UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas standouts Karen Janario and Feiza Lenton came up with worthy finishes over the weekend in the 2016 Southeast Asian Youth Athletics Championships in Rangsit Thailand.
Janario took the 200-meter dash gold in 24.43 seconds, ahead of well-coached Vietnamese sprinter Thi My Thien Huynh, who settled for the silver in 25.51 seconds, according to results released on the competition’s official website.
But Thi beat her in the 100-m hurdles in 14.23 seconds, with Janario taking the silver in 14.77 seconds.
Thi is coached by Loren Seagrave, who is regarded as one of the world’s top short-distance running coaches, according to athletics’ expert Andrew Pirie.
Seagrave is known for having trained elite sprinters such as Ben Johnson, Donavan Bailey and Pauline Davis.
Lenton settled for the bronze in the 800-meter run in 2:21.37. Her time is below her best of 2:14.53 in the 2015 Palarong Pambansa.
Thi Thuy Hanh Pham of Vietnam claimed the gold in 2:14.53.
After having topped the Ayala-Philippine National Open’s 1500 meter run, Lenton once again had a great finish in the same event, this time ruling it in 5:00.23.
She was ahead of Myanmar’s Aye Khan(5:34.28).
