Career
He holds the Philippine record for multiple long distance events. His best marathon time is 2:18:44 hours. He also holds the Philippine 5000 metres record of 13 minutes, 58 seconds, and performed the 10,000 metres in 29:02.36 minutes.
"Vertek", as called by his friends and the media, finished 67th in the 2004 Athens Olympic marathon.
He was a silver medallist in the 23rd Southeast Asian Games in the 10,000m run.
