User:Salmonpepperrice/sandbox

Luis Licas
Born	Luis Antonio Boncan Licas (2003-11-10) November 10, 2003 Mandaluyong, Philippines
Education	Ateneo de Manila University (BA)
Occupations	Sports journalist Sports commentator
Years active	2022–present
Sports career
Nationality	Filipino
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)
Country	Philippines
Sport	Athletics
Event	Racewalking
College team	Ateneo Blue Eagles
Sports achievements and titles
Personal bests	5000m walk: 34:32.51 (Pasig, 2023) 3000m walk: 20:07 (Quezon City, 2023)

Luis Antonio B. Licas (born November 10, 2003) is a Filipino sports journalist who writes for Tiebreaker Times and was previously a color commentator for Smart Sports. He is currently the sports editor of The GUIDON.

Early life and education

Licas was born in Mandaluyong on November 10, 2003. He is the eldest son of former Bureau of Immigration officer-in-charge deputy commissioner Jose Carlitos and his wife Sarah (née Boncan), who previously worked at GMA Network.

He took up his elementary and secondary education at San Beda College Alabang where he started out as a campus journalist for their publication, serving as sports editor from 2014 to 2016. During this period, he finished in first place at the Muntinlupa City Division Schools Press Conference in both 2015 and in 2019. He then served as sports editor and editor-in-chief of The Bedan Roar from 2020 to 2022 where he competed at the Camilo Osias Arts Festival where he was named as the Most Oustanding Student Journalist after topping both News Writing and Sports Writing.

In college, he joined The GUIDON in his first year at the Ateneo and was named sports editor in 2024, during the publication's 95th year. At the same time, he competed for the university's track and field team with his most notable achievement being his 21st place finish at the 2023 PATAFA Weekly Relay Series.

Career

As early as 2016, he already got a start after collaborating with American sports content creator Kenny Beecham in his now-defunct basketball website The Foul Shot, writing a handful of articles for the platform under the name Luis de la Cruz.

During his time at his university's campus publication, he worked for various sports media outlets. In 2023, he served as commentator for the 2023 Ang Liga season on Smart Sports and was tapped as a contributor for Tiebreaker Times in 2024. He also wrote for the lifestyle section of the Philippine Daily Inquirer.

Overall Qualifying Results

Rank	Name	School	Time	Notes
1	Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz	UE	24:01.70	Q
2	Carlos De Imus	FEU	25:05.23	Q
3	Jeric Pasquin	UE	25:16.22	Q
4	Peter Lachica	UP	25:17.69	Q
5	John Aaron Arandia	NU	25:19.38	Q
6	Mark Anthony Estoya	FEU	25:23.02	Q
7	John Yuri Jumaday	Adamson	25:33.96	Q
8	Gabriel Amit Oxales	UST	25:39.81	Q
9	Francis James San Gabriel	UP	26:38.78	Q
10	Ralph Justine Orfano	UE	26:52.28	Q
11	Justine Macuring	FEU	27:04.88	Q
12	Martin Angelo Leehuekee	UST	27:07.24	Q
13	Kent Gerald Tolentino	UP	27:08.25
14	Cris Gabayan	FEU	28:06.26
15	Kang Dal Calub	La Salle	28:24.88
16	Hurjay Yumul	N/A	28:27.94
17	Jufex Letsoncito	Adamson	28:43.40
18	Franz Patrick Bourbon	Arellano	29:37.65
19	Renato Panes Jr.	NU	30:22.44
20	Edgar De Guzman	Perpetual	31:36.61
21	Luis Antonio Licas	Ateneo	34:32.51
22	Christian Ayuco	N/A	34:33.38
23	Jeric Espedido	N/A	DNF

Best time by school

UAAP

Rank	Name	School	Time	Notes
1	Vincent Vianmar Dela Cruz	UE	24:01.70	Q
2	Carlos De Imus	FEU	25:05.23	Q
4	Peter Lachica	UP	25:17.69	Q
5	John Aaron Arandia	NU	25:19.38	Q
7	John Yuri Jumaday	Adamson	25:33.96	Q
8	Gabriel Amit Oxales	UST	25:39.81	Q
15	Kang Dal Calub	La Salle	28:24.88
21	Luis Antonio Licas	Ateneo	34:32.51

NCAA

Rank	Name	School	Time	Notes
18	Franz Patrick Bourbon	Arellano	29:37.65
20	Edgar De Guzman	Perpetual	31:36.61

Results

The race was started on 23 July at 09:40.

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

Results

The race was started on 27 August at 09:40.

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

Third Qualifying Results

The race started on 1 October at 09:40.

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

Arenas

Arena	Location	Province	Region	Maximum Seating Capacity	Year Opened	Remarks
LTV Arena	Manila	–	Metro Manila	80,000	2010	Philippine Sports Complex (2010–2017)
Philippine Airlines Arena	Bocaue	Bulacan	Luzon	55,000	2014	Philippine Arena (2014–2018)
Nike Hyperarena	Taguig	–	Metro Manila	30,000	2018
Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	–	Metro Manila	25,000	1960	Araneta Coliseum (1960–2011)
San Miguel Arena	Tacloban	Leyte	Visayas	23,000	2013	Tacloban Sports Complex (2013) Ginebra San Miguel Sports Complex (2013–2017)
Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	–	Metro Manila	20,000	2012
Solaire Arena	Parañaque	–	Metro Manila	20,000	2018
BDO Dome	Bacolod	Negros Occidental	Visayas	18,000	2018	2GO Dome (2018)
Cebu Pacific Center	Cebu City	Cebu	Visayas	15,000	2018

Arenas

Arena	Location	Maximum Seating Capacity	Year Opened	Remarks
LTV Arena	Manila	80,000	2010	Formerly known as the Philippine Sports Complex.
San Miguel Aerena	Tacloban	30,000	2013	Formerly known as the Ginebra San Miguel Arena.
EastWest Bank Arena	Taguig	15,000	2017
Insular Life Center	Muntinlupa	14,000	2018
Smart Araneta Coliseum	Quezon City	25,000	1960
Mall of Asia Arena	Pasay	20,000	2012
Manulife Sports Hub	Makati	13,000	2018
Cebu Pacific Arena	Cebu	27,000	2018	Hosts PCBC Division A Semifinals games.
Seaoil Sports Coliseum	Iloilo City	12,000	2017
2GO Dome	Bacolod	18,000	2018
Purefoods Megadome	Davao	28,000	2018	Hosts PCBC Division B Semifinals games.
KCC Arena	General Santos City	10,000	2018
AirAsia Arena	Zamboanga City	16,000	2019
Petron Blaze Center	Cagayan de Oro	13,000	2017
Metrobank Sports Complex	San Pedro	11,000	2017
Bench Arena	Las Piñas	11,000	2018

Year	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2018 †	San Beda	2	35.5	.385	.46	.75	4.5	4	.5	0	20

Current Teams

LEGEND:

• (*) As the Philippine Commercial Basketball Cup.