THE national athletics team will fly to Malaysia in full force, hoping to continue its tradition as a major source of pride for the Philippines in the Southeast Asian Games. Members of the SEA Games-bound Philippine athletics’ team are shown during a sendoff ceremony. Cray emerged the 400-meter champion in the recent Asian Athletics Championship in India with a time of 49.57 seconds and is expected to dominate with aplomb in the smaller regional meet. The five-time NCAA champion had beaten the Malaysian SEAG champion twice recently, in the Asian championship and the PH Open in Ilagan, Isabela. Other athletics’ team members with a good fighting chance for the gold are Christopher Ulboc in the 3000-meter steeplechase, Marco Vilog in the 800 meters, Mervin Guarte in 1,500 meters and Trenten Beram (200 meters).

Source: The Standard August 15, 2017 12:22 UTC