2018 April Round up - World Athletics News

2018 April World Athletics News - Simbine tames the Beast at the Commonwealth Games 100m (Video) Apr 10, 2018 ARTICLE BY ANDREW PIRIE ATFS STATISTICIAN   GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA Akani Simbine was the surprise winner of the Commonwealth Games Blue Rib-band 100m. Moving out fast in lane 8. Wedged between fellow South African Bruntjies and…

Eduardo Buenavista

eduardo buenavista Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician One of the greatest successes of the legendary coach Mario Castro. Among the highlights of illustrious long career include 4 SEA Games Golds in 4 Disciplines Steeples, 5000, 10,000 and Marathon. 2 Olympic Games. A bronze medal at Asian Championships in 10K. National Records in the 5000,…

Talent Identification Books

Talent Identification Books 1. The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extra Ordinary Athletic Performance The Sports Gene: Inside the Science of Extraordinary Athletic Performance by David Epstein “The Sports Gene” is an enjoyable book that shares the latest of modern genetic research as it relates to elite athleticism. In the never-ending quest to settle…

Rosito Andaya

Rosito Andaya Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician Pinoyathletics inducts a third coach into the Legends of Track and Field. Born in 1938 and hailing from the North of the country. Andaya coaching career spanned over 40 years. While not everybody liked him as a person. For all his brilliance, Andaya could be difficult to…

5 Articles Chronic Hamstring Problems Learn Recovery

Hamstring Problems 1. Chronic Hamstring Problems in Sprinters: Management and Recovery   By Jason S Davis, BSc. M.Chiro When discussing hamstring injuries. Attention is often focused on the management and rehabilitation of acute injuries such as grade one biceps femoris tear. However, many times hamstring soreness and poor sprint performance resulting from hamstring problems can…

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2012 ASEAN Uni Games Report

2012 ASEAN Uni Games Report Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician   With the completion of the UAAP. The action now moves to the ASEAN University Games with a selection of athletes based on availability and the results of the 74th UAAP last February. While the Games will be held Dec 12-18 in Vientiane Laos…

European Lessons for Philippine Athletics: The Ateneo de Davao University Athletics Experience

European Lessons for Philippine Athletics Text and Photos: Prof. Airnel T. Abarra- Head Coach Ateneo de Davao University Athletics Team With Photos From Mr. Ed Leuenberger Jr. Through our consistent effort to connect and learn with countries with strong culture in Athletics, we got finally invited by two leading clubs in Czech Republic and Germany.…

The Pool Circuit for conditioning

pool circuit The Pool Circuit was born after deep-water running was discovered, and well after the Judo Circuit was formulated.   Most of all it was either a sign of my insanity as an athlete or perhaps just a response to the inner delight I felt when first I unleashed a crude form of it…

Drugs in Athletics including Statistics (merged)

Drugs in Athletics Drugs in Athletics Statistics (rev 1) This article is by Greg Jericho. But when watching athletics at the Olympics. Consequently one thing sadly hovers above it all. And it hovers so close to the track that it is even included in the Olympic Oath. Which supposedly binds all competitors:. In the name of…

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…

Exercises to Increase Running Speed

Exercises to Increase Running Speed   Increasing your running speed requires more than just practicing running. Use targeted exercises at home to build your endurance and strength and help you avoid injury when running. Many of these exercises help you develop the fast-twitch fibers in your legs, allowing for a faster start off the running…

2017 SEA Games Athletics Day 3 Early Report

2017 SEA Games Athletics Day 3 Early Report Article by Manolo Pedralvez (NB: with some edits) KUALA LUMPUR – Fil-Am Trenten Beram was poised to avenge compatriot Eric Shawn Cray. After topping the men’s 200-meter heats Wednesday. While evergreen Arniel Ferrera reached the podium again in the second day of action of the 29th Malaysian Southeast Asian…

Anfernee Lopena ‘The Boy Next Door’

