By Roderick Osis
DESPITE retaining its title in the girls’ taekwondo event, Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR) Athletic Association failed to muster enough points and landed a dismal 11th place overall at the close of the 2011 Palarong Pambansa.
The region’s elementary squad mustered only a total of 35.75 points in the elementary level to land number 11 while the secondary team had a total of 31 points for a 12th place finish overall.
With only 66.75 points to brag, Cordillera region finished number 11 in the overall standings, a far cry from the National Capital Region’s 572.66 points to win the overall crown in the annual sports meet held in Dapitan City.
Western Visayas and Region 4-A settled for second and third place overall, respectively, while neighbor Region 1 finished 12th in the overall team standings while Regions 2 and 3 landed 14th and 8th, respectively.
Four gold medals were minted by the elementary boys and girls squads, while the high school team bagged three gold medals paving the way for the region to retain the championship in the tae kwon do competition.
The region’s athletics, archery and swimming squads also came up with big wins after scoring several silver and bronze medals.
If not for the region’s tae kwon do squad, the region would have landed even lower in the team standings.
Winning the gold medal in the sport is Aitana Fias-ilon, who took the gold in the kyorugi group 3 event. Also winning the gold medal is Monsour Carlo Salazar who won the first place in the Kyurogi group 3 action.
Leading the way in the elementary boys is Kirby Dreyfus Bulwayan Jr., who took the gold in the poomsae event before teaming up with Monsour Carlo Salazar and Christian Mark Duntugan for the gold in the team competition.
Angelica Joyce Gaw also won the gold in the poomsae individual event for girls, while her teammates Aitina Fias-ilon and Phoebie Kate de Guzman, together with Gaw, besting the National Capital Region Athletic Association for the gold in the team event.
The secondary boys squad composed of Levin Clark Mina, Keno Anthony Mendoza, and Benjamin Keith Sembrano also bagged the gold medal in the team event competition, while Apriel May Solimen added the onslaught for the gold medal in the poomsae secondary girls.
Tifanny Delizo, Solimen, and Suzzane Glenn Caslangen came up with big performances to win the team events.
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