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MANILA, Philippines – The swimming teams of La Salle Greenhills and San Beda College continued their reigns over the NCAA swimming competition after three days of action at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex Swimming Pool from August 20 to 22.
The young men of LSGH edged their close rivals SBC Rizal in the juniors division after grabbing 1038.5 points against the latter’s 887 to book their 11th straight victory in their division.
Meanwhile, the lady tankers of SBC to pulled away from title contenders College of Saint Benilde after garnering a total of 1161 points after three days of action in the NCAA swimming contests to grab their fourth straight victory in the women’s seniors swimming division.
In the men’s division, the crimson-clad swimmers from Mendiola showed off their swimming prowess by tallying 1350.5 points to continue their supremacy for the 13th consecutive year in the NCAA.
The trio of Wilfredo Sunglao Jr, Christian Dimaculanagn and Andrei Manzo led the surge for the San Beda-side. Sunglao and Dimaculangan each set three records in the individual events while Manzo snatched two records and the Most Valuable Swimmer of the Year award.
Also, SBC swimming prodigy Sunglao was recognized as the record holder of the year in the men’s division while his comrade Frances Cabrera took the same title in the women’s division.
Junior Blazer Rafael Sta. Maria procured the record holder of the year award for the juniors division in the NCAA swimming tourney.
To cap off the special recognitions for the swimmers, Benildean blazing swimmer Maria Aresa Lipat was given the most valuable swimmer of the year award for the women’s division while Junior Sea Lion Jose Mari Arcilla seized the award in the juniors division.
Etching his name in NCAA swimming coaching history, SBC coach Dondon Roxas was awarded as the coach of the year for the men’s and women’s division. LSGH coach Evan Grabador was given the award for the juniors division.
In an interview, Roxas mentioned that he is delighted that all their preparations leading to the competition resulted in another title for his team.
“Siyempre sobrang happy dahil ‘yung hard work namin paid off para dito sa championship. Eto yung every year na palagi kong nire-remind sa kanila na dapat palaging ready sa competition dahil lahat ng school ang goal is maging champion. Kaya dapat ready kami palagi na i-defend ang pagiging champion” he said.
(I feel happy because our hard work paid off with another championship. I always remind my players to be ready for every competition because every school wants to be the champion, a reason why we always need to be ready to defend our championship.)
Roxas revealed that next year, his team will be aiming to snatch all of the titles in the three divisions of the NCAA swimming tournament.
“Sobrang masaya na dalawa ulit ang hawak ko pero ang next goal sana makuha namin ‘yung tatlo,” he ended.
(I’m very happy that once again I am holding two coach of the year trophies but next year, our team’s goal is to take all three titles.)
– Rappler.com
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