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Maroons take Day 2

By Anthony Divinagracia Posted Sep 21st 2013

The Lady Maroons topped Friday’s swim-off by amassing three golds, five silvers and a bronze while the Maroons upstaged the Eagles with a two-gold, one-silver harvest.

University of the Philippines (UP)’s Lady Maroons continue to rule the waters while their male counterparts outshone reigning titlist Ateneo de Manila University in Day 2 of the 76th UAAP swimming competition at the PASA National Aquatics Center in Laguna.

Gunning for a fifth straight title, the Lady Maroons topped Friday’s swim-off by amassing three golds, five silvers and a bronze while the Maroons upstaged the Eagles with a two-gold, one-silver harvest.

Claire Adorna underscored UP’s second-day dominance with a pair of record-breaking feats in the 400-meter freestyle and 200-meter backstroke events. Adorna re-set her preliminary mark of 2:23.53 with a 2:24.98 clocking in the backstroke finals to bag her second individual gold. She later capped a 1-2-3 finish for the Lady Maroons in the freestyle race with only UP and Ateneo again competing due to the Anna Dominique Bartolome issue.

Adorna timed in at 4:33.69 to erase the 2011 mark of 4:35.87 set by Kimberly Uy. Fellow Lady Maroons Whitney Eunice Dy and Bartolome joined her on the podium at second (2:28.93) and third (2:32.20), respectively.

Denjylie Cordero also shone for the Lady Maroons, gaining top honors in the 50-meter breaststroke with 34:20. UP’s Joy Rodgers came in second (34,61), while Ramona Angelina Datu of Ateneo was third (35.59).

The Lady Eagles prevented a UP sweep by claiming the 4x400 meter relay and the 100-meter butterfly titles.

But UP was not to be denied in the men’s side as the Maroons took home the 50-meter breaststroke and 100-meter butterfly mints behind the superb showing of Christen Mercado (31.82) and Gabriel Castelo (57.45), respectively.

De La Salle University and Ateneo averted a gold-medal shutout thanks to veterans Axel Steven Ngui and Johansen Benedict Aguilar.

Ngui copped the 400-meter freestyle in record-breaking fashion, logging in 4:08.06 to wipe out his 2012 mark of 4:10.47. Aguilar meanwhile plucked the 200-meter backstroke gold with a 2:12.19 showing.

In the juniors division, Ateneo won four more titles to remain peerless on top with a total of eight golds so far.

 

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