Filipino junior swimmers display the Philippine flag The 18-member Philippine Team scooped a total of 16 medals, including two golds
The 18-member Philippine Team scooped a total of 16 medals, including two golds and lots of personal bests in the recent 45th Southeast Age Group Championship in Jakarta, Indonesia.
“President Miko , myself, and the entire Board of Trustees of Philippine Aquatics, Inc. are very happy about the achievements of our team. Our medal success rate is 77% because of 17 medals from 18 swimmers and 4 divers. That is a big leap from last year’s 24% medal success rate with 24 medals coming from 99 swimmers,” said Buhain, a two-time Olympian and Philippine Sports Hall-of-Famer.
De Leon, 16, the pride of Aklan, claimed the gold in the boys’ 16-18 class 50m butterfly, clocking 25.40 seconds over Malaysian swimmer Bernie Elle Yang Lee and Thanaseat Thanonthisitsakul of Thailand .
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