Young swimmers lead as NCR dominates 65th Palarong Pambansa
Fueling National Capital Region’s (NCR) dominance at the just concluded 65th Palarong Pambansa hosted by Ilocos Norte, elementary swimmers Titus Rafael Sia and Sophia Rose Garra, both 12 years old, emerge as the most bemedaled athletes with seven golds each. Sia made a seven-event sweep in the elementary boys division while Garra did the same in the distaff side. An incoming Grade 7 student at Xavier School San Juan, Sia topped the 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, and 4x50m medley relay, and 4x50m freestyle relay events. He also set records in 200m freestyle (2:07.86), 100m backstroke (1:05.44), and 400m freestyle (4:31.39) events. Sia, an incoming Grade 7 student from De La Salle Araneta University, topped the girls 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m individual medley, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 4x50m medley relay, and 4x50m freestyle events. She also established new records in 100m backstroke (1:07.61) and 200m individual medley (2:31.41) events.
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Fueling National Capital Region’s (NCR) dominance at the just concluded 65th Palarong Pambansa hosted by Ilocos Norte, elementary swimmers Titus Rafael Sia and Sophia Rose Garra, both 12 years old, emerge as the most bemedaled athletes with seven golds each. Sia made a seven-event sweep in the elementary boys division while Garra did the same in the distaff side. An incoming Grade 7 student at Xavier School San Juan, Sia topped the 400m freestyle, 50m backstroke, 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m freestyle, and 4x50m medley relay, and 4x50m freestyle relay events. He also set records in 200m freestyle (2:07.86), 100m backstroke (1:05.44), and 400m freestyle (4:31.39) events. Sia, an incoming Grade 7 student from De La Salle Araneta University, topped the girls 50m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m individual medley, 100m freestyle, 200m freestyle, 4x50m medley relay, and 4x50m freestyle events. She also established new records in 100m backstroke (1:07.61) and 200m individual medley (2:31.41) events.
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01:30Hi, Luz.
01:31What did you offer this question?
01:34My parents, my brothers, my coaches, and my friends in swimming.
01:45Did you expect that you had an improvement in just one year?
01:49From one once to seven?
01:50Why did you expect that?
01:51Because ever since Palaro, my times drastically keep going down.
01:57It keeps going down until now.
02:00My older brother has a special.
02:03My mom decided to make him do swimming so that after each swim lesson, he'll be less hyper.
02:11She let me join it and I found joy in it.
02:14And then I kept swimming after that.
02:16How old are you when you tried out swimming?
02:20Five?
02:21Four?
02:21Pero I stopped for two, three years because of pandemic.
02:25Only after the pandemic did I start doing competitive.
02:28Sobrang saya ko since goal ko naman po talaga mag-7 goals po ngayon pala.
02:34Bago po ako mag-Palaro, after ko po ng CH Qualifying, nag-Tampa po kami ng one week po.
02:41Then, bago po mag-Palaro, everyday po ako nati-training.
02:45Tapos nag-start nyo po ka ng taper one week before Palaro po.
02:49Ano kayo nag-up?
02:50Ah, NCC. New Clare City.
02:52NCC.
02:53So, prefer, mas barang na mag-Palaro.
02:55Ilan sana yung target na, na, na, four, pero dalawa.
02:59Ano yung, ano yung, ano yung dalawa pa na, na, na, gusto mo tanong mabreak?
03:04One, three, and two po po, tanong.
03:07Kasi yun po yung mas tringinan ko po talaga sa, yung, pagunta pong pala.
03:11Pero, confident ka, next year, mabreak nyo.
03:14Although, second-
03:15Next year po, goal ko, kahit isang record lam po,
03:18since underdog pa naman po ako.
03:19Oo, betuloy gandaan.
03:21Since, remember po, malalangs na po yung kalaban ko next year.
03:24Magmas lalo po ka magpre-prepare since high school na naman po ako next year.
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