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KRIZIA APELAR
Array ( [results] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 306307 [Title] => SEA Games from LA [Summary] => LOS ANGELES Weeks before they officially set out for gold in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games set Nov. 27 to Dec. 5 in Manila, the Fil-Am athletes joining the Philippine teams for reinforcement are already looking for gold.
Benito Miranda, vice president of Filipino Athletes International (FAI), explained that of the 12 Fil-Ams scheduled to don the colors of the Philippines in the upcoming biennial meet, seven still dont have roundtrip tickets to Manila.
[DatePublished] => 2005-11-11 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 135637 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1371509 [AuthorName] => Jannelle So [SectionName] => Young Star [SectionUrl] => young-star [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 304404 [Title] => Batang Maynila, overall champion [Summary] => Kasabay ng ganap na pag-angkin ng Manila sa overall championship, dalawang Fil-American naman ang gumawa ng ingay sa athletics event ng 1st Manila Youth Games National Invitational kahapon sa University of Sto. Tomas sa España.
Inangkin ni Krizia Apelar ang gintong medalya para sa tropa ng Fil-Am Athlete sa girls 16-17 200m run sa kanyang oras na 26.4 segundo, samantalang naglista naman si Tahlie Cablayan ng tiyempong 29.1 segundo sa girls 12-under 200m run.
[DatePublished] => 2005-10-30 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => PSN Palaro [SectionUrl] => palaro [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 251537 [Title] => Fil-Ams proud to run as Pinoys [Summary] => LOS ANGELES They have pursued their personal quest for sporting excellence. Now theyre sharing a common goal to heed the call of the country where they have long traced their roots.
This is the mission of the seven Filipino-American athletes who have confirmed their participation in the 2004 National Open track and field championships set June 1-4 at the Rizal Memorial track and field stadium.
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MANILA, Philippines — Alas Pilipinas team captain Jia de Guzman has tempered expectations on their chances against a heavily favored Vietnam and in the FIVB Challenger Cup that came off the wraps at the Ninoy Aquino Stadium yesterday.
But deep inside the soft-spoken and courageous skipper and the rest of Nationals, they all dream of the same big dream – a ticket straight to the Women’s Volleyball Nations League main group next year.
And their quest begins tonight when they square off with the Vietnamese at 6:30 p.m.
The home bet is the underdog versus the Vietnamese side that swept and dominated last month’s AVC Challenge Cup at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum. The Filipinas snatched a historic bronze there.
“Well, alam naman po namin na mas malakas ang kalaban and we know our team is young. All we can ask the girls is to do its best while not putting pressure on the team that much,” said the charismatic Alas team leader.
The team lost power spiker Eya Laure and libero Jen Nierva and were replaced by Creamline’s Jema Galanza and National University’s Bella Belen.
Belen’s teammate, Alyssa Solomon, and Galanza’s fellow Creamline star, Tots Carlos, were enlisted into the pool but will not be able to join due to undisclosed reasons.
“It’s great to have new reinforcements in the pool. Experience-wise, marami ang mako-contribute nila sa team,” said De Guzman of Galanza and Belen.
Intriguingly, Nierva’s last-minute withdrawal left the squad with one legitimate libero in Dawn Catindig.
Cherry Nunag was listed as the team’s second libero although she’s known as a natural middle blocker.
The other members of the team are Faith Nisperos, Fifi Sharma, Vannie Gandler, Julia Coronel, Angel Canino, Dell Palomata, Arah Panique, Thea Gagate and Sisi Rondina.
The trek to that VNL dream is long and arduous though as Alas Pilipinas would need to win all its games against Vietnam, the semis and eventually the finals, assuming it could make it that far, to realize it.
In the opener of the meet, Puerto Rico turned back a feisty Kenya 25-20, 25-19, 27-25, to advance to the semis.
Teenage sensation Grace Mar Lopez Villanueva went on attack mode and fired 19 points including 18 on kills while Diana Reyes scattered 10 hits.
Pamella Adhiambo Owino tried to put up a fight for the Kenyans by unloading a match-best 22 points. most of which came in the third set when they tried
to put up a fight and steal the set before eventually falling short in the end.
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