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Mojdeh butchers Philippine junior national swim record at Palaro opening

April 30, 2019May 4, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippines’ junior swim sensation Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh butchered the 200m Butterfly Girls 13-14 Junior Philippine National record en route to a golden finish at the opening day of the Palarong Pambansa 2019 held in UP Mindanao Sports Complex, Davao City, Tuesday afternoon.

Twelve year-old Mojdeh, who is yet to turn 13 later this year, clocked a new 200m Fly junior national record time of 2:22.69, erasing the 2:26.13 record of Regina Maria Paz Castrillo clocked in 2013.

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Pinoy swimmers bag seven more golds in Arafura Games 2019

April 30, 2019April 30, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Pinoy swimmers bagged seven more gold medals on day three of the 2019 Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia, Monday afternoon.

Third day gold medalists were Zoe Marie Hilario, Ivo Nikolai Enot, John Paul Elises, Ray Martin Yarra, John Martin Yarra, and Samuel John Alcos.

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Philippine tankers collect five more golds on day two of Arafura Games

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippine tankers collected five more gold medals on day two of the 2019 Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia, Sunday afternoon.

John Paul Elises, Fritz Jun Rodriguez, Joshua Raphael Del Rio, Krisha Joanna Apin and the relay quartet of Lora Micah Amoguis, Erika Lois Suelan, Zoe Marie Hilario and Apin all reigned supreme their respective events.

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Amoguis and Enot rake in gold medals at Arafura Games opening

April 28, 2019April 28, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippine Swimming’s 13 & Under junior national team members Lora Micah Amoguis and Evo Nikolai Enot raked in three gold medals for the country; to lead Philippine team’s 3 gold, 8 silver and 5 bronze medals campaign at the opening day of the 2019 Arafura Games in Darwin, Australia, Saturday afternoon.

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2019 PSI Grand Prix NCR Leg 1 Results now added in PH Rankings

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Full results of the 2019 PSI LC Grand Prix – NCR Qualifying Leg 1 held at the Rizal Memorial Swimming in Manila last April 13-14, 2019 have been added to the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.

Most notable swimmers in the said meet that clocked times among the Top 5 in the country were Jexter Janzen Chua, Mervien Jules Mirandilla and Regina Maria Paz Castrillo.

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DLSZ and HGSC, top producers of junior national team members

April 17, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

National Capital Region’s DLSZ Junior Tankers (DLSZ) and Mindanao’s Holiday Gym Swim Clubs (HGSC) are top producers of Philippine junior national team members who will represent the country at the 43rd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Phnom Penh, Cambodia this June 28-30, 2019.

Both DLSZ and HGSC have five (5) swimmers (each) that have been named to the 2019 SEA AG national team this year.

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Seventy two junior tankers named to 2019 SEA Age Group Champs national team

April 14, 2019April 15, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Seventy two (72) junior tankers have been named to the Philippine Swimming National Team set to compete at the 43rd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Phnom Phen, Cambodia this June 28-30, 2019.

Leading the pack are 2018 edition’s medalists Xiandi Chua, Miranda Cristina Renner and Jerard Dominic Jacinto who will most likely spearhead our campaign this year.

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Georgia Peregrina surpasses 2019 SEA Games qualifying time

April 11, 2019April 11, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Eighteen year-old Georgia Peregrina has surpassed the bronze medal qualifying time of the 30th Southeast Asian Games after clocking 2:18.19 in the 200m Backstroke event at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide, Australia, Wednesday afternoon.

With prelims time of 2:19.50, Peregrina clocked 2:18.19 in the afternoon finals to beat the 2:19.98 bronze medal time of the 29th edition of SEA Games.

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Luke Gebbie secures World Championships and SEA Games berths; resets own PH record

April 10, 2019April 11, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Fil-Kiwi swimmer Luke Gebbie secured a berth for the 18th FINA World Swimming Championships in Korea this August and 30th Southeast Asian Games in Philippines this December, after surpassing the Worlds QTB and SEA Games QTA in the Men’s 100m Freestyle event at the 2019 Hancock Prospecting Australian Swimming Championships in Adelaide, Australia, Tuesday afternoon.

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PSI Registered Swimming Clubs in the Philippines

April 6, 2019April 28, 2019 kotsisko 1 Comment

List of swimming clubs in the Philippines that are registered members of Philippine Swimming Incorporated, the swimming body affiliated with FINA.

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Seven QTA and five QTB swimmers lead 2019 SEA AG national team selection

April 5, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

A total of seven (7) QTA swimmers and five (5) QTB swimmers are among the leading candidates for the Philippine national team selection of the 43rd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Phnom Phen Cambodia this June 28-30, 2019.

