Cebu City maintains lead

CEBU, Philippines – The Cebu City Ninos continues to haul gold medals to maintain its lead despite a strong push from Mandaue City on the fourth day of action in the 2015 Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Regional Meet mainly at the E.S.Binghay Memorial Sports Oval in Balamban, Cebu.

The Ninos now has 50 golds, 49 silvers and 36 bronze medals while Mandaue is trying to catch-up with their 41-15-16 gold-silver-bronze medals. Talisay City is at third with 20-11-15 gilts in the overall medal standings.

Cebu City's secondary bets carried most of the load for its title retention campaign after grabbing 39 golds, 30 silvers and 21 bronzes.

Majority of the Niños golds came from the two day swimming event which ended the other day at the Cebu City Sports Center plus some contributions from athletics, archery, and taekwondo.

University of San Carlos' Paul Ian Gorgonio added gold to his collection by winning the secondary boys 200m run as teammate Adriana Rallos and Camel Mosota of the University of Cebu wound up with a silver and bronze in the girls 200m event.

Kenji Dahili and Samanthan Gem Limos also got the gold medals in the elementary 200m run after winning their respective class. Jhuvan Jehn Baculot also handed a gold medal for the Cebu City through the secondary girls triple jump with 10.22m mark.

The third biggest medal contributors so far for the Ninos are its taekwondo team who kicked in seven golds, one silver and six bronzes.

Winning the gold for the Ninos in taekwondo are elementary bets Charles Laurence Labiiste, Althea Rosel, Mary Jocelyn Syllanto and Anne Sharmain Albaracin, while Lorelee Natividad, Micah Marie Mission and Zozen Prajes contributed one gold each in the secondary class.

But while the Niños are doing well in taekwondo, Mandaue bets dominated arnis, sweeping the first 20 of the 28 golds at stake.

Cebu City could only get 10 silvers and two bronzes while Bohol got five bronzes, Lapu-Lapu with a silver and four bronzes, Cebu Province with a bronze, Dumaguete with two bronzes and Negros Oriental with three bronzes.

Roel John Segarra collected five golds in the secondary boys' arnis, while the other individual gold was grabbed by his teammate Aljon Lindajao through the solo double weapon.

In the distaff side, Cherry Mae Enguito led the charge with two golds while Christian Dungog and Michelle Tumulak had three golds each.

With close to 160 golds still up for grabs in this multi-sporting event, the Niños still has to play their best especially in the team events.

A Cebu City-Mandaue finale is highly anticipated in this afternoon's secondary boys basketball finals after leading their respective brackets.

In football, Cebu City also advances to the quarterfinals of the secondary football after defeating Tagbilaran City, 9-0.Mandaue City is off to the next round after silencing Carcar City, 11-0.Other quarter finalists include Dumaguete, Bohol, Cebu Province, and Negros Oriental. (FREEMAN)