THE City of Pasig, getting a boost from their athletes in gymnastics, jiujitsu and chess, is back as champion of the Batang Pinoy National Championships.
Pasig City earned its second straight Batang Pinoy overall crown with their 95-72-87 gold-silver-bronze medal haul.
This allowed Pasig City to beat Baguio City (91-72-74) and Davao City (53-53-68) for the top position.
Gymnastics yielded 51 medals off the Pasiguenos’ 25-17-9 gold-silver-bronze tally, to go with with jiu-jitsu’s 29 medals (6-10-13), and the 26 medals (10-12-4) from chess.
“Bonus na rin na ang mga kasama ko sa Pasig Sports ay masasabi kong may tunay na malasakit para mga mga atleta at coach,” said Leanne Alonso, Pasig City Special Assistant on Sports Development.
Gymnast Tchelzy Mei Maayo emerged as one of the most bemedalled athletes for Team Pasig in the girls’ action with five golds and a bronze.
Another gymnast, Hillarion Palles in the boys’ side brought in five golds, a silver, and a bronze.
Baguio ruled the archery events, bagging numerous gold medals and sweeping several titles in both the boys’ and girls’ compound divisions.
Among the standouts were Chass Mhavien Colas, Jephtha Caleb Fernandez, and Jianna Delos Reyes.
Davao City got most of its medals in jiu-jitsu, judo, karatedo, athletics, gymnastics, and archery.
In jiu-jitsu, Davao City athletes claimed six golds, four silver, and 11 bronze medals.
In judo, it was Calvin Quinn Posadas who won in the Judo -71 kg juvenile category, successfully defending his title from the previous year.
In karatedo, Hailey Dominique So and Precious Zyrah Sacopayo were among the gold medalists.
