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The National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines) table tennis tournament is held every January of the year-long NCAA season. The school with the highest amount of cumulative points wins the championship. Like other NCAA events, there are two championships that are awarded, the Seniors division and the Juniors division championships. The championships are held on an outdoors.
This 85th season, San Sebastian College - Recoletos is the host school for the sport event. Opening ceremonies will be held on March 1, 2010 at the Rizal Memorial Stadium. Tournament is scheduled from March 1to 4, 2010.
| Running Events Sprints are events up to and including the 400 metres. (100m, 200m, 400m) Middle Distance are events longer than sprints and up to 3000 metres. (800m, 1,500m, 2000m, 3000m) Long Distance are events over 3000 metres. (5000m) Hurdles are events require the runner to run over evenly spaced barriers during the race. (110m, 400m) Relay races are events in which four athletes participate as a team, passing a metal baton in between. (4 x 100 m Relay) |
Jumping Events High Jump is an event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years. Pole Vault is an athletic field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole (which today is usually made either of fiberglass or carbon fiber) as an aid to leap over a bar Long Jump is an athletics (track and field) event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far from the take-off point as possible. Triple Jump is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, step and jump” routine, whereby the competitor runs down the track and performs a hop, a step and then a jump into the sand pit. |
Field Events Discus Throw is an event in track and field competition, in which an athlete throws a heavy disc — called a discus — in an attempt to mark a farther distance than his or her competitors. Javelin Throw is a track and field athletics throwing event where the object to be thrown is the javelin, a spear approximately 2.5 metres in length. Shot Put is an athletics (track and field) event involving "putting" (throwing in a pushing motion) a heavy metal ball (called the shot) as far as possible. It is common to use the term "shot put" to refer to both the shot itself and to the throwing motion. |
Track and Field News
| De Ramos completes sprint double, Fri, Mar 5, 2010 |
| Stags' sprinter continues domination, Thu, Mar 4, 2010 |
| Track & Field: De Ramos, Guarte keep San Sebastian in athletics lead , Thu, Mar 4, 2010 |
| Track & Field: Guarte and Del Prado Jr. hold sway in athletics, Wed, Mar 3, 2010 |
| Track & Field: Del Prado son rules 100m heats in NCAA 100m , Tue, Mar 2, 2010 |
| Track & Field: Del Prado Jr. clocks fastest in 100-m dash, Tue, Mar 2, 2010 |
| Track & Field: SSC-R rookie Guarte breaks two records in athletics, Tue, Mar 2, 2010 |
