Auckland-based sprinter Marielle Venida, an accounting student, has shown that she can run as fast or even faster than the late Lydia de Vega-Mercado when the latter was still 18 years old.
And now that she has proven herself, Venida, who studies at the University of Auckland, said she is getting ready for more challenges a possible stint with the Philippine team.
Born in the Philippines, Venida will try to prove...