DAVAO City – Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association (WVRAA) Blue Barons took home a total of 147 medals – 49 gold, 40 silver and 58 bronze – for a third place finish at the close of the 62nd Palarong Pambansa on Saturday.
The National Capital Region retained the overall championship with a 86-71-56 medal haul, followed by Region 4-A (Calabarzon) with 66-49-73. Finishing behind WV were Region 3 (23-29-23) and Region 5 (23-22-30).
The Blue Barons added up to its medal haul with gold medals in relay events, gymnastics, table tennis and splash of silvers and bronze medals in swimming and tennis.
Bernalyn Bejoy, Trexie dela Torre, Alexie Brooks, and Angel Ann Pranisa ruled the secondary girls 4×100 relay, while Vince Jayson Buhayan, Angelo Gepilga, Ralph Lego and Tristan Plotria topped the secondary boys 4×100 relay.
WVRAA also got a relay gold from elementary boys’ Justin Manantan, Eduard Jornadal, Joshua Sevilla and Jacob Granada. The Blue Barons also got silvers in elementary girls’ 4×100 and 4×400 relay and bronze in elementary boys 4×100 relay and secondary boys and girls 4×400 relay.
Negrense gymnast Kiana Alagaban, meanwhile, took home four medals – individual gold medals in the individual all-around and clubs category and bagging bronze medal in ropes.
Alagaban had her third gold in the team gymnastics event with Althea Descutido and Danielle Jamelo. The Blue Barons also had three bronze courtesy of Gavhien Cervantes and the group of Jan Rey Alabe, Lennon Chiva and Walden Petipet.
The Blue Barons got two gold medals in table tennis courtesy of J Allan Noel Gayoso and the team of Clarice Gomez, Ann Oliva, Levee Oliva and Jan Vicencio. Also delivering golds for WVRAA were Jerson Parreno in wushu and Sugary Montales in boxing.
The WVRAA got silvers in swimming from Alexie Cabayaran, Raymund Paloma and relay teams of Paloma, Regan Garbanzos, Martin and Moses Bito-onon, and the group of Gabriel Barlin, Kyla Soguilon, Mary Louise Lacson and Stefany Saac.
The Blue Barons also captured bronze in tennis from pairs Herman Illusorio and Gibson Nochefranca and the group of Kiana De Asis, Althea Rose Martirez, Krystel Galanza, and Mika Ella Medina./PN
