BulSU set for SCUAA-III despite lack of facilities
By Jessa Grace Olesco
With the competitions getting nearer, there is no stopping for coaches and athletes from the Bulacan State University (BulSU) to join the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Region III (SCUAA-III) this coming December, not even lack of allowance and training facilities.
Former varsity player for the National Games turned athletics trainer in the 3, 5, and 10-km long distance run event Michelle Baluangco said yesterday that there is an obvious inadequacy of training facilities for the athletes.
“Ang training program dapat ng track and field sa oval pero yung Bulacan Sports Complex lupa lang. Paano pag umulan? Baha. Pero dito, delikado rin sa semento kasi sira tuhod,” she said.
Baluangco also cited that the allowance given to Bulacan athletes were quite small compared to the Manila athletes.
“Ang allowance dito maliit lang talaga compared sa mga athletes sa Manila. So wala pa ata sa kalahati. Mga P800. Minsan delayed pa,” she added.
In spite of all these, Baluangco assured that BulSU athletes were readily prepared conducting an intensive training with the help of their coaches and trainers.
Baseball coach Melvin Villegas, on the other hand, stressed that only six of his twenty-one players were staying in the Athletes’ Quarter as there were only few available beds for the athletes.
“Merong nakalaan pero yung anim lang. Paano naman yung iba? Yung athletes’ dorm, dalawang room lang. Hindi magkakasya dun sa dorm lahat ‘yun. Kaya kung sino na lang yung pinakamalayo, yun na lang ang nilalagay namin,” he reasoned.
Yet with these troubles, Villegas never failed to remind his players to keep their focus on the game and studies as well.
“Sabi ko nga sa kanila, huwag magpapabaya. Kailangan talaga ang time management na yan mahati nila. Hindi pwedeng hindi ka mag-aral kasi hindi ka makakalaro,” he insisted.
Athletics track and field division coach Philip Salaysay stated that while the university had limited facilities, the school provides sufficient training, equipment, budget, full scholarship apart from their monthly allowance, and incentives to the winning student athletes.
“Ang training, sapat na sapat yan. Ang nagiging problema sa BSU yung facilities na meron. Masasabi nating kokonti ang budget pero dito, full scholar yung mga bata, may equipment kaming nagagamit, so okay na kaysa sa iba,” he explained.
Salaysay was confident that the players had a big edge on SCUAA and instead told that the pressure for the coaches and the players alike is to grab the gold on all events as their eyed goals.
“Lagi namang malaki ang edge ng BSU pagdating sa SCUAA. Dati, okay na yung overall champion kasi walong taon nang champion yan. Ngayon, ang gusto nila, lahat ng gold at events makuha nila. Ganun kabigat,” he ended.
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With the competitions getting nearer, there is no stopping for coaches and athletes from the Bulacan State University (BulSU) to join the State Colleges and Universities Athletic Association Region III (SCUAA-III) this coming December, not even lack of allowance and training facilities.
Former varsity player for the National Games turned athletics trainer in the 3, 5, and 10-km long distance run event Michelle Baluangco said yesterday that there is an obvious inadequacy of training facilities for the athletes.
“Ang training program dapat ng track and field sa oval pero yung Bulacan Sports Complex lupa lang. Paano pag umulan? Baha. Pero dito, delikado rin sa semento kasi sira tuhod,” she said.
Baluangco also cited that the allowance given to Bulacan athletes were quite small compared to the Manila athletes.
“Ang allowance dito maliit lang talaga compared sa mga athletes sa Manila. So wala pa ata sa kalahati. Mga P800. Minsan delayed pa,” she added.
In spite of all these, Baluangco assured that BulSU athletes were readily prepared conducting an intensive training with the help of their coaches and trainers.
Baseball coach Melvin Villegas, on the other hand, stressed that only six of his twenty-one players were staying in the Athletes’ Quarter as there were only few available beds for the athletes.
“Merong nakalaan pero yung anim lang. Paano naman yung iba? Yung athletes’ dorm, dalawang room lang. Hindi magkakasya dun sa dorm lahat ‘yun. Kaya kung sino na lang yung pinakamalayo, yun na lang ang nilalagay namin,” he reasoned.
Yet with these troubles, Villegas never failed to remind his players to keep their focus on the game and studies as well.
“Sabi ko nga sa kanila, huwag magpapabaya. Kailangan talaga ang time management na yan mahati nila. Hindi pwedeng hindi ka mag-aral kasi hindi ka makakalaro,” he insisted.
Athletics track and field division coach Philip Salaysay stated that while the university had limited facilities, the school provides sufficient training, equipment, budget, full scholarship apart from their monthly allowance, and incentives to the winning student athletes.
“Ang training, sapat na sapat yan. Ang nagiging problema sa BSU yung facilities na meron. Masasabi nating kokonti ang budget pero dito, full scholar yung mga bata, may equipment kaming nagagamit, so okay na kaysa sa iba,” he explained.
Salaysay was confident that the players had a big edge on SCUAA and instead told that the pressure for the coaches and the players alike is to grab the gold on all events as their eyed goals.
“Lagi namang malaki ang edge ng BSU pagdating sa SCUAA. Dati, okay na yung overall champion kasi walong taon nang champion yan. Ngayon, ang gusto nila, lahat ng gold at events makuha nila. Ganun kabigat,” he ended.
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