Racela, national youth team stranded in gym because of floods

The Energen Pilipinas youth team coached by Olsen Racela has sacrificed a lot for flag and country.

On Monday night, they might have to sacrifice even more after being stranded in a basketball gymnasium along Araneta Avenue after practice because of heavy rains and flooding.

Racela has taken to Twitter to give updates about the condition of the squad:

Stranded in a gym along araneta ave with my youth team. They say it’ll take 3hrs for the water to subside #teambonding twitter.com/thebigOls/stat…

— Olsen Racela (@thebigOls) August 6, 2012

@melispueyracela Yup! It looks like we might have to spend the night here. Lakas pa din ng ulan dito

— Olsen Racela (@thebigOls) August 6, 2012

It has been almost 4hrs and we’re still stranded here! #ForFlagAndCountry

— Olsen Racela (@thebigOls) August 6, 2012

Racela’s brother Nash, an assistant with the team, also posted updates:

Araneta ave between QA and Del Monte twitter.com/scwtN/status/2…

— Nash Racela (@scwtN) August 6, 2012

@josh_reyes yup. Nasa 3rd level ang cars. Food? May good samaritan twitter.com/scwtN/status/2…

— Nash Racela (@scwtN) August 6, 2012

Energen Pilipinas is set to compete in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship in Ulan Bator, Mongolia in less than two weeks. The tilt, which serves as qualifier for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship next year, is slated from August 17 to 26.

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