Anfernee Lopena SEA Games 2017 Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician       Arguably one of the nicest guys in Philippine Track and Field. And the quintessential boy next door Anfernee Lopena finally became the Philippine National Champion in the prestigious 100m Dash in the 2017 National Open at Ilagan.   Originating from Bohol,…

Mary Joy Tabal ‘Tabby’

Mary Joy Tabal Events: Marathon   Mary Joy Tabal from the island of Cebu. From a poor mountain family. Tabal used her road running earnings to pay her siblings through school.   At college she was only an average 59 second 400m runner. Her life would change forever when she was approached by then Triathlete…

Cray dishes out times in Japan

Eric Cray quickly dusted off a dreadful 2017 opener of 52.10 400 Hurdles run at the Drake Relays in Des Moines (cold, heavy rain). Cray, 28 the SEA Games Champion in both the 100m and 400 Hurdles. Firstly cray ran the 100 at Mito Invitational on May 5 and clocked 10.35 (-0.6) wind, his second…

Zion Corrales-Nelson Archive

Zion Corrales-Nelson   Zion Corrales Nelson makes Semis of World Junior 200 Jul 29, 2016 Philippine 400 Meter Record Holder Zion Rose Corrales Nelson, 17 made it to the Girls 200 Meter Semi-Finals at the prestigious World Junior (U20) Athletic Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Even though SEA Games 100 Meter Champion and 200 Meter silver…

Asian Grand Prix 2 Jiaxing

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Asian Grand Prix Round 2 Jiaxing Report & Results

Jiaxing China, Second Round of Asian Grand Prix 2017 Mi Hong of China won the 100m in 10.40. Boby Yaspi of Indonesia the SEA Games silver medallist took bronze in 10.50. In the Womens 100 Zyabkina Viktoriya had another win for Kazakhstan in 11.36, from India’s Dute Chand 11.57, and Le Tu Chinh of Vietnam…

Training Childrens and Adolescents Athletics

Training Childrens Athletics 1. Grass Roots and Grass Training One of the fun parts of the job Zambonaga Del Sur is watching the progress and teaching the elementary age athletes. Grass Training in particular is one session we do. In Manila I noticed an obsession amongst coaches to train on rubberized ovals due to the…

UAAP: Sarah Dequinan Breaks UAAP Record

Sarah Dequinan Due to errors in Scoring for Heptathlon used by officials. I have had to pend this article for review. It was reported prior that Sarah Dequinan,along with Judy Almasa both of UST and Josefa Ligmayo of FEU. Had hit above the 4798 bronze medal standard for SEA Games. After being alerted by Asian…

First second and third UE Girls.

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UAAP: Ellah Sirilan New Record in HS Girls 400H

Ellah Sirilan Ellah Sirilan started off her UAAP by establishing a new Record in her favourite 400 Hurdles event. Especially relevant is this is the second year of operation of the High school girls division at the UAAP. Furthermore it is the first year 400 Hurdles has been introduced for this category so their was…

How do you solve a problem like Philippine Sports (rev 1)

Philippine Sports In light of the situation with POC Senate Hearing scheduled for November 16. I bring up this old article from Pinoyexchange. It seems nothing much has changed.   Thread started by Coolenz from Pinoyexchange.com . . The Original thread is available here http://www.pinoyexchange.com/forums/showthread.php?t=585350 . Like many Pexers and sport-loving Filipinos across the…

Kapiti College School Records still intact

Kapiti College Its good to see my Western Zone, Wellington Records still intact. I checked out the College Sport Wellington Website the other day. And found in the most recent edition of the Western Zone Wellington High school meet (10 schools) my records are still there. My records for 12-13 year old boys and 14-15…

Blue Knights Track League DavNor: Report and Results

TAGUM CITY, DAVAO DEL NORTE-. While 28 Teams turned up in total. The 2016 SMART Blue Knights Track League Season 3-PSC Weekly Relays DavNor Edition had record-breaking attendance during its first conference finals. It was held at the Davao Del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex, Mankilam, Tagum City, Davao Del Norte on 15-16-October-2016. Also different schools and…

4×100 Relay switch - Up , Down or Puss Pash?

