UNIVERSITY of Santo Tomas fencer Janna Catantan snared her second individual crown in a week, this time after she topped her event over the weekend in the Philippine Fencing Association’s third leg senior ranking-Dr. Celso Dayrit Memorial Championships
The 21-year-old at Catantan ruled the senior foil honors after besting her sister Sophia in a close contest, 15-14, the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila.
Earlier this week, the elder Catantan retained the women’s foil honors at the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Championships, where she repulsed University of the Philippines’ Marina Carbonell, 15-3, in the finals.
Catantan, an occupational therapy student, made it to the championship round after turning back Wilhelmina Lozada, 15-10, in the semifinals.
Another varsity standout, Christian Concepcion, toppled Jester Concepcion, 15-13, for the senior men’s epee crown, reaching the championship off his 15-13 stoppage of Daniel Villanueva.
The elder Christian fought his way into the semis, after edging Ateneo’s Charles Babatio, 15-5.
National team mainstays Ivy Dinoy, Nathaniel Perez and Jylyn Nicanors took the top honors in their respective divisions, as expected.
Dinoy won over national teammate Hanniel Abella, 12-6, for the senior women’s epee plum, while Perez prevailed over UE’s Shawn Felipe, 15-6.
Nicanor hacked out a 15-6 rout of another UE standout Queen Dalmacio, who recently led her school to the UAAP’s women’s team epee crown.
Noelito Jose ruled the men’s epee side after he took down UE’s Reynaldo Perez, 15-8.