Results of the Palarong NCR 2019, held in Marikina City last February 27 to March 1, 2019, have been included in the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Most notable swimmers in the said meet that clocked multiple times that have made it to the seniors rankings are Xiandi Chua and Miguel Barreto.
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Fil-German Adrian Philipp Eichler hit the 1500m Free QTB of the 30th SEA Age Group Swimming Championships at the South Germany Long Distance Championships (Süddeutsche Meisterschaften Strecke) in Wurzburg, Germany last weekend.
Fifteen year-old Eichler, who is yet to turn sixteen this December, clocked 16:26.47 in the 1500m Freestyle event, which surpassed this year’s SEA Age Group Championships’ QTB of 16:32.57 in 16-18 Age Group.
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The road to her third Olympic Games is definitely bright as Jasmine Alkhaldi clocked a Tokyo Olympic Selection Time (OST/QTB) in the 50m Freestyle event at the Deutscher Mannschaftswettbewerb Schwimmen (DMS) 2019 meet in Essen, Germany early this month.
Twenty five year-old Alkhaldi finished the 50m Freestyle event with 25.51 clocking, just enough to equal the Tokyo Olympic Games OST. (Olympic Qualifying Time – OQT/QTA – is 24.77, wile OST/QTB is 25.51)
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Results of the Western Visayas Regional Athletics Association (WVRAA) 2019 held in Roxas City, Capiz last February 19-21, 2019 are now up in the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Most notable swimmers in the said meet are Joseph Joaquin Lucio and Lyxxyn Jade Ladrillo who both clocked times that have made it to the seniors rankings.
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Tagum City, Davao will once again host the The Philippine National Age Group Swimming Championships (PNAG) this year on March 29-31, 2019.
PNAG 2019 is open to all 2019 PSI-registered swimmers in good standing, aged 11 and above; wherein events are separated into four Age-Brackets : (1) 19 & Over, (2) 16-18 Age Group, (3) 14-15 Age Group, and (4) 11-13 Age Group, with age as of December 31, 2019 as age of reckoning.
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Full results of the CALABARZON Heroes Games 2019 held in Sta. Rosa City, Laguna last February 11-13, 2019 are now added in the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Most notable swimmers in the said meet are Mervien Jules Mirandilla and Roz Ciaralene Encarnacion who both clocked times that made it to the senior rankings of two events.
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The leadership of the Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) remains upbeat that the 10-year gold medal drought in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) will end when the country hosts the biennial sporstfest late this year, PSI president Lani Velasco said yesterday.
“I feel we will win not just one (gold),” said Velasco, noting that five Fil-foreign talents will beef up the squad that will take part in the Nov. 30-Dec. 11 SEAG.
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Under the new program of the Philippine Sports Commission, outstanding athletes of the Palarong Pambansa will undergo training camps in the future.
PSC chairman William Ramirez said this as the government sports agency gets set to unravel a new program that will expand its role this year.
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Full results of the 2019 Batang Pinoy Mindanao Leg held in Tagum City, Davao del Norte last February 6-8, 2019 have been added to the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Most notable swimmers in the said meet are Juliana Marien Villanueva and Thea Canda, who clocked times that have made the cut of the seniors national rankings.
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List of Philippine Swimming Qualifiers to the 43rd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships in Cambodia this June 28-30, 2019.
Please note that this is not the official List of Qualifiers. Philippine Swimming Incorporated (PSI) is the sole governing body who can release the official list of qualifiers. Data on this page though is based on the qualifying guidelines released by PSI.
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Philippine Swimming Incorporated (PSI) releases the team selection qualifying guidelines for the 43rd SEA Age Group Swimming Championships this year, to be held in Cambodia on June 28-30, 2019.
Just like last year, PSI is set to send a full team to this year’s edition in Cambodia, wherein Top 2 swimmers in all events and in all age-groups will get the chance to be selected to the team and represent the country at this annual regional championships for the youth.
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Seventeen year-old Georgia Peregrina broke the 26-year-old 200m Backstroke Philippine Swimming National Record of Akiko Thomson at the NSW Senior State Age Championships in Sydney, Australia last December 19, 2018.
Peregrina set a new Philippine record time of 2:16.33 en route to her gold medal finish, erasing Thomson’s record of 2:16.44 clocked at the 25th Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain in July 31, 1992.
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Results of the Central Luzon Regional Athletic Meet (CLRAA) 2019 held in Iba, Zambales last February 5-7, 2019 have been added in the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Notable swimmers in the said meet are Triza Haileyana Tabamo and Rayne Japhet Salinas, who both clocked times that made multiple appearances in the Junior Philippine Rankings.
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A few months into the training, Gintong Alay big boss Mr. Michael Keon decided that we needed a foreign coach to train us for the SEA Games the following year. We were fortunate to get Coach John Van Meter who was from the University of Tennessee and was a standout in the early 1980s for the sprint freestyle events.
He was the coach who first saw in me the potential to do well in the 400 meters Individual Medley event. He soon shifted my focus away from the 200 meters backstroke.
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Results of the Davao Athletics Association (DAVRAA) 2019 have been added in the 2019 Philippine Swimming Rankings.
Notable swimmers in the said meet are Eirron Seth Vibar, Joshua Raphael Del Rio and Juliana Marien Villanueva, who clocked times that made it to the seniors national rankings.
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IN an huge development, the swimming competitions of the 30th Southeast Asian Games will now serve as one of the qualifiers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
The international swimming federation Fina has sent a communique to the Philippine Swimming Inc. about its decision to make the Nov. 30 to Dec. 10 meet a qualification procedure for the Tokyo Games.
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The Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) has reiterated an inclusive approach in selecting members of the national swimming team provided that the tryouts be done under the auspices of the Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI).
PSI president Lani Velasco and POC president Ricky Vargas recently threshed out issues, specifically the tryouts for the national swimming squad, for the coming Philippines SEA Games set to start Nov. 30
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Delivering a spectacular performance at the said meet is twelve year-old Jasmine Mojdeh who broke the 200m Butterfly 13 & Under Philippine junior national record of 2:26.13 set by Regina Maria Paz Castrillo at the Speedo G-League NCR Leg 1 five years ago.
Mojdeh, who is turning 13 years-old this year, clocked an eye-popping 2:22.25 in the 200m Butterfly event, almost four seconds faster than the current junior record.
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A total of fifteen Filipino Swimmers have broken the Philippine Swimming national records in Season 2018, and one has equaled the seniors national record.
Of the fifteen swimmers, Nicole Justine Marie Oliva leads the pack, with two new senior national records on her belt (400m and 800m Free), and four 16-18 Junior National Records. Also breaking a senior national record was Jarod Jason Hatch (100m Fly), and the quartet of Ted Jacob Laminta, Janelle Alisa France Lin, Adrian Philipp Eichler and Zoe Marie Hilario, who broke the 4x200m Free Mixed Relay record.
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Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas and Philippine Swimming Inc. president Lani Velasco met last Wednesday and agreed to hold an “all-inclusive” national team tryouts for the 30th Philippine Southeast Asian Games under the terms and conditions set by the PSI.
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