2023 PATAFA Weekly Relay Series – Men's 5 kilometres walk

The men's 5000m walk at the 2023 PATAFA Weekly Relay Series was held at the PhilSports Football and Athletics Stadium in Pasig from 23 July to 28 October 2023, and was sanctioned by the Philippine Athletics Track and Field Association.

Summary In preparation for the UAAP Season 86 Athletics Championships hosted by the Ateneo de Manila University in November, each participating school sent their athletes to participate in the annual PATAFA Weekly Relay Series to serve as their preseason tournament. In addition to the participating UAAP athletes, race walkers from both NCAA and independent teams participated in the lone men's race walking event in the tournament. Although the latter league has its own track and field championships held the next year, it does not include any race walking events.

Reigning UAAP champion and record holder Carlos De Imus (23:05.29) of the University of Santo Tomas featured in the qualifiers and advanced to the finals, finishing at bronze, now competing under the Far Eastern University.

Meanwhile, eventual Season 86 champion and new record holder Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz of the University of the East finished first in both the qualifiers and finals, bagging the gold medal.

Qualifiers Cummulative Results Rank Name School Time Notes1Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz 24:01.70 2 Carlos De Imus 25:05.23 3 Jeric Pasquin 25:16.22 4Peter Lachica 25:17.69 5John Aaron Arandia 25:19.38 6Mark Anthony Estoya 25:23.02 7 John Yuri Jumaday 25:33.96 8Gabriel Amit Oxales 25:39.81 9Francis James San Gabriel 26:38.78 10Ralph Justine Orfano 26:52.28 11Justine Macuring 27:04.88 12Martin Angelo Leehuekee 27:07.24 13Kent Gerald Tolentino 27:08.2514Cris Gabayan 28:06.26 15Kang Dal Calub 28:24.88 16Hurjay Yumul 28:27.94 17Jufex Letsoncito 28:43.40 18Franz Patrick Bourbon 29:37.65 19Renato Panes Jr. 30:22.44 20Edgar De Guzman 31:36.61 21Luis Antonio Licas 34:32.51 22Christian Ayuco 34:33.38 23Jeric Espedido

Best time by school

UAAP Rank Name School Time Notes1Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz 24:01.70 2 Carlos De Imus 25:05.23 4Peter Lachica 25:17.69 5John Aaron Arandia 25:19.38 7 John Yuri Jumaday 25:33.96 8Gabriel Amit Oxales 25:39.81 15Kang Dal Calub 28:24.88 21Luis Antonio Licas 34:32.51

NCAA Rank Name School Time Notes18Franz Patrick Bourbon 29:37.65 20Edgar De Guzman 31:36.61

First Qualifiers

The race started on 23 July at 09:40.July 23 qualifying results

Rank Name School Time NotesVincent Vianmar Dela Cruz 24:01.70 Gabriel Amit Oxales 25:51.55 Jeric Pasquin 26:48.16 4Ralph Justine Orfano 26:52.28 5Martin Angelo Leehuekee 27:07.24 6Cris Gabayan 28:06.34 7Hurjay Yumul 28:27.94 8Renato Panes Jr. 30:22.44 9Christian Ayuco 34:33.38 10Luis Antonio Licas 38:23.55 John Yuri Jumaday

Second Results

The race started on 27 August at 09:40.August 27 qualifying results

Rank Name School Time Notes Carlos De Imus 25:05.23 John Yuri Jumaday 25:33.96 Gabriel Amit Oxales 25:39.81 4Justine Macuring 27:04.88 5Cris Gabayan 28:06.26 6Kang Dal Calub 28:42.59 7Jufex Letsoncito 30:30.86 8Edgar De Guzman 31:36.61 Luis Antonio Licas Ralph Justine Orfano Jeric Pasquin

Third Qualifiers

The race started on 1 October at 09:40.October 1 qualifying results

Rank Name School Time Notes Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz 24:47.83 Jeric Pasquin 25:16.22 Peter Lachica 25:17.69 4John Aaron Arandia 25:19.38 5Mark Anthony Estoya 25:23.02 6Gabriel Amit Oxales 25:52.97 7Francis James San Gabriel 26:38.78 8Kent Gerald Tolentino 27:08.25 9Justine Macuring 27:24.52 10Kang Dal Calub 28:24.88 11Ralph Justine Orfano 28:25.44 12Jufex Letsoncito 28:43.40 13Franz Patrick Bourbon 29:37.65 14Hurjay Yumul 30:47.61 15Edmar De Guzman 31:37.62 16Luis Antonio Licas 34:32.51 John Yuri Jumaday Renato Panes Jr. Jeric Espedido

Finals The race started on 28 October at 09:40. Rank Name School Time NotesVincent Vianmar Dela Cruz 23:53.33 Peter Lachica 24:31.74 Carlos De Imus 24:48.13 4Mark Anthony Estoya 25:40.87 5Ralph Justine Orfano 26:00.33 John Yuri Jumaday Jeric Pasquin Francis James San Gabriel John Aaron Arandia Martin Angelo Leehuekee Justine Macuring Gabriel Amit Oxales

Final standings Rank Name School Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz Peter Lachica Carlos De Imus 4Mark Anthony Estoya 5Ralph Justine Orfano 6Jeric Pasquin 7John Yuri Jumaday 8Francis James San Gabriel 9John Aaron Arandia 10Gabriel Amit Oxales 11Justine Macuring 12Martin Angelo Leehuekee 13Kent Gerald Tolentino 14Cris Gabayan 15Kang Dal Calub 16Hurjay Yumul 17Jufex Letsoncito 18Franz Patrick Bourbon 19Renato Panes Jr. 20Edgar De Guzman 21Luis Antonio Licas 22Christian Ayuco 23Jeric Espedido

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