No stopping Milo from raising champs

MANILA, Philippines — Milo Sports is walking the extra mile to make sure that its programs involving close to 20 sports will continue to reach, accommodate and benefit as many athletes, particularly the young ones.

“Our approach is that we are moving with the times,” said Milo Sports head Carlo Sampan during yesterday’s Philippine Sportswriters Association Forum at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex.

Sampan cited its strong, decades-long partnership with sports like swimming, karatedo, basketball, volleyball, golf, gymnastics, running, and of recent  jiu-jitsu, jumprope, ice-skating.

“We know that raising champions Is not an overnight endeavor,” he said during the forum presented by San Miguel Corp., Philippine Sports Commission, Milo, Philippine Olympic Committee, and the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR).

Sampan was joined in the forum by Monica Jorge of BEST Center for basketball and volleyball, Ral Rosario for swimming, Ricky Lim for karatedo and Jessie Guerrero for golf.

They said their respective summer programs are ongoing, and because of the new schedules of the different schools, the programs may run until August or even September.

“Because there are schools that started their summer breaks either earlier or later, we plan to extend our summer program to three months,” said Lim.