Sprinters Hoffman, Frank break PH records

BY MARK REY MONTEJO

  

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AT A GLANCE

• Filipina sprinters Lauren Hoffman and Angel Frank broke Philippine indoor records in their respective events in the 2024 Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational in South Carolina over the weekend.

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Filipina sprinters Lauren Hoffman and Angel Frank broke Philippine indoor records in their respective events in the 2024 Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational in South Carolina over the weekend.

 Lauren Hoffman (left) and Angel Frank (Lauren Hoffman's Facebook post)

Hoffman, 24, clocked 53.91 seconds for a third-place finish in the women’s 400m category which shattered Kayla Richardson’s 54.94 mark in 2018 in Albuquerque, USA.

“My teammates and I intend to make that record even faster but I’m still gonna celebrate this achievement for now! All season long I’ll be celebrating small wins, big wins, and everything in between,” Hoffman posted on her Facebook. 

The Virginia-native sprinter was behind Maya Singletary (52.34) and Clemson’s Ken’naria Gadson (53.69) who eventually sealed first and second places, respectively.

Recently, Hoffman also set the women's 600m record in the Hokie Invitational by registering 1 minute and 30.33 seconds which was enough to smash Daniel Quintero’s (1:36.93) in a Santa Barbara tilt in 2020.

On the other hand, Frank settled for 8th place in her stint but her 23.86-second performance eclipsed Zion Corrales-Nelson's 23.90 in the 200-meter race.

Hoffman and Frank bannered the Nationals in the 19th Hangzhou Asian Games last September alongside Robyn Brown and Maureen Schrijvers. 

Fil-Am Hoffman breaks 600m PH record

BY MARK REY MONTEJO

  

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AT A GLANCE

• Fil-American Lauren Hoffman opened her competition season with a bang after breaking the Philippine record in the women’s 600 meters at the Hokie Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia over the weekend.

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Fil-American Lauren Hoffman opened her competition season with a bang after breaking the Philippine record in the women’s 600 meters at the Hokie Invitational in Blacksburg, Virginia over the weekend.

Lauren Hoffman (Lauren Hoffman's Facebook post)

The 24-year-old Hoffman clocked 1 minute and 30.33 seconds for the silver medal, but eclipsed the old mark of 1:36.93 set by Daniel Quintero last 2020 at a race in Santa Barbara, United States.

“Season opener! Definitely could have executed my races better but had so much fun competing again,” Hoffman wrote on social media hours after the race.

Hoffman was just a hairline behind fellow Duke Lauren Tolbert, who eventually copped the gold medal with 1:30.29.

Madison Mulder of the Netherlands bagged the bronze in 1:30.36.

Hoffman, a native of Virginia, competed at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China last year where she finished fifth in the 400m hurdles.

She also teamed up with Robyn Brown, Angel Frank and Maureen Schrijvers in finishing fifth in the women’s 4x400m relay in the Asiad.