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INDANG—Navy cadet Mary Rose Frias surged in the stretch to clinch the women’s 1,500-meter run and became the first gold medalist in the 2024 Reserved Officer Training Corps Games national finals on Tuesday at the Cavite State University track and field oval here.
Her objective since the start was to duplicate her achievement in the recent 2024 PRISAA national championships in Legazpi City, where she brought home two gold medals. She hopes to accomplish the feat in the women’s 800-m run on Wednesday, where she will be pitted against the best cadets from the Philippine Army and Philippine Air Force.
It was a double whammy for her school after teammate Mary Ann de los Reyes, also of the Navy claimed the silver medal with a time of 5:11.7 followed by Air Force cadet Ciara Largavista of University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos in Bacolod City for the bronze in 5:22.7. “It’s worth it. Dahil Malaki talaga ang sakripisyo ko at ayokong sayangin ang pagkakataong ito na sa tingin ko minsan lamang darating sa buhay ko. This is my first national competition kaya masaya ako. Hindi ko rin binigo ‘yung mga kaibigan kong naniniwala sa akin,” said the 19-year old Gonzales a third year Business Administration of KLL in Lipa City.
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