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Photo: Licup, the country’s next sprint star…… RUDY ESPERAS
INDANG, Cavite – The moment she shared the final run along with local stars and top foreign bets in the National Open last March, Jesylmay Licup proved she came a long way in the athletics sprint race.
All she had to do now was to convince the athletics officials that she deserved an invitation to the National pool. At the Reserved Officers Training Corps (ROTC) Games, the 19-year-old student from the University of Baguio let her performance do the talking.
Licup took the spotlight in the Philippine Army class showdown, winning the women’s century dash in 13.2 seconds for her second gold medal in the Regional Qualifying Luzon leg of the inaugural meet for student-cadet at the historic Cavite State University track oval.
“After PRISSA, umabot ulit ako sa Finals sa National Open. Ang saya-saya ko kasi kasabayan ko yung mga idol ko, saka yung mga foreign bets. Sabi ko sa sarili ko, pagbubutihan ko sa mga susunod na tournaments dahil gustong-gusto kong maging member ng National Team,” said Licup, a freshman BS Criminology student.
“Para sa pamilya ko, kaya gusto kong umangat sa larangan ng sports para matulungan ko din ang mga kapatid ko, medyo malaki po ang pamilya namin dahil 11 kaming magkakapatid,” added Licup, who claimed her firs gold medal in the 200-meter run on Monday, clocking 26.7 seconds
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In Air Force duel, cadet Glyzzel Anne Monsanto capped her mighty campaign with victory in the women’s 100-meter dash, becoming the first triple gold medalist in the Luzon leg of the five-day tournament brainchild by Senator Francis ‘Tol’ Tolentino, in partnership with the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Local Government Units (LGUs), the Department of National Defense (DND), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC).
The 21-year-old Monsanto from Fullbright College in Puerto Princesa, Palawan, crossed the finish line in a time of 14.0 seconds, nearly four seconds ahead of teammate Hannah Trisha Viloria (16.1).
On Monday, the former long jump and triple jump specialist had earlier won the women’s 200-meter run (28.6), before anchoring the Fullbright College quartet that included Viloria, Hazel Gerelina Anas, and Jean Claire Agawin to triumph in the women’s 4×100-meter relay (1:01.2).
“Hindi ko po expected ito. Basta ang sabi lang ni coach sa amin, focus lang at one event at time lang, wag masyadong nerbyusin,” said Monsanto, a 4th year BS Education student.
Joining the list of multiple gold medalists was Air Force cadet James Borja of Quirino State University in sprinting to victory in the men’s 100-meter run for also his second mint after anchoring QSU to triumph in the men’s 4×100-meter relays (53.2) last Monday.
“Talagang binuhos ko na ang lahat. Hopefully, makaulit din sa National Finals,” said Borja in the event also backed by the Tagaytay City government led by Mayor and Philippine Olympic Committee President Abraham ‘Bambol’ Tolentino.
In online esports, San Sebastian College-Recoletos de Cavite swept its three matches in Call of Duty Mobile en route to a gold medal in the Army division, while Batangas State University topped the Navy division and Tanauan Institute claimed the Air Force class in the meet also supported by the Indang city government led by Mayor Perfecto Fidel.
Over at the Tagaytay City Combat Sports Center, the elimination round in the kickboxing event saw Krys John Dumangeng from Kalinga State University win via TKO over Ledrhon Ian Espiritu of Don Mariano Marcos in the men’s 63.5 kgs men’s Army class; Maria Reina Bantaya defeated Queen Ortega in the 52 kgs. Women class.
In the other results in the Army duel, Christopher John Manipon d. Sandy Galari via referee stop contest in the men’s 57 kgs; Novem Lozano beat Nicolas Remdon in the male 57 kgs; Collin Ray Calingayan advanced to the next round in the men’s 71 kgs beating Chavy Angelo Quianzo.
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