Team Visayas hopes to snatch overall crown from archival National Capital Region -SL
Daniela Reggie Dela Pisa of Central Visayas performs her elementary girls rhythmic gymnastics routine during the 7th MILO Little Olympics National Finals at the Sta. Cruz Laguna Sports Complex. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
Santa Cruz, Laguna – Team Visayas struck heavily in all fronts yesterday as the Bisdaks got off to a roaring start in the 7th Milo Little Olympics National Finals at the Laguna Sports Complex (LSC), here.
The Bisdaks are hoping to reclaim the overall crown of the multi-sporting meet they last held three years ago when their three-year reign was snapped by the National Capital Region-South Luzon (NSL).
Raven Faith Alcoseba, 13, of Talisay City National Science High School and teammate Kyla Soguilon frolicked in the pool by hauling four gold medals each capped by the former’s record-breaking feat in the 200-meter back stroke.
Team Visayas also swept the elementary and secondary titles in scrabble behind the inspired plays of word wizards from the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) while USJ-R’s volleyball teams in the secondary division are also one win shy of the crown.
The Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu (SHS-AdC) basketball team and the PAREF Springdale football squad also chipped in crucial victories for the Bisdaks in the secondary division.
Alcoseba topped the secondary girls 400m freestyle relay, 100m backstroke, 200m Individual Medley (IM) and 200m backstroke while Soguilon ruled elementary girls 100m back, 50m butterfly, 50m freestyle and the 50m back.
Alcoseba broke her personal record in the 200m back which she logged last September during the Visayas Regional Finals in Ilo-ilo City by clocking 2 minutes, 29 seconds erasing her previous best of 2:32.
Team Visayas’ other gold medalists were its elementary boys 200m freestyle relay Kim Quirino Montalban, Jon Noel de Leon, Johann Abogadie and Joshua Mikhail Tobesa and Stefany Louise Sa-ac who topped the elementary girls 200 IM.
Ramon Benedict Lapina of Central Visays tears the defense of Mindanao Cagers during their secondary basketball match. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
BASKETBALL
SHS-AdC led by Cesafi hero Errol Pastor slipped past stubborn Corpus Christi College of Mindanao, 74-70, in secondary basketball while the University of San Jose-Recoletos (USJ-R) spikers scored two wins in secondary boys and girls volleyball. PAREF Springdale opened its bid for the secondary football gold by bashing Ateneo de Davao of Mindanao, 7-1.
Pastor, a last minute replacement of Joshua Sinclair, scored 25 points while PAREF Springdale’s James Haosen led his team with four goals.
VOLLEYBALL
USJ-R’s secondary girls spikers edged Mindanao, 25-21, 25-22, and beat Luzon in their second match with the score not yet released. USJ-R’s secondary boys beat Mindanao, 25-23, 25-22, and routed Luzon, 25-20, 25-22.
However, the region’s elementary and secondary sepak takraw teams fell by the wayside and settled for silver and bronze.
Guintas Elementary School bowed to San Pedro Elementary School of NSL in a three-set thriller while Santa Barbara NCHS lost to Mindanao in its final match to settle for third.
STANDINGS
As of presstime, Team Visayas has an unofficial General Championship Points of 55 coming from scrabble and sepak takraw while Team NSL has 25 points from sepak takraw.
USJ-R’s Scrabble team which competed for the first time in the national finals is composed of Anne Daniella Rallos, John Speed Eslao, Yurri Mayol, Chairylle Jasmine Bucao and Trinah Keizha Martinez while its elementary squad is manned by Jullifer Joseph Tuba,Viccel John Libradilla,Franz Daniel Banguiran, Gene Therese and Kate Azlie Montes.
Chanelle Sasoyco of Central Visayas heaves the iron ball in winning the secondary girls shotput event in the 7th MILO Little Olympics National Finals at the Sta. Cruz Laguna Sports Complex. (CDN PHOTO/LITO TECSON)
ATHLETICS
In athletics, gold medal winners were SHS-AdC’s Brittney Canete and Shanelle Demilys Siasoyco in the 100m dash and secondary girls shot put, Ilo-ilo National High School’s Ezel Divinigracia (100m hurdles), Morito Perez (800m run) and Carmela Dublin (200m run).
The Bisdaks are expecting more gold medals today from secondary lawn tennis and elementary and secondary chess teams which are all just one win away from the coveted gold. The above-mewntioned squads are from USC-BED.
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