Relay Switch Baton Passing Relay Switch Baton Passing Is there a preference on how to pass the baton blindly in a 4x100m relay? At the International level, Canada, USA & Jamaica all use the push pass. France, however, uses the up-sweep pass. Once upon a time, France held the WR in the 4x100m Relay before…

2016 July Weekly Roundup Philippine Athletics

  Nelson and Richardson out after first round of World Juniors Jul 21, 2016 The Philippines was represented by Fil-Heritage athletes. Zion Corrales-Nelson and Kayla Anise Richardson 17 and 18 in the 100 and 200 meter dash in Bydogscw, Poland at the Bi- Annual World Junior Championships. It was the second world juniors for the…

Regine Tugade of Guam

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Regine Tugade Articles

Tugade   Tugade ready for Navy’s season Mike Nauta Jr. | For The Guam Daily Post Jan 17, 2018 Updated Jan 17, 2018 Not only do I want to keep chipping away at Guam records, but I want to make my mark in my school and in our conference league as well.” – Regine Tugade AN OFFICER…

Ways to Improve Athletics in the Philippines

Genuine Grassroots Program vs. Poaching: Prospects on Decentralization of Developmental Athletics in the Philippines

Genuine Grassroots Program In the column of Mr. Joaquin “Qunito” Henson at the Philippine Star on 21-February-2016, he had the opportunity to interview Mr. Michael Keon the head of Project Gintong Alay during the administration of Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos. (See: http://www.philstar.com/sports/2016/02/21/1555276/tragedy-lydia-and-del ) Mr. Keon cited the facts about the Gintong Alay Program and what…

Jess Barnard Articles

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician 2016 Weekly Roundup Athletics January 2nd Week: Barnard Indoor Record Mile Jan 19, 2016 *any media copying this article must link pinoyathletics.info   Three Filipino athletes participated Indoors at University of Washington Dempsey Meet held in Seattle on January 16, 2016.   Fil-Heritage athlete Jessica Lyn Barnard, 25 established…

2016 PNG Final Complete Results Athletics

2016 PNG Final Complete Results Athletics   The 2016 PNG Final Results of Athletics. Held in Lingayen, Pangasinan March 7-11 The Results were supplied by a good friend of mine. i will write a full commentary and analysis in my next report.   2016-PNG-FINAL-OVERALL-RESULTS   Related articles PNG diplomats angry about poor communication PH vaulter…

2016 Philippines NCAA Athletics Report (merged)

2016 Philippines NCAA Athletics Gone to the Clowns, Fuentes breaks Philippines NCAA Long Jump Record Julian ‘Happy Clowns’ Fuentes, 20 of CSB broke the NCAA Long Jump Record with a leap of 7.42m. Fuentes who is trained by Joseph Sy eclipsed the mark of Henry Dagmil of Mapua 7.34m from 2004. Dagmil went onto become…

Long Slow Running Builds long slow sprinters

Many college coaches are perplexed with the short amount of time they are able to spend with their athletes during the fall months. Typically, coaches get to work with their sprinters and hurdlers for 6 to 8 hours per week, depending on their conference or other institutional factors. Though this time is limited, it is…

Bogus Claims from Antonio Di Quinzio he is an Olympian!

