Bacolod
City --- Despite stiff competition among 128 participating
Local Government Units (LGUs) in the Philippines, team Pangasinan hauled in 45
medals, making the province 10th in the overall ranking of 2013 Batang Pinoy
national championships held from January 28 to February 1, here.
The Pangasinan team -- composed of
about 90 young athletes --16 year old and below -- captured 7 gold, 18 silver
and 20 bronze medals at the end of the five-day competition.
Quezon City reigned champion with 29 gold, 22 silver and 19 bronze
medals. Rounding out the top 10 were: Baguio City (22-18-10) 2nd; host province
Negros Occidental (19-11-14) third; Cebu (16-19-19) fourth; IloIlo (13-0-4)
fifth; Laguna (12-7-6), sixth; Zamboanga City (11-13-18) seventh; host City
Bacolod (8-14-29), eight; and Manila (8-4-4), ninth.
In a post event meeting of team
Pangasinan, delegation official Marlon Domalanta, on behalf of Governor Amado
T. Espino, Jr., congratulated the athletes, trainers and coaches for exerting
best efforts to capture medals and elevate the ranking of Pangasinan from its
ninth finish last year.<!-- more -->
Gov. Espino had been elated to know
that Pangasinense athletes displayed excellence in sporting events in the
Batang Pinoy finals, but what is more important for us now is to assure the
security and safety of our athletes on our way home, Domalanta said.<!-- more -->
It is a good news that our team once
again managed to be in top 10 despite the stiff competition, he said, adding that
the Batang Pinoy national championships had opened opportunities for
Pangasinense athletes, he added.
Philippine
Sports Commission (PSC), organizer of Batang Pinoy, shortlisted five
Pangasinense basketball athletes (Valerie Mae Mamaril, Trixie Alison Mamaril,
Princess No-or; Loms Vincent Marinas and Mark Lester Castillo) along with
athletes from other delegations who will be trained in the US under the Sports
Visitors Program of the US State Department’s Bureau of Educational and
Cultural Affairs (ECA).
This evolved after the PSC and
Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas have taken notice of the performances of the
Pangasinense athletes who bagged championship in Basketball 3/3 – girls and
bronze placement in Basketball 3/3 – boys.
The nominees from Pangasinan are up
for for stint at the Basketball Sports Visitors Program from March 11-24 in
Washington DC and another city in US.
Some members of the champion volleyball
team of Pangasinan -- Jude Garcia, Ronnel Ballesteros, Aljon Batister, Rudolp
Stephen Marinas, Jason Ducusin, Joel Natino David Niedo (Umingan NHS); Mac
Razzel Decena (Bonuan Boquig NHS); Christian Mejia (Pangasinan School of Arts
and Trades); and James Martin Natividad (Bani
NHS) -- could also avail of the same training opportunity, but will still be subjected
to further screening from the PSC.
The team got its first gold medal as
early as day one, January 29, courtesy of Mariz Sabado of Umingan NHS who
competed in 2000m walk at the Panaad Stadium. Kim Xyros Macanas, also from the
same school, landed second.
The Athletics team bagged a total of
12 medals (2-5-5).
Meanwhile, five cyclists from
Pangasinan amazed spectators as they occupied first to fifth spots in the 30km
criterium race held at the new Silay road heading to Silay airport on January
30, Thursday.
Executive Assistant IV Ramon Morden
and Executive Assistant III Modesto Operania, delegation head, who visited the
team from January 28-30 personally congratulated the cyclists and extended Gov.
Espino’s congratulations to them during the awarding ceremonies.
The Karatedo team, composed mainly
of athletes from Dagupan City-based private schools, romped of with 17 medals
(2-8-7), giving Pangasinan team the most number of medals from kata and kumite
categories of Karatedo.
Pangasinense arnisadors got one
silver and three bronze medals while taekwondo athletes hauled in 2 silvers and
one bronze.
Two bronze medals, on the other
hand, were secured by the lawn tennis team in the boys and girls categories,
respectively.
Lady FM Samantha Glo Revita from
Rosales wrapped up the last silver medal of Pangasinan in the last day of
competition.
/MGNO
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