Arvin Taguinota clinched gold medals yesterday joining fellow Pasig City fellow gymnast Haylee Garcia in the quintuple gold medal club at Batang Pinoy in Puerto Princesa, Palawan yesterday.
Mr. Taguinota, 11-year-old Olympian Jessie Lacuna, advanced in the boys 12-13 backstroke 100 meter (m) in a minute and 4.3 seconds and met Ricardo Delgado, Marcelino Picardal III and Jefferson Saburlase captured the 4x50m freestyle relay mint in 1:47.44.
Mr. Taguinota, who also won in the 200m freestyle, 200m backstroke and 200m individual medley, thus matched the five gold medal haul of Nk. Garcia, who pulled five in one fall in the FIG junior women’s artistic gymnastics class on Monday back in Intramuros. , Manila.
In chess, FIDE Master Christian Gian Karlo Arca of Davao del Norte impressed as he completed the chess treble by dominating the blitz, fast and classy in the 15-year-old boys category.
In the middle athletics, Bacolod’s Mico Villaran led a record-breaking charge by leading his team of Ryzen Facto, Cloui Loquias and Churynthya Tecson to the 4x400m universal relay gold in 3:47.72.
It upset the average of 3:54.49 registered by Milchay Moreno of Davao City, John Rods Bongcayat, Mary Jane Pagayon and Gorbachev Pepito last year at the PhilSports Arena in Pasig.
It was the third gold for track star Palarong Pambansa who also crossed the hurdles in the 400m and 110m hurdles in the meet sanctioned by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
In pencak silat, Aklan stands above everyone with the golden works of Lyca Pascual and Ma. Feroz Retiro (artistic double junior novice girls), Frenz Gregorio and John Jizmundo (artistic double junior elite boys), Mary Chantal Jizmundo, Marzhel Regalado and Nathalie Regalado (artistic trio junior novice girls), and Jharred Mabasa, Jason Patron and Justine Patron ( arctic trio junior novice boys).
In taekwondo, it was Baguio that took the lead with three golds courtesy of Vashti Budadda (cadet women’s division 2 kyorugi), Zyra Lee (middle and light junior female), and Ian Lonogan (middle junior male) . – Joey Villar
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