BAGO City – Krisha Dedoyco Aguillon and Bianca Juliana Seroy took home four medals, including three golds, in the 2023 Palarong Panlalawigan at the Manuel Torres Sports Center in Bago City, Negros Occidental.
Aguillon, a standout of the Bacolod Tay Tung High School Thunderbolts athletics team, captured her first two gold medals in secondary girls’ 100-meter and 200-meter dash events.
Aguillon, Seroy, Shaltea Delotavo and Jade Cordova also won a gold medal in the secondary girls 4×100-meter relay, while Aguillon, Delotavo, Seroy and April Dealagnon settled for silver in 4×400-meter relay.
Seroy, for her part, delivered two gold medals in secondary girls’ long jump and triple jump. Cordova also added a gold medal in the 100-meter hurdles and Delotavo won bronze medal in 100-meter dash.
It was also a special feat for the Amado Juguan-mentored Thunderbolts’ track and field team. They captured the overall championship in the tournament and will play in the Regional Meet in Aklan later this month.
“I am glad that, after 12 years, Bacolod Tay Tung was able to claim the overall championship in Palarong Panlalawigan secondary athletics,” said team manager Jose Montalbo. “We will now turn our focus to qualifying for the Palarong Pambansa.”
Mico Villaran, on the other hand, bannered the campaign of Team Bacolod iwith three gold medal hauls in the secondary boys 400-meter and 110-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash.
Airex Gabriel Villanueva, for his part, captured two gold medals in the secondary boys shot put and discus throw, while Churynthya Tecson finished with silver medal in secondary girls 100-meter dash.
Romarth Isidore Alvior, a Grade 6 student of the University of St. La Salle-Bacolod, took home a gold medal in the elementary boys 100-meter dash before settling for silver in the 200-meter dash.
The USLS-Bacolod athletics team also won a bronze medal in the elementary boys 4x100m relay behind James Zedric Pontino, Shane Matthew Dilag, Chlyde Miraflores and Alvior./PN
