ALL roads lead to Pasig City when the 5Throws-For-All Philippine Masters Athletics Championship 2023 kicks off on April 14-16 at the Philsports Track and Field Oval.

The three-day competition hosted by the National Masters and Seniors Athletics Association of the Philippines (NMSAAP) and presented by 5Throws-For-All was formally launched during a media briefing at the To Ho Panciteria Antigua in Binondo, Manila.

5Throws-For-All Philippine Masters program director Atty: Alberto Agra and NMSAAP president Jose Ang Jr.said more than 500 athletes — male and female — are expected to participate in the event.

The 5 Throws-For-All is a program which aims to build better throwers and to expand the throwing community.

The tournament is open to athletes 30 years old and above in the men and women individual, team relay and mixed gender team relay categories.

Events to be disputed are 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1,500m, 2,000/3,000m steeplechase, 5,000m, 10,000m, 3,000m race walk, 80m hurdles,100m hurdles, 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles, high jump, long jump, triple jump, javelin throw, shot put, discus throw, pole vault, hammer throw, 4x100m relay, 4x100m mixed relay, 4x400m relay and 4x400m mixed relay.

The competition will also serve as qualifying for NMSAAP members and non-members to officially represent the country in the 22nd Asia Masters Athletics Championships, which the Philippines is hosting from Nov. 8 to 12 at the New Clark City Sports Complex in Capas, Tarlac.

More than 2,000 athletes from 28 countries are expected to compete at the biggest Masters Athletics Championships in the region.

Meanwhile, the NMSAAP will hold its first competition of the year during the first day of the ICTSI Philippine Athletics Championships slated March 21-26 in Ilagan City, Isabela.

Also present during the event launch were directors Julio Bayaban and Jeanette Obiena.

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Robert Andaya