Category: sports
Sun Life Financial Philippines executives, advisors, and brand ambassador Piolo Pascual will take part in Ironman 70.3 in Cebu on August 6, 2017.
There will be a total of five relay teams and one individual racer for Sun Life, making this year’s contingency the biggest since the company joined the race 4 years ago.
The teams are as follows:
Actor Enchong Dee (swim); Piolo Pascual (bike); Tony Ty (run)
Sun Life Board of Director Paco Sandejas (swim); Sun Life Advisor Eboy de Leon (bike); Advisor Mike Miras (run).
Former Olympian and TV host Christine Jacob Sandejas (swim); Laarni de Guzman (bike); Sun Life Health and Wellness Marketing Manager Jaymie “The Bull Runner” Pizarro (run).
Jan Michael Chiu, former national team member (swim); Karl Villalonga (bike); Alfred Diacosa (run)
Sun Life advisors KB Espinosa (swim) and Rocio Pantaleon (bike); Sun Life Agency Business Development Group Toots Malapad (run).
Sun Life’s Strategy and Financial Management Group Hazel Ferrer-Misa will race in the individual category.
Sun Life Brand Ambassador Kenneth Cobonpue, a multi-awarded industrial designer, has once again designed the medal to be awarded to racers.
“Sun Life has taken part in the Ironman many times and yet, the excitement it brings never gets old. We’re proud of how our team is mostly composed of our very own executives and advisors, who truly embody our company’s commitment to health and wellness,” Sun Life CEO and Country Head Riza Mantaring said.
Sun Life has been an advocate for health and wellness and is boosting this initiative with GoWell, a community promoting wellness through a fit and active lifestyle, healthy eating, and living a balanced life. http://www.gowell.com.ph provides fitness and wellness contents, community workouts, and fitness classes to its members.
Sun Life Financial, a leading international financial services organization providing a diverse range of insurance, wealth and asset management to individuals and corporate clients, has a number of operations across the world. Visit its website http://www.sunlife.com for further information.
Piolo, Enchong to Race with Sunlife Executives For Ironman 70.3
I am a woman with big dreams. One of those things in my bucketlist is to learn figure skating. So when I got an opportunity to watch the 2017 South East Asian Figure Skating Challenge at SM Seaside City Cebu last June 2-4, 2017, I went crazy.
The icy floor was cold and calming, but as nineteen figure skaters from the Philippines, 5 from Malaysia, 4 from Thailand, and 2 from Indonesia showed off their chassés and toe loops, the crowd went into a delirium of awe and cheers.
Joined by four SEA countries, the first ever figure skating competition in South East Asia aims not only to prove that the Philippines is ready to host grand international skating events. The 2017 South East Asian Figure Skating Challenge is also geared towards spreading awareness on the sport. In cooperation with SM Skating, this year’s SEA Figure Skating Challenge organizers hope to invite more and more people to take part of the growing number of skating enthusiasts in the country.
Participants from the Philippines are Ariel Pascual, Celine Tansipek, Czerine Ramos, and Hayden Balucating for the Juvenile Category. Sophie Hernandez and Cailyn Bangug competed for the Pre-Novice Categories. Skaters Kate Orrock, Nicole Dritsas, Sofia Cu, and Shaniah Yu were the Philippine team’s contenders for the Basic Novice A Category. Figure skaters AJ Ariones, Skye Chua, and Sky Patenia completed the roster for the Basic Novice B. Meanwhile, Gabby Panlilio, Steph Angeles, Mariel Mendoza, Misha Fabian, Bianca Vinarao, and Jules Alpe competed for Advance Novice, Basic Junior, Junior, Elite Junior, Basic Senior, and Elite Junior Men respectively.
The 2017 SEA Challenge is an international figure skating competition jointly hosted by the Figure and Speed Skating Association of Thailand, Singapore Ice Skating Association, Ice Skating Association of Malaysia, Federasi Ice Skating Indonesia, and the Philippine Skating Union. At the helm of this competition is the Asian Skating Union.
For the list of winners of the 2017 South East Asian Figure Skating Challenge, follow SM Skating on Facebook and @smskating on Instagram.
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