Tag: 2003

WITH the scientific training they would be undergoing at the Center for Research on Movement Science (CRMS), Thomasian athletes have lesser reasons not to achieve sports excellence.

According to College of Rehabilitation Science (CRS) Dean Dr. Consuelo Suarez, the Center will train the athletes not just physically, but study their physical development as well.

“If you’re not physically fit, you won’t be able to perform. So what we’re doing is we are assessing their physical fitness,” she said.

DESPITE dropping all three of their elimination games to a more fancied Adamson squad, the UST Lady Batters defied the odds and scored a 7-0 victory over the Filomeno “Boy” Codiñera-mentored Lady Falcons to annex the Manila Youth Games (MYG) Softball title last April 12 at the Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium.

The UST Lady Batters made it to the championship game by relying on a grand-slam from up-and-coming sophomore right fielder Gedda Valencia as they creamed a lowly Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 11-0.

THE UST Lady Booters continued their amazing season last February 9 as they routed the UP Lady Maroons, 2-0, at the Ateneo Football Field to march into the UAAP Women’s Football finals.

Forward Joyce Landagan put UST into the driver’s seat 17 minutes into the game when she stole the ball midway the field and dribbled towards the goal before drilling it to catch UP’s goal keeper flat-footed.

Fast-rising striker Julie Ann Gerona went for an unguarded goal to bag the game for UST.

THE UST Lady Batters failed to sustain a fiery run in the first inning as they suffered a 4-2 loss last January 29 at UST, handing this year’s UAAP Softball crown to UE Amazons, which completed an amazing 10-0 sweep of the elimination round.

BACKED by three gold medals in the men’s division, the College of Architecture (CA) judo squad won the overall championship of the 1ST Thomasian Goodwill Games recently at the UST Gymnasium.

The Ateliers won the crown with a 58-point tally, ten points better than eventual second-placer College of Commerce. Commerce actually finished with the same point total as the Faculty of Arts and Letters, but the former was deemed the runner-up due to its greater number of gold medals.

CONTRASTING fates struck the UST Shuttlecockers as a monumental collapse by the men’s number one singles player dashed the team’s hopes of a higher ranking this season while the Female Shuttlecockers rose above expectations. Both teams finished third in the UAAP Badminton Tournament from January 24 to February 8 at the Rizal Badminton Hall.

THE UST High School (HS) Cheering Team left the entire gymnasium slack-jawed as they ripped the title from two-time champion Faculty of Arts and Letters (Artlets) during the Cheermania 2003 last January 31.

The HS team led the competition with a total average of 88.7 per cent, winning the judges’ favor with their perky movements and solid pyramid stunts. Placing second was the Artlets team with an average score of 88.2, while the College of Education placed third with a total of 76 percent.

TWO Varsitarian alumni and four Thomasian athletes were honored during the Philippine Sportswriters Association Awards held at the Coral Ballroom of the Holiday Inn last January 10.

Former Varsitarian sports editor and Philippine National Police Chief Superintendent Crescencio Luna Maralit was given a special award by the PSA for his achievements as an official of the Philippine National Police. Meanwhile, former Varsitarian literary editor Gloria Garchitorena-Goloy received a special citation for establishing and contributing to the growth of Duckpin Bowling in the country.

A SECOND straight UAAP lawn tennis championship is not far-fetched, that is, if the performances of the Tiger Tennisters in the off-season will be used as a measuring stick.

After defeating nemesis Ateneo for the men’s lawn tennis title last year, the UST Tennisters went on to win three more crowns outside of the UAAP.

Last April, UST continued its winning ways by defeating De La Salle University to grab the Interschool title of the National Open Tennis Championships in Subic.