iloilo and once a footballer. Santa…

Eduardo Buenavista The Great Bertek

Eduardo Buenavista Achievements One of the greatest successes of the legendary coach Mario Castro. Among the highlights of an illustrious…

Inocencia Solis – The Amazing First Century Dash Filipina

Her name was Inocencia Solis and her win in Tokyo at in the 100m at 1958 Asian Games would begin…