Tanker, jins deliver golds for UC

CEBU, Philippines - After grabbing eight golds last Wednesday, the Webmasters added seven golds, two silvers and two bronze medals in the continuation of the annual sporting event after a three-day suspension because of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’.

National Youth team aspirant Michael Ichiro Kong led UC’s assault at the pool with four gold medals in the 100,200-m backstroke and 100 and 200-m butterfly.

In an unofficial medal count, University of San Carlos scored an additional 6-6-3 gold-silver-bronze medals, followed by Paref Springdale School (1-4-3) and Maria Montessori with (1-1-6), while St.Theresa's College and Abellana Natioinal School collected two bronzes each as Cebu Eastern College got a single bronze.

USC elementary squad also made a splashing performance in the swimming event hauling gold medals. The gold medallists were Lorenzo Deiparine ,Jannah Louise Canga, Gil Anton Talisaysay, Tara Kyle Ebon, Alfeo Vallespin, Maria Aaliyah Suarez Biagan, Jannah Canga, Kristina Torres and Tara Ebon.

UC dominated taekwondo in the secondary level with eight golds and two silvers. Coran sisters Veronica, Mayn Vengele and Maria Carmella handed one gold medal each in the finweight, flyweight and bantamweight class.

While, Andrae Janna Lim (lightweight) Marie Hanz Espina (welterweight) with three from boys division in Dominic Sedullo, Eric Garces (featherweight) and Kristian Ralph Tagarao (welterweight) also took gold medals in their respective divisions.

For their part, USC managed to secure a single gold, silver and three bronze medals as University of San Jose-Recoletos and Southwestern University also got one gold a piece.

On the other hand, ANS advances to the final round of sepak takraw after posting a perfect 2-0 slate.

No final results were given yet for athletics as organizers are giving a chance for the student athletes from the mountain barangays to compete after missing yesterday’s game due to absence of communications with the event's status update.

Organizers said that they are not rushing to finish the event after Department of Education Regional office informed the different schools divisions that the staging of the Central Visayas Regional Athletic Association (CVIRAA) Regional Meet has been moved from December to February next year.

Cebu City, the host of the CVIRAA, welcomes the development as some playing venues needs to be repaired after a 7.2 earthquake and the more recent super typhoon affected Cebu. (FREEMAN)