Racing With The Big Boys

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Pia Boren is thriving in a world dominated by men—first, by making her mark in sports broadcasting as courtside reporter for San Beda College and as co-host of Studio 23’s NCCA College Hoops. And as if playing with the big boys of basketball and sports journalism isn’t hard enough, Pia is recently being recognized as one of the female racers in the country.

Racing, she says, is an exhilarating experience since it allows her to “control the uncontrollable.” But more than that, it allows her to “do what others think is impossible.”

Only a year after she started racing professionally, Pia was first noticed in the local racing circuit when she won major prizes in the Alaska Fresh Cadet Division of the Arthur Tuason Memorial Cup in 2002. Finishing first in the 20-lap race, Pia won by a few seconds against the runner-up, thanks to the 47.790 laptime she posted during the race’s fifth lap. Besides winning the coveted cup, she also got the fastest laptime in the race, an impressive feat for a neophyte racer. Today, she is regularly competing against some of the country’s best racers, attaining considerable success in a field where only few women excel.

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