World championships veteran helps team mates train hard for Oceania meet – Marianas Variety

Posted: May 4, 2017 at 3:43 pm

05 May 2017

IAAF World Championships and Oceania veteran Beouch Ngirchongor is helping his fellow NMI athletes train hard for the 2017 Oceania Athletics Association Area Championships that will be held in Suva, Fiji from June 29 to July 1.

Ngirchongor who set a previous best time of 23.92 in the 200-meter dash of the 15th IAAF World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China two years ago expressed confident about his team mates.

He and eighth other local athletesZarinae Jones Sapong, Riella Ann Billy Ichiuo, Traven Quitugua, Annalei Santos, Jamie Pangelinan, Jerald Castillo, Daniel Calvo III and Chloe Salvosa are gearing up this years Oceania event.

Ngirchongor is not new to Oceania championships. He, Jerald Castillo and Zarinae Sapong competed in 2015 Oceania championships in Cairns, Australia.

In our group, I am the veteran so I kind of motivate them every time we see each other in practice, Ngirchongor said adding that with the help of Preston Basa and coach, Elias Rangamar they work like a family during practice.

Ngirchongor who finished fourth 200-meter sprint in Australia two years ago with 24.5 is also confident he can beat his PBT in Fiji. He figured it out, he said over the last several weeks of training at the Oleai Sports Center, Airport field and Hopwood Junior High football field.

We come every 5:30 in the morning. It is hard to explain. But Im making myself better than before. We all are pretty working hard, he said.

I wish to beat my PBT and the win gold this time, he added.

He said he also feels good about his team mates specially Traven Quitugua and Zarinae Sapong.

For his new team mates, he said he helps his coaches bring them up, as well.

Every time we practice I tell them to be always confident about themselves, dont let themselves down. I always tell them they should learn confidence and feel like a champion, he said.

In Fiji, Ngirongchor, Sapong and Ichiuo will prove themselves in the open division of 100-meter and 200-meter dash.

Quitugua, Santos and Pangelinan will compete in the 18-and-under sprints while Castillo, Calvo III and Salvosa will compete in the 20-and-under events.

Salvosa will do long jump and sprints; Santos, shot put and discus throw and Castillo in 100-meter sprint.

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