MANILA, Philippines — Patricia Santor of Ilustre East Aquatics Club claimed two gold medals as she stood brightest among hundreds of young competitors at the start of 'Go Full Speedo' Swim Series Long Course Swimming Meet Leg 1 on Saturday at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool inside the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC) in Malate, Manila. The 16-year-old Senior High at the University of Santo Tomas topped the girls 16-yrs 200m breaststroke and 100m freestyle, clocking 2:50.68 and 1:02.80, respectively, in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) sanctioned meet which lures a total of 480 swimmers from 38 swimming clubs. "Nasa kondisyon po. Binigyan po ako ng dagdag load sa training ni coach Ramil (Ilustre), medyo hindi naging maganda yung performance ko last National Trials, kaya bumawi kami ngayon," said Santor, a member of the Philippine Team in the Asian Age Group Championships last February in New Clark City. The comely junior standout beat Kassandra Macaraig of South Warriors (2:27.44) and Alessandra Doniego of Golden Sea Eagles (3:33.76) in the 200m breast before finishing strong over Savinnah Oliveros of Flying Lampasot (1:05.43) and Nichole Rivera of Golden Sea Eagles (1:05.43) in the 100m free. Las Pinas pride Nicola Queen Diamante also shared the limelight winning here age group in the tournament using as part of the PAI National ranking system in partnership with Speedo, the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC). Diamante, a Grade 9 student at the Augustinian Abbey and part of the RSS Dolphins club, topped the girls 13 yrs.-old 100m free in a time of 1:07.48, beating Shannen Baldereas of QC Waves (1:07.72) and Sandy Martin of the Village Sports (1:07.78). Other winners are Loure Santiago of Flying Lampasot in the boys 7 yrs old 100m free (1:29.88); Damian Cupcupin (8-yrs old, 1:32.15); Mikhael Mojdeh (9-yrs old, 1:17.21); Christian Uy (10-yrs, 1:11.73); Alli Delos Reyes of Santa Rosa Swim Club in the girls 6-yrs old 100m free (2:41.12); Sophia Clara Quingco (8-yrs, 1:47.31); Alessandra Hequibal (9-yrs, 1:12.47); Jemimah Reyanna Dumpit (10-yrs, 1:15.89); Findlay Mackenzie of Elizabeth Seton in the boys 11-yrs-old 100m free (1:04.36); Titus Sia (12-yrs, 1:03.84); Vynz Tadulan (13-yrs, 1:00.78); Aishel Evangelista (14-yrs, 57.64); Matt Aaron Nerison (15-yrs, 57.28); Shiblon Montera (16-yrs, 58.02); Albert Jose Amaro (17-yrs, 53.10); Nimrod Montera (18-yrs, 55.44); Josh Baquiano (19-yrs, 53.50); Ceanna Mitra of Rapid Dolphins in the girls 11-yrs old 100m free (1:09.68); Sophia Garra (12-yrs, 1:03.07); Krystal David (14-yrs, 1:04.62); Kristine Jane Uy (14-yrs, 1:04.12); Kriztel Napallatan (17-yrs, 1:04.56) and Janelle Chua (19-yrs, 1:01.35). TMT
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