The swimmers who have surpassed the QTA selection times are Georgia Peregrina, Jerard Dominic Jacinto, Desirae Mangaoang, Rian Marco Triol, Miranda Cristina Renner, Jeremiah Tandingan and Athena Shannessa Chang.

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Chua clinches 6th straight gold at close of PNAG swim meet

March 31, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Asian All-Star Swim Club’s Xiandi Chua captured her sixth straight gold medal on Sunday to emerge as the outstanding swimmer in winding up the Philippine National Age Group Swimming Championships at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex Aquatic Center here.

Chua broke away in the last 30 meters in ruling the girls 16-18 girls 100-meter freestyle in 59.83 seconds, ahead of Rizal’s Aquatic Swim Club’s Camille Lauren Buico (1:02.35) and La Salle Zobel’s Raven Faith Alcoseba (1:03.37), who finished second and third, respectively, in the meet organized by the Philippine Swimming, Inc. led by president Lani Velasco.

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Mangaoang sets another Philippine Swimming National Record in Indianapolis

March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

There is no stopping Desirae Mangaoang as she set another Philippine Swimming National Record, this time breaking the Women’s 100m Breastroke seniors record at the 2019 Indianapolis Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis, USA Saturday morning.

In the morning prelims, sixteen year-old Mangaoang reset Imelda Corazon Wistey’s 1:11.36 national record in the 100m Breast event, with her new record time of 1:11.09

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Xiandi Chua bags 3 golds, keeps perfect run in PNAG swim meet

March 30, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

All-Star Swim Club’s Xiandi Chua sustained her perfect run on Saturday, adding three more golds to her treasure trove in the Philippine National Age Group Swimming Championships at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex Aquatic Center here.

Back to full-time training only last January, Chua stamped her class in the girls 16-18-year-old 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter breast stroke and 200-meter individual medley events, boosting her collection to five after opening-day wins in the 200-meter back stroke and 400-IM races.

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Davao swimmer Amoguis bags 3 golds to open PH Age Group meet

March 29, 2019 kotsisko 2 Comments

Philippine Swimming junior national record holder Liaa Margarette Amoguis swept all of her three events on Friday to highlight the start of the Philippine National Age Group Swimming Championships at the Davao del Norte Sports and Tourism Complex Aquatic Center here.

Carrying the colors of the Holiday Gym Swim Club, Amoguis, 12, emerged from the pool with wins in the girls 11-13-year-old 400-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly and 400-meter individual medley in the three-day event organized by the Philippine Swimming Inc.

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Desirae Mangaoang shatters 15-year-old Philippine Swimming Record

March 29, 2019March 29, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippines’ budding swim superstar, Desirae Mangaoang, shattered the 15-year-old Philippine Swimming National Record of the Women’s 200m Breaststroke event at the 2019 Indianapolis Speedo Sectionals in Indianapolis, USA Thursday evening.

Seeded fifth going to the evening finals, Mangaoang stormed her way to a silver medal finish with a new Philippine national record time of 2:32.04, erasing Jaclyn Pangilinan’s 2:33.38 record, clocked at the 29th Olympic Games in Athens, Greece last August 2004.

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Athena Chang sets third junior PH swim record in Singapore Nationals

March 24, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Athena Shannessa Chang set her third junior Philippine swimming national record at the Liberty Insurance 50th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships Saturday evening.

In the evening finals of the Women’s 200m Freestyle event, Chang of Swimfast Aquatic Club, stormed her way to another record breaking performance, this time erasing Naomi Locala’s 13 & Under Girls junior record of 2:13.17 with her new record time of 2:11.39

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Jacinto wins another gold in Singapore; erases seniors PH Swim record

March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippines’ backstroke king Jerard Dominin Jacinto wins another gold medal at the Liberty Insurance 50th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships at the OCBC Aquatic Center in Singapore, Friday night.

He dominated the Men’s 50m Backstroke superfinals, clinching the Men’s 18 & Over gold medal with a time of 26.43, the fastest time in the evening finals.

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Jerard Jacinto wins gold in Singapore Age Group Nationals; resets junior swim record

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Philippines’ top backstroker, Jerard Dominic Jacinto, won a gold medal in the Men’s 100m Backstroke event at the Liberty Insurance 50th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships Thursday evening.

Seeded fist going to the 100m Back Superfinals, Jacinto lived up to his seeding as he propelled his way to snatch the gold with a new 16-18 Junior Philippine national record time of 56.72 seconds

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Alkhaldi wins bronze in Singapore Age Group Nationals

March 21, 2019 kotsisko 0 Comment

Olympian Jasmine Alkhaldi delivered a bronze on day two of the Liberty Insurance 50th Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships held at the OCBC Aquatic Center in Singapore Wednesday evening.

Alkhaldi clocked 56.45 in the Superfinals of the Women’s 100m Freestyle event, enough to take home the bronze medal.

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