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Palaro 2019: Central Visayas rules girls’ archery; Northern Mindanao boxers win on Day 5

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Karl Cedrick Basco, ABS-CBN News

<div class="media-content"><div class="slider-for"><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/05/03/20190503-palaro-2019-aaron-jude-bado-md.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/05/03/20190503-palaro-2019-vince-tugade-md.jpg"/></div><div><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2019/sports/05/03/20190503-palaro-2019-crisha-merto-md.jpg"/></div></div><div class="media-content slider-desc"><div class="item-desc"><p>Aaron Jude Bado of Northern Mindanao scores a unanimous-decision win against John Wayne Vicera of Calabarzon in the school boys light flyweight division at the Palarong Pambansa 2019 on Friday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Vince Tugade of the NCR claims the gold in the tennis singles secondary boys in the Palarong Pambansa 2019 on Friday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div><div class="item-desc"><p>Crisha Merto of Central Visayas amasses 5 gold medals in archery secondary girls in Palarong Pambansa 2019 on Friday. <cite>Mark Demayo, ABS-CBN News</cite></p></div></div></div><p>DAVAO CITY—As the National Capital Region moved closer to another overall title yet again, Central Visayas flashed some brilliance as it struck 8 medals — all in in archery secondary girls — while Northern Mindanao’s boxers floored the competition in the penultimate day of Palarong Pambansa here. </p><p>Crisha Merto, 16, produced her own medal collection, taking home 5 gold medals after topping the 30, 50 and 60-meters events, as well as the single FITA and the team Olympic rounds.</p><p>“Hindi ko po in-expect ’yung 5 gold. Nag-practice lang ako pero hindi gaanong intense kasi asthmatic ako. ’Yung training ko kulang talaga baka naawa lang ’yung Diyos sa akin,” Merto, of Dumaguete, told ABS-CBN News. </p><p>Dagupan’s Jason Feliciano had a rich haul, too, taking home 4 golds and 2 silver medals in secondary boys. He ruled the 30, 60 and 70 meters event, and the single FITA. </p><p>“Very exciting and fun. Hindi ko in-expect [to win a lot]. Ang goal ko lang is to beat my personal records,” said the Palaro first-timer.</p><p>Northern Mindanao made its presence felt in the secondary boxing competitions after claiming 4 of the 10 gold medals at stake. </p><p>Aaron Jude Bado took the gold in the school boys light flyweight division via unanimous decision. Sunrise Seronay and Mark Lester Durens were the champions in school boys light bantamweight and youth boys light flyweight, respectively. </p><p>John Erl Palivino bagged the fourth boxing gold for Region X. </p><p>While it failed to top the podium, Soccsksargen settled for 5 silver medals in boxing. </p><p>The NCR capped its swimming campaign on a usual golden note, pocketing 9 first places in the last day of the competitions, with Xiandi Chua and Miguel Barreto leading the way. </p><p>Chua added 3 gold medals, winning the 400 meter individual medley secondary girls and breaking the Palaro record in the 200-m freestyle secondary girls (2:09.05) and 4 x 100 freestyle relay (4:05.19). </p><p>Meanwhile, Barreto had 2 more gold medals after reigning supreme in the 200-m freestyle secondary boys and in the 4 x 100 freestyle relay (3:42.93). </p><p>Athletics also concluded its competitions, with Calabarzon —composed of Alhryan Labita, Jan Rey Gallano, Jason Jabol, and Anthony Bacle — capturing the gold in the 4 x 400 relay secondary boys in record-breaking fashion (3:21.66), beating NCR and Western Visayas.</p><p>A new record was also set in the 4 x 100 relay secondary girls as Western Visayas clocked in 45.58, shattering the 2002 Palaro record. Region VI also reached the top podium in 4 x 100 relay secondary boys (42.26). </p><p>In tennis, Vince Tugade of the NCR overpowered his opponent from Caraga region in the championship match in tennis singles secondary boys, 8-5. </p><p>The defending champion and Batang Gilas-backed NCR cruised to another finals appearance in the basketball secondary boys, narrowly beating Calabarzon, which would later end as the bronze medalist, 67-51. </p><p>The NCR will face the Central Luzon in a battle for gold as the latter rolled past Ilocos Region, 99-83. </p><p>In volleyball, NCR volleyball teams in the secondary level both pummeled host region Davao Eagles to book tickets to the championship. Both teams will face Western Visayas in the finals.</p><p>The Big City is on pace to win its 15th straight title in the Palarong Pambansa, amassing 77 gold medals to go along with 69 silver and 47 bronze medals. Trailing the reigning champions is Calabarzon (54-44-69). </p><p>In third place is Central Visayas (46-29-49) followed by Soccsksargen (25-42-33) and Bicol’s 23-22-30. </p><p>The Palarong Pambansa 2019 is set to close on Saturday at the Davao City — UP Mindanao Sports Complex. </p><p>For more sports coverage, visit the <a href="http://sports.abs-cbn.com/">ABS-CBN Sports website</a>.</p>

<p>Northern Mindanao made its presence felt in the secondary boxing competitions after claiming 4 of the 10 gold medals at stake, as the NCR pulled away in the overall medal standings.</p>

Northern Mindanao made its presence felt in the secondary boxing competitions after claiming 4 of the 10 gold medals at stake, as the NCR pulled away in the overall medal standings.

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Palaro 2019: Central Visayas rules girls’ archery; Northern Mindanao boxers win on Day 5

Karl Cedrick Basco,

ABS-CBN News

Published May 03, 2019 11:03 PM PHT

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