2019 SEA Games: Toledo, Cray Extend Reigns In SEAG Athletics Events

Decorated Filipino tracksters Eric Cray and Aries Toledo asserted their dominance in the 30th Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) by defending the title in their respective events at the New Clark City Athletics Stadium in Capas, Tarlac.

The Olongapo-born Cray ruled the men's 400 meter hurdles in the SEAG for the fourth straight time, after clocking in 50.21 seconds in the playing field.

Cray has been ruling this event since the 2013 SEAG in Myanmar.

This is Cray's second gold in the 2019 SEAG after being part of the 4x100 meter mixed relay team who copped the gold in 

Vietnam’s Cong Lich Quach and fellow Filipino Francis Medina snag the silver and bronze medals in the event, respectively.

Toledo, meanwhile, remained Southeast Asia's Man of Steel after topping the men's decathlon event with 7,033 points.

Vietnam's Van Su Bui (6,911 points) and compatriot Janry Ubas (6,769 points) finished with silver and bronze, respectively, in the ten-event discipline. 

The Nueva Ecija native duplicated his golden finish in the 2017 SEAG at Malaysia to cop a second consecutive decathlon title.

In other results for Team Philippines in athletics, Mark Henry Diones captured the silver medal in the men's triple jump event. 

William Morrison also notched a silver in the men's discus throw.

Joida Gagnao (women's 5000 meter), Robyn Brown (women's 400 meter hurdles), the female 4x400 meter relay team of Brown, Eloisa Luzon, Jessel Lumapas, and Maureen Schrijvers, and the men's 4x400 meter relay quartet of Edgardo Alejan Jr., Michael Carlo Del Prado, Frederick Ramirez, and Joyme Sequita won bronze medals for the Philippines in the last day of the 2019 SEAG athletics.