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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY June 1 - 15, 2017
‘Aqua Boy’ strikes again in
Grand Prix Invitational By Alex Mino
Angelo Macaraig dis-
played superb comeback
performance, finishing sec-
ond in the recently-con-
cluded 2017 Burnaby Bar-
racudas Grand Prix Swim
Meet.
The 12-year old swim
stalwart sprinted in the
last thirty meters to salvage
a runner-up finish after a
sluggish start in the 100 m
freestyle
He surpassed his own
best 1:11 in this event by
three-tenth of a second
quicker for a 1:08 tally.
A solid effort on the
part of the young tanker,
who started fifth on the lap
and speed up just in time
to finish second.
Not only that, he finally
got a sweet revenge against
his toughest nemesis, best-
ing the latter after four
events in the 100 m breast
stroke.
He has yet to beat that
kid until the last event where
Angelo poured all his might
to outlast his archrival.
Once he got the upper
hand , Angelo never relin-
quish his lead en route to a
triumph over the gritty op-
ponent.
A great weekend indeed
This coming weekend, 17-18, to be held at the
for the Grade 6 student,
who dominated the heat in Angelo will compete again Centenial Outdoor Pool in
in the PoCo Marlins Invita- Port Coquitlam.●
the 100 m backstroke.
“Well executed and tional Swim Meet on June
awesome determination,
that’s how I described my
son’s performance over the
last weekend,” says dad
Deedee, who shrugged off
lack of sleep and fatigue
just to support his son’s
competition.
He added “ I will do ev-
erything for my son.”
The elder Macaraig
even set up tent as per re-
quest of his son in the Cen-
tral Outdoor Pool, where the
two-day event took place.
PH ice hockey faces test
The Philippine ice day as it braces for the 2017
For the next few days
hockey team gears up for Southeast Asian Games in until Saturday, SM Skating
yet another test starting to- Kuala Lumpur in August
will hold the Philippine Ice
Hockey tournament at the
SM Megamall rink with six
teams, including those from
Singapore, Chinese-Taipei,
South Korea and New York,
slugging it out in the inter-
national open category.
Tournament
direc-
tor Francois Gautier, who
graced
the
Philippine
Sportswriters Association
Forum yesterday at the
Golden Phoenix Hotel in
Pasay City, said four teams,
including visitors from Can-
ada, are vying in the 35-
above category.
Also gracing in the
public sports program were
young figure skaters Skye
Chua and Gabby Panlilio,
winners in the recent SEA
Challenge at SM Skat-
ing Seaside City in Cebu,
Henares-
and Stephanie
Dela Pena, head of busi-
ness development of the
SM Lifestyle Entertainment,
Inc.
Chua and Panlilio,
barely in their teens, bagged
the gold medals in the Ba-
sic Novice B and Advanced
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Novice, respectively, in the
event for figure skaters from
Southeast Asia.
“Hosting an event like this
is our way of training our fu-
ture athletes to compete in
the next level, develop ca-
maraderie with other coun-
tries, and see how they train
then compare it with ours.
It’s a great training ground
for our athletes,” said Hena-
res-Dela Pena in the public
sports program backed by
San Miguel Corp., Golden
Phoenix Hotel, Accel, and
the Philippine Amusement
and Gaming Corp.●
- Malaya