Cordero, Callera shine in Day 3 of Tokyo Invitational
TOKYO: General Santos City bet Francisco Cordero 3rd and Quezon City tanker Richelle Ann Raine Callera emerged as the biggest contributors to the 15gold medal haul of the Philippine Swimming League (PSL) on the third day of the 2018 Tokyo Invitational Swimming Championship here at the St. Mary’s International School swimming pool.
Cordero dominated the boys’ 11-12 50m breaststroke in 32.39 seconds erasing the 33.65 old mark of Japanese Go Nagaoka while Callera topped the girls’ 8-under 50m but
- ing of 37.43 seconds, good enough to beat Japanese Natsuki Uchino’s 38.22 previous mark.
Callera won another gold in the 50m freestyle event (35.63).
Reigning Swimmer of the Year Marc Bryan Dula of Masville Elementary School-Parañaque also proved his worth by beating taller and older foes in the boys’ 11-12
The 11-year-old Dula registered an impressive 1: 06.75 output
opponents including a 6-foot-2, 12-year-old tanker from Germany.
“We are proud of these young swimmers who fought hard to bring honors to our country. We dedicate this victory to the Filipino community in Japan especially Myles Beltran and Arnel Punzalan for their undying support to the whole team,” said PSL President Susan Papa.
Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh, Ellaiza Nicole Rojo and Aishel Cid Evangelista displayed their usual formidable forms, nailing three more gold medals each in their respective events.
Mojdeh reigned supreme in the Masville Elementary School standout Marc Bryan Dula takes his mark during the backstroke event of the 2018 Tokyo Invitational Swimming Championship.
The Filipino tankers also won 18 silver medals courtesy of Jie Angela
and 50m breaststroke), Lia Patricia Pabellon (girls’ 9-10 100m but-
- ryl Vallar (boys’ 15-18 200m butter-
9-10 50m breaststroke), Phelicity Joi Bose (girls’ 15-18 100m breaststroke and 200m IM), Nova Rea Estrada (girls’ 9-10 50m backstroke), John Alexander Talosig ( boys’ 13- 14 100m backstroke and 200m IM), Bianca Denise Real (girls’ 13-14 100m backstroke), Cordero (100m IM), Phency Joyce (100m backstroke),
Dula (50m backstroke), Callera (25m backstroke), and Rojo (50m freestyle).
Meanwhile, those who won bronze medals were Galaraga (400m freestyle), Estrada (50m freestyle and 100m IM), Phency Joyce (200m IM), and Jie Angela (girls’ 11-12 50m freestyle).