{"id":169841,"date":"2018-07-08T21:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T01:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=169841"},"modified":"2018-07-08T21:31:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-09T01:31:43","slug":"ph-captures-3-more-bronze-medals-in-sea-swimming-championships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2018\/07\/08\/ph-captures-3-more-bronze-medals-in-sea-swimming-championships\/","title":{"rendered":"PH captures 3 more bronze medals in SEA Swimming Championships"},"content":{"rendered":"
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FILE: Xiandi Chua, Kirsten Robyn Tan and Lady Samantha Corpuz delivered the medals for the Philippines, which ended its campaign in the nine-nation tournament with four golds, 11 silvers and 14 bronzes. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS BANOS, Laguna\u00a0— The Philippines collected three more bronze medals in the 42nd Southeast Asia Swimming Championships at the Trace Aquatic Center here on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Xiandi Chua, Kirsten Robyn Tan and Lady Samantha Corpuz delivered the medals for the Philippines, which ended its campaign in the nine-nation tournament with four golds, 11 silvers and 14 bronzes.<\/p>\n

Chua, who topped the 200-meter individual medley (IM) and 200-meter backstroke events in the girls’ 16-18 years old category, clocked 58.75 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle to finish third behind Vietnam’s Nguyen Diep Tram (57.75 seconds) and Indonesia’s Adinda Larrasati Dewi (58.02 seconds).<\/p>\n

Tan registered 1:02.41 in the 100-meter freestyle event of the girls’ 13 years and under category which was dominated by Thailand’s Napatsawan Jaritkla (1:0040). Vietnam’s Pham Thi Van was second in 1:01.90.<\/p>\n

Corpuz submitted 9:44.88 to take the bronze in the 800-meter freestyle event of the girls’ 13 years and under category. Thailand’s Kamonchanok Kwanmuang won the gold (9:04.04) while Vietnam’s Vo Thi My Tien (9:30.56) got the silver.<\/p>\n

Six national junior records were set during the three-day tournament, which saw Vietnam pocketing 58 golds, 39 silver and 21 bronzes.<\/p>\n

Those who registered new records were Jonathan Cook, Arbeen Miguel Thrulen, Liaa Margarette Amoguis, Rafael Barreto, Juan Marco Daos and Mishka Sy.<\/p>\n

Cook won two silvers in the 100-meter breaststroke (1:03.22) and the 200-meter IM (2:07.95) events in the boys’ 16-18 years old category.<\/p>\n

“This is my first time to join the tournament and I am happy with the results,” said 18-year-old Cook, who erased Gerard Bordado’s 12-year-old record of 1:05.47 in the 100-meter breaststroke event.<\/p>\n

“I’m glad to have been given the opportunity to represent the Philippines,” said 6-foot-0 Cook, who joined the Singapore Open, his first tournament as a Filipino, last week. His mother is from Sta. Ana, Manila.<\/p>\n

Cook, who began swimming at the age of seven, was born in New Jersey but is now based in Seattle, Washington. He is the youngest among three siblings.<\/p>\n

“I am proud to compete for the Philippines and I hope to join more tournaments,” said Cook, who attended Henry Jackson High School and is set to start college at the Stanford University.<\/p>\n

This is the second time that Cook visited the Philippines since he was five years old.<\/p>\n

Thrulen clocked 27.75 seconds in the boys 13-under butterfly event to erase the 11-year-old record of Gabriel Castelo (28.17 seconds) while Amoguis posted 5:19.62 in the girls 13-under 400-meter IM event to improve the 5:26.26 mark set by Raven Faith Alcoseba three years ago.<\/p>\n

The other record holders are Barreto (25.54) in the 16-18 boys 50-meter butterfly event, Daos (2:05.96) in the boys 13-under boys 200-meter freestyle event and Sy (2:27.34) in the girls 13-under 200-meter backstroke event.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Palarong Pambansa standout Jalil Sephraim Taguinod of Isabela province also had a pair of silvers coming from the boys’ 100-meter (1:10.19) and 50-meter (32.27) breaststroke events in the boys’ 13 years old and under category. Both times are his personal best.<\/p>\n

“I’m not so happy with the two silvers. I need to train harder to improve my performance,” said 5-foot-8 Taguinod, an incoming Grade 7 student at the La Salle-Greenhills. He finished grade school at the Infant Jesus Montessori School in his hometown Santiago.<\/p>\n

During the Palarong Pambansa in April this year, the 12-year-old Taguinod ruled the 50-meter and 100-meter breaststroke, 50-meter freestyle, 50-meter backstroke and 200-meter IM events.<\/p>\n

He set new meet records in the 50-meter breaststroke (32.31 seconds) and the 100-meter breaststroke (1:12.92).<\/p>\n

Philippine Swimming Inc. president Lani Velasco has expressed her gratitude to the Philippine Sports Commission for its all-out support to the young swimmers.<\/p>\n

“We would like to thank the PSC for giving our swimmers the opportunity to train in the US,” Velasco said.<\/p>\n

She also praised University of Arizona coach Sam Busch, who was hired as foreign coach of the national juniors team last month.<\/p>\n

\u201cSam\u2019s work with our children gave them the motivation and the knowledge to perform well in this competition,\u201d said Velasco, who also cited the skills of local coaches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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