Somebody take a closer look at this boy wonder. He is just flying over his competition. He has won the Rota Run 5K, the Octoberun 5K and now the Milo 5K event. And he is just 17 (.. and you know what I mean.. ok I'm old and you're too young Mervin for that song..)
Mervin Guarte took the Rota Run 5K title ahead of Roger Denolo, the Eco Dash 10K second placer. Mervin took 16:30 minutes to finish the 5K race, 28 seconds ahead of Denolo.
Mervin then finished the Octoberun 5K race with a time of 15:19, 4 full seconds ahead of 29 year old and veteran runner Jujet De Asis. Mervin was 19 seconds ahead of another fast runner and Rota Run 10K champion, Gerald Sabal. We cannot really say he was lacking tough competition. We could say he is just flying over his competition right now.
And the boy wonder from San Sebastian College is not yet finished with his onslaught of 5K race competitions, Mervin recently won the Milo Finals 5K side event with a time of 15:41 minutes.
Mervin Guarte reclaims the KL Overall Fastest Runner with a perfect 3 for 3, full 300 points. He beats Cresenciano Sabal from the ratings by a narrow 38 points. Sabal has won the 33rd Milo Marathon Finals, 2nd on the Rota Half Marathon and was also 2nd on the 10 Mile Octoberun. See the updated KL Fastest Pinoy Ratings here.
According to Rota Run 5K race results, Mervin is 18 years old. From Milo and Octoberun, he's just 17. Either way, this teenager phenom sure got the sky as his limit. The best of luck to you Mervin and make the Philippines be very proud of you someday. :)
Guarte at the Palarong Pambansa
A little research from Google revealed Guarte's dominance at the recently held Palarong Pambansa:
Guarte, a 17-year-old native of Calapan City, Oriental Mindoro, took the centerstage despite losing his protest in the secondary boys’ 800m run event where was allegedly elbowed thrice by competitors from Region IV-A that cost him of the pressure medal.
After reviewing the video tape, track chief referee Claro Pellosis said that Salvador Garin Jr. who eventually won the event and his teammate Don-Don Cartadio did not intentionally shove Guarte in the final 300m of the event where Guarte broke the Palaro record during the preliminary heat.
Unfazed by the protest reversal, Guarte dominated the 5000m run in 16:03.46 minutes, beating Ferdinand Corpuz of Central Luzon Region (16.11.50) and 3000m steeplechase gold winner Nickson Cuyom of Southern Tagalog-Calabarzon (16:16.83) who took silver and bronze, respectively.
Guarte, who impressed coaches including former national team mentor Jojo Posadas, returned in the afternoon action to win the 1,500m run event in four minutes and 7.94 seconds.
Source: Positive News Media
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