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2 UAAP bets shoo-ins for PH team to SEA Games

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Two collegiate standouts, sprinter Alrhyan Labita and triple jumper Abcd Agamanos, could find their spots in the national athletics’ team being assembled for the 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia.

National head coach Jojo Posadas said the two have good chances following their impressive showings in the recent University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 85 Athletics Championships.

The 21-year-old Labita, a student of University of the Philippines, showed a lot of promise with his five-gold sweep of his events, after he topped the 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter sprints.

Labita also had first-place finishes for UP in the 4×100 meter relays, and in the 400-meter hurdles.

The 5’6” Labita came close to matching the SEA Games’ bronze medal standard of 10.56 seconds when he ran the 100-meter sprints at 10.94 seconds, and 10.99 seconds in the heats and finals, respectively, in the UAAP trackfest.

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On the other hand, Agamanos, a prized find from La Salle, settled for a silver with her 11.89-meter feat in the triple jump, behind Faith Gonzales (12.10 meters).

Posadas said they are evaluating their performances, together with national mainstays, men’s triple jumper Harry Diones, Clinton Bautista (100-meter hurdles), women’s 100-meter hurdles’ standout Jelly Paragile and javelin thrower Melvin Calano.

The evaluation process is expected to start by the end of the month, when all members of the national team arrive from their respective provinces to report for training.

“Ilan pa lang sila na nandito. But, we’ll be going full blast with our training and preparations by the end of the month. As for new faces, we have Labita and Agamanos, who could possibly join the pool for the SEA Games,” said Posadas.

Posadas will be looking into the performances of the national pool with the help of Dario De Rosas and Sean Guevarra (multi-event), Jeoffrey Chua (sprints and hurdles), Emerson Obiena (pole vault), Joebert Delicano (jumps), Arniel Ferrera (shot put, discus throw and hammer throw), Danilo Fresnido (javelin throw), Isidro Del Prado (middle sprint), John Lozada (middle distance) and Eduardo Buenavista (long distance).

He said the training of the national pool was stopped last Dec. 15 to give way to the holiday season, but it is slowly resuming after a month.

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