BAGUIO CITY – The city government paid tribute to its
athlete-heroes who were instrumental in Cordillera Administrative Region’s
improved showing in the Palarong Pambansa held recently in Antique.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan
led city officials and employees in feting the contingent led by archer
Charmaine Angela Villamor and runner Jeremiah Hipol who contributed the most
number of medals among the city athletes and fueled Team Cordillera’s fifth
runner-up finish with a medal haul of 26 gold, 21 silver and 21 bronze medals.
Villamor of the Baguio
City High School won four gold medals in the 40, 50, 60 meters and FITA Round,
two silvers in the Individual Olympic Round and Mixed Team Olympic Round and
one bronze in the Team Olympic Round while Hipol of Apolinario Mabini
Elementary School copped three golds by topping the 400 meter dash, 800 meter
dash, 1500 meter run and one silver in the 4x400 meter relay.
Taekwondo jin Rain
Ramon of the University of Baguio topped the elementary girls taekwondo poomsae
individual B, the kroyugi category 4 and the poomsae group competition while
chess wizards Samantha Glo Revita of St. Louis University Laboratory High
School won three golds in chess standard individual, standard and blitz team
and Bea Mendoza of UB also had three golds in chess blitz individual, standard
and blitz team competitions.
Mayor Mauricio Domogan
toasted the athletes’ and the team’s performance which he described as impressive
considering Cordillera’s status as the newest region in the pack.
The other honorees in
the elementary division were gold medalists Kayle Dreyshanne Bulwayan (St.
Louis University Laboratory) and Kamille Faith Revenila Calaycay of Grace Bible
Academy in taekwondo poomsae group (Calaycay also won a bronze in the
kroyugi category 3); Khyla Kreanzzel Guinto (Hope Christian Academy Inc.) and
Gabriel Ivan Inacay of Dona Aurora Elementary School poomsae mixed pair (Inacay
added another gold in poomsae individual A and a silver in kroyugi category 2),
the team of Joshua Aaron Erece of SLU, Mozart Rhyme Adviento (SPED Center) and
Adrian Paul Yadao of UB in the poomsae group (Yadao won a bronze in kroyugi
category 4);
Silver medalists James
Leann Poblete of Fort Del Pilar Elementary School and Kraven Kurt Carpio in
4x400 meter relay; Guinto in poomsae individual A; and Jan Edward Kyle Salao of
SPED in taekwondo kroyugi category 5; and
Bronze medalists Ylitz
Angela Oslo, Glyzel Garambas and Maritoni Domogen all of Elpidio Quirino
Elementary School in arnis anyo event team and in the arnis anyo event team
double identical weapon; and Aezra Indra Liporada in taekwondo kroyugi category
5
In the secondary
level, the honorees were gold medalists Eza Rai Yalong of the UB High School in
arnis Individual Likha Anyo Single Weapon (Yalong added a bronze in Anyo Event
Individual Espada Y Daga and another bronze in full contact half light weight);
Jhester Neil Pasicolan of UBHS (arnis Anyo Event Individual); Leia Simoune Soria,
Chelsea Xen Tacay and Jessa Tumlayen of UB in the taekwondo poomsae group;
Liquiza Obas of SLU Center in taekwondo kroyugi middle weight; Lemuel Dalgo of
Irisan National High School in wrestling 50 kg and Gedion Fred Padua of Pines
City National High School in wushu group A 52 kg.;
Silver medalists
Roberto Calalo Jr. of Philippine Science High School in archery mixed team
olumpic round and a bronze in 60 meters; the team of Shanna Ruzzel Longan,
Angelyn Datuin and Cristine Mae Bartolome of the UBHS in arnis anyo event team
single weapon; Elmer Manalaps of Irisan National High, anyo individual event
double weapon; Tacay in taekwondo poomsae individual A; Angel Louise Dy of
Small World in poomsae individual B; Josea Dizon of Mt. Carmel Montessori in
kroyugi bantamweight; Aila Mathel Calip of UB in kroyugi welter weight; Realis
Lorena Tabiando of UB in kroyugi light middle weight; Khristian Daniel Mamitag
of UB kroyugi welter weight; Gabriel Salaknib Soria of UB kroyugi light heavy
weight; Ellerson Langaoen of Irisan in wrestling 54 kg; Jessalyn Angaga of
Irisan in wrestling 44 kg; Colin John Banusan of San Vicenter High School in
wushu group B 42 kg; and Jeremiah Tundagui of Easter College SPED, two silvers
in special events (400 meter dash and long jump);
Bronze medalists Kate
Louise Balageo of SLU-LHS archery 40 meters; Datuin in arnis full contact
featherweight; Jesus Macalanda Jr. of UBHS in arnis full contract pin weight;
Manlapas in full contact extra lightweight; Tacay in taekwondo kroyugi
featherweight; Jessa Tumlayen of UB in kroyugi lightweight; Justin Cyrus De
Guzman, Mamitag, and Soria of UB in poomsae group and Asher Rifani of Guisad
Valley National High School in wushu group A 48 kg.
The athletes will
receive their cash incentives from the city government soon with the gold
medalists receiving P10,000; silver, P5,000; and bronze, P3,000 under the
revised incentives ordinance of the city. – Aileen P. Refuerzo
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