On opening day, the 11-year-old dominated the 100-m breast (1:39:95), 200-m back (3:00.69) and 50-m butterfly (58 seconds) in the tournament backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, MILO and Speedo. READ:
haul to six even as Nicola Queen Diamante and Anya Dela Cruz remained solid in their performances on Sunday during the second day of the COPA Reunion Swim Challenge National Finals at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool at the Rizal Memorial Sports Center in Malate, Manila.The pride of Aqua Sprint of coach Manny Thruelen collected six gold medals after two days of action, winning the girls’ 12 Class A 100-m freestyle , 100-m butterfly and 50-m breaststroke .
“Gusto ko pong maging member ng Philippine Team in the future kaya talagang sinusunod ko ang program ni coach Manny. Next week, try ko pong maka-gold pa rin,” said Obebe referring to the continuation of the meet organized by COPA, in collaboration with the Samahang Manlalangoy sa Pilipinas. Tournament director and COPA Board member Chito Rivera said the group decided to stretch the tournament to four days in two consecutive weekends to accommodate the big number of participants, which included underprivileged students from public schools and athlete with disabilities.
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