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LEGAZPI CITY: Artjoy Torregosa of Central Visayas clocked 39 minutes and 26.9 seconds to win the women’s 10,000m run in the 2024 Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) National Games at the Bicol University track and field stadium here on Thursday.
She defeated Soccsksargen’s Leedy Erika Villamonte (45:26.2) and Ara Tang (46:03.0) to claim her third gold medal.
“I’m happy to win again,” said the 25-year-old graduate of BS Education major in Physical Education at the University of San Carlos in Cebu City.
She earlier claimed her two gold medals in the 5,000m and the 3,000m events.
“My goal is to break three records, but I only made one,” said Torregosa, who registered 18:32.3 in the 5,000m to erase the 18:35.3 mark of Cordillera region’s Floredeliza Donos set in Manila in 2010.
She also topped the 3,000m event in 10:31.2, beating teammate Cherry Andrin (11:09.3) and Cordillera’s Angel Mae Saysay (11:18.5) on Tuesday.
“I’m glad that I was able to duplicate my three-gold performance last year,” said
Torregosa, who ruled the 1,500m, 5,000m, and 10,000m in Zamboanga City.
The other triple-gold medalists were Ilocos Region’s Kent Brian Celeste (men’s long jump, high jump, and triple jump) and Guhan Garcia (men’s 200, 400m, and 4x100m relay), and Central Luzon’s Justin Alboleras (boys’ discus throw, javelin throw, and shot put).
Meanwhile, Western Visayas garnered 12 gold medals in the taekwondo competition held at SM City Legazpi.
The gold medalists were Hannah Margarette Dello (finweight), Diana Ashley Dello (flyweight), Mary Noelle Alim (bantamweight), Sheine Nicole De Asis (lightweight), Sophia Grace Go (light middleweight), and Carina Adrea Duran (middleweight) in the girls division; Cy Aldous Espinoza (finweight), Enzo Lucio Cape (flyweight), Kyle Chin (featherweight), Justine James Diasnes (lightweight), and Sam Gabriel Vargas (heavyweight) in the boys division; and Jan Kenneth Rafols (flyweight) in the men’s division.
The Cordillera region captured four golds coming from featherweight Jerald Alca
ntara and flyweight Lei Ramon in the men’s division and bantamweight Creishna Kate Gayudan and featherweight Aezra Indra Liporada in the women’s division.
Negros Island Region’s Acel Mariane Cabalhin (finweight) and Dem Mark Gabayeron (heavyweight); Davao Region’s Lance Justin Aying (welterweight) and Kent Gabriel Aying (middleweight); Soccsksargen’s Jhyrald Dalida (finweight); and Zamboanga Peninsula’s Axcel Inot (bantamweight) also won.
Angelie Clem Daclan (lightweight), Christine Villasor (welterweight), Ma. Matha Dela Victoria (middleweight), and Jecelle Fatima Monsanto (heavyweight) delivered the gold medals for Central Visayas in the women’s division.
Other winners in the youth division were light heavyweight Victoria Charlene Arabejo, featherweight Marionne Gracielle Olarte, and bantamweight Kyle Forest Aburot of Northern Mindanao; heavyweight Abigail Soliva of Zamboanga Peninsula; welterweight Eira Mharien Gador and Clark John Abarquez of Calabarzon; and light middleweight Rafael Lorenzo Caballes,
middleweight Marc Ed Winzon Cabansag, and light heavyweight Jevaughn Jamian Delos Reyes of Central Luzon.
As of 4 p.m., Central Visayas was leading the senior medal tally board with 66 golds, 33 silvers, and 34 bronzes followed by Cordillera region (33-23-31), Western Visayas (24-22-19), Soccsksargen (23-45-26), and Calabarzon (23-22-19).
Host Bicol Region is on top of the youth division with 52 golds, 39 silvers, and 38 bronzes, followed by Western Visayas (38-42-30), Calabarzon (33-21-20), Central Luzon (25-16-30), and Central Visayas (11-20-6).
Source: Philippines News agency
