National team mainstays triumph in Subic
National team members dominated their respective categories over the weekend in the National Duathlon Championship 2017 at the Subic Bay Freeport.
National champion Jarwin Banatao of Iloilo clocked 1 hour, 57 minutes and 42 seconds to retain the crown in the men’s standard distance of 10kilometer run, 40km bike, 5k run.
“Sa first run loop pa lang lumabas na ako, tapos lumayo na ako sa bike,” said Banatao.
Joey de los Reyes came in second in 1:59:02 while John Topia finished third in 2:00:19.
In the distaff side, Miscelle Gilbuena of Cebu clinched her fist title after timing 2:20:15, almost ten minutes ahead of closest pursuer and eventual silver medalist Jermyn Prado of the national velodrome cycling team (2:30.00). Rowena Valdez settled for third in 2:33:33.
Defending champion Mirasol Abad failed to retain her title after dropping out of the first loop of the bike event due to injury.
It was also a 1-2-3 finish for PH team members in the 5km run-2km bike-2.25km run sprint distance in champion Jelsie Sabado (1:06:13), Karen Manayon (1:13:29) and Una Sibayan (1:17:33).
Winners in the boys sprint 1 category were Paolo Tayag (59:13), Austine Morfe (1:00.54) and Renz Corbin (1:01.54) while national team members Joshua Ramos (1:03:29), Andrew Remolino (1:03:29) and Jacob Taylor (1:04:40) in the boys sprint 2 class.