Umajesty Williams, Michael Carlo del Prado, Joyme Sequita, and Frederick Ramirez, the reigning SEA Games men’s 4x400 relay champions, break a long-standing Philippine athletics record
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine men’s 4×400 relay team shattered a 38-year-old national record in its romp to the Asian Games final.
Bannered by a new Filipino-American recruit and the son of an athletics legend, the Philippines earned a shot at a second athletics medal, just days after pole vault starThe quartet of Umajesty Williams, Michael Carlo del Prado, Joyme Sequita, and Frederick Ramirez clocked a new national record of 3 minutes and 6.15 seconds to top heat 2 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre Stadium in China on Tuesday, October 3.
They erased the old national mark of 3:06.58 set in the 1985 SEA Games by Del Prado’s father and Philippine athletics legend Isidro del Prado, together with Marlon Pagalilavan, Romeo Gido, and Honesto Larce. Williams, a 24-year-old Fil-Am, led the country’s charge in the relay with a team-best 44.16 seconds.
The young Del Prado also impressed with a time of 45.88 as Sequita and Ramirez provided decent support. , the Philippines hopes to continue its winning ways as it shoots for a medal on Wednesday, October 4, against SEA Games runner-up Thailand, India, Qatar, Sri Lanka, and South Korea.
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