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MULTI-titled junior swimmer Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh capped Brent International School Manila campaign with a second gold medal at the closed of Asia Pacific Activities Conference (APAC) Swimming Championships over the weekend at the Seoul Foreign School swimming pool in South Korea.
The 16-year-old Filipino-Iranian dubbed ‘Water Beast’ overwhelmed her two rivals from Hong Kong International School, submitting timed of one minute and 4.17 seconds in the girls 100m-butterfly. Andrey Sandeen clocked (1:06.55) for silver while his teammate Aidon Chow claimed the bronze at 1:08.00.
Mojdeh, the first Pinay in the millennial year to make it to the semifinals of the World Junior Championship last year in Lima, Pero, claimed her first gold medal in the girls’ 200m individual medley (2:22.05) on the opening day.
She was also part of the girls’ team along with Kirsten Tan, Jira Hedeager and Natalie Javier that placed third in the girls 200m medley before capturing another bronze medal in the individual girls’ 100m freestyle (1:00.90).
“I’m just happy winning the gold and at the same time improving my personal best in all of my three individual events here in South Korea. It was a great campaign here,” said Mojdeh, junior record holder and Palarong Pambansa standout.
Tan claimed her second bronze finishing third in the girls’ 50 backstroke (33.73) behind eventual champion Jenny Ra of Chadwick International Varsity’s (CIV) (32.44) and Anges Yu of HKIS (33.00).
The boys squad composed of Ethan Waskiewicz, Connor Hodges, Yuan Wang and Ethan Hodges gave Brent another bronze in the boys’ 200m freestyle relay, clocking one minute and 47.90 against Seoul Foreign High School — Alex Yeum, Dohyun Kim, Chirstian Lee and Daniel Lee (1:45.24) and CIV tankers Ian Park, Kyle Chung, Justin Jin and Jude Kim (1:45.62).
“Huge Congratulations to Brent Aqualions Swim Team for the awesome turnout. Great job to the entire coaching staff, parents, and of course the amazing swimmers. And to @micaelajasmojdeh beating your own time each meet is a testament of your patience and hard work. Off to a good start for this year. Proud of you ate.
“Major shoutout to all her coaches Coach V, Coach Je, Coach Jek, Coach Weng, Coach Monching , Coach Len and her BEST, National Team and Brent teammates. Thank you for continuous push and motivation towards excellence. It was a great learning experience for all of them. We want them to enjoy the moment, meet new friends and learn the culture of this country and their foreign counterparts because this is what this sport is all about. Building character and learning new things,” said Swim League Philippines (SLP) Chairman Joan Mojdeh.
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