Mindanao still has to have a local male runner qualifying for the 33rd National Milo Marathon by way of a local elimination race.
That's how it is after the individual finishing times of the winners in the men's division of the first Mindanao qualifying race in Dipolog City last Sunday, February 8, fell short of the set qualifying time.
Raul Lamprea led the top three finishers with a time of 1:15.06. Mohammad Sherwin Managil registered 1:15.14 for second place and Cipriane John Topia clocked 1:15.29 to grab third. All their finishing times failed to break the qualifying time of 1:15.00.
That being the case, no male Mindanaon running in a Mindanao elimination race has yet made it to the list of the cream of Philippine running that would compete in the country's longest running and most prestigious long distance foot race. Cris Sabal is a Mindanaon from Sultan Kudarat, and is already assured of a slot in the finals with his 1:09.42 finish in the 21K course in the Subic elimination race last Sunday. But again, he qualified by way of the Subic race which was held simultaneously with the one in Dipolog.
The regional elimination race moves to Iligan City this Sunday, February 15. Perhaps by then, we would have Mindanaon male runners from among the 7,000 registered runners who would make it to the list of national finalists by winning a race on home soil.
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Pretty amazing that all top three runners were just within seconds of each other and equally incredible that they were just seconds from qualifying - sayang. So very close!
caloy, that means the regional qualifiers will be creme de la creme of the crop. wonder then what the qualifying times will be for the manila 42k?
in baguio last year, the times of the 1st to 3rd men's were: lindawan 1:15:07, vence 1:18:08 and flora 1:21:53.
for the women to qualify in the regionals, they have to make it in 1:35. swooosh :)
really amazing, rick...
and yes, resty, regional qualifiers will really be the creme de la creme. it just adds more meaning to milo being the country's premiere marathon.
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