Records fall in Cesafi swimming competition

SEVEN individuals and two relay swimming records were shattered in the swimming competition of the 16th Cebu Schools Athletics Foundation Inc. (Cesafi) held over the weekend at the Cebu City Sports Center.

Leading the list of the record-breakers were Maria Aaliyah Biagan of the University of San Carlos (USC) and Johann Matthew Tubesa of the Sacred Heart School – Ateneo De Cebu (SHS-ADC).

The 15-year-old Biagan finished the girls 100m breaststroke at 1:25.10 to break the previous mark of 1:28.67. In the 200m breastroke event, Biagan clocked in at 3:03.72 to better the previous record of 3:05.66.

On the other hand, the 17-year-old Tubesa reset his own record in the 100m freestyle with a time of 58.25 seconds just 1.31 seconds ahead of his previous mark last year which was at 59.56 seconds.

Tubesa also had a stellar swim in the 50m freestyle category by timing 26.15 seconds, shattering the 15-year old record of Emil Cuizon, who logged 26.70 in 2001.

Other individual record-breakers were Ruliben Deligro of USC and Karen Indaya of the University of Cebu (UC) who finished the 100M breaststroke and 100m backstroke at 1:14.31 and 1:16.66 respectively.

UC also recorded two new relay records in the boys 4x50m medley relay and girls 4×50 free relay, tallying 2:06.84 and 2:12.03 to erase the old records of 2:09.70 and 2:12.93 respectively.

The other new relay record was set by the USC relay boys team, which timed 4:48.25 in the 4x100m medley relay and shattered their previous 4:49.97 mark that was set two years ago.

USC dominated the collegiate division with 30 golds, 25 silvers and 13 bronze medals, beating UC (5-8-12) and the University of the Visayas (3-1-6).

The vaunted tankers from UC took the crown in the secondary division as they bagged 15 golds, 19 silvers and five bronze medals.