Di Quinzio   Article by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician & Former Meet Director of PSC-PATAFA Weekly Relays 2015     Updated Results   2014 6.53m http://www.wwuvikings.com/sports/c-track/stats/041714aaa.html   No Performances since then from Quinzio he probably has retired           Australian based Anthony Di Quinzio, 23. Yet not only stated he has represented Australia…

Gender Issues in Athletics: Nancy Navalta

  Nancy Navalta was not the first controversial athlete who undergo gender questions. Other Filipina female sprinter s Mona Sulaiman, Juliette Poulding, and Gina Sucopol created gender issue questions?   In the early 1990s, seventeen-year-old Nancy Navalta burst into Philippine track and field. While running the 100-meter dash at 11.44 seconds. Furthermore, It’s an even more…

www.pinoyathletics.info goes global! IAAF World Series Golden Spike Championships first time covered by PH Media

IAAF World Series Golden Spike Championships Airnel T. Abarra-Chief correspondent, www.pinoyathletics.info OSTRAVA,CZECH REPUBLIC- For the first time in Philippine media history, a Filipino will cover live an IAAF global event as www.pinoyathletics.info, chief correspondent Prof. Abarra is on site in Czech Republic, to bring in the latest events and views, at the 2015 Zlata Tretra…

2015 National Open Athletics Full Report

2015 National Open Athletics - Day 3 - Guarte 5th title, Stuart 3 Golds Mar 22, 2015 5th National Title for Guarte SANTA CRUZ LAGUNA, National Record Holder Mervin Guarte was king of the 1500m on the third day of the Philippine National Championships in Laguna. The 23 year old running for Team Rio stuck…

2015 Weekly Roundup March

Articles by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statiscian     Mar 15, 2015 Meanwhile 2014 PNG Champion Tyler Ruiz improved his seasons best to 2.07m, 6cm from the SEA Games standard. Ruiz holds a personal best of 2.17m from 2013. At Cougar invitational meet in Los Angeles, 17 year old Kyla Richardson who has battled with hamstring injuries the…

2014 PATAFA Weekly Relays - Report & Results

2014 PATAFA Weekly Relays - Report & Results Sept 28, 2015 Compiled by Andrew Pirie ATFS Statistician/PSC Consultant   I have compiled all the reports for the 2014 Weekly Relays. Please note the amount of detail and effort I put into and promoting Managing this meet as a PSC Consultant .2014 saw an exponential growth…

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…

Cesafi 2013 Results

Cesafi 2013 Results   The Cesafi results have been kindly provided by Coach Lyle Larida from the University of Cebu. Ammended by ATFS Statiscian Andrew Pirie with all hand times rounded up to the nearest 10th.   The Cesafi was held in Cebu, July 2013. No Wind Readings Recorded Due to the fact that the…

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]…

Kinesio Tape / Rock Tape / Tabby Tape does it work?

Kinesio Tape Kinesio Tape Today im going to write about a special kind of tape that helps promote blood flow to the muscles. And aid in recovery and injury prevention. While I first heard of Kinesio tape a few years back. When my friend who is a part-time runner. And now on a collegiate scholarship playing…

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…

Brumel at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics (Photo Credits: Getty Images)

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How the High Jump Evolved: A brief history

High Jump History of the Evolution of the High Jump < p style=”text-align: justify;”> As the initial thread of Evolution of the High Jump was so popular. Currently are #3 most popular post with over 800 reads at this time. I have decided to keep the original without make any changes for future reference.…

Ensayo para sa kabataang atleta; Ano ba ang dapat?

Ensayo para sa kabataang atleta: Ano ba ang dapat? Airnel T. Abarra*   Hangad ng bawat isang atleta na manalo. Walang makapapalit sa damdamin ng isang nagtatagumpay sa larangang kanyang kinabibilangan. Sa pag-aasam na manalo ng isang atleta o koponan sa larangan ng Athletics, malaking tanong pa rin kung paano ba dapat tingnan ang mithiin ng bawat isa.  …

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…

Tudor Bompa: Photo Credit (The Truestar Health Team)

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Interview Tudor Bompa Development of Periodization

Tudor Bompa June 27, 2013 Tudor Bompa is known to many as the man who single-highhandedly revolutionized Western training methods. Name your favorite strength coach and very likely he’s been strongly influenced by the work of Tudor Bompa. Learn his secrets!   By: Mike Mahler Feb 21, 2003 After more than forty years of work…