JONATHAN REAPORT and Ada Lagrada led a record-breaking spree for local archers at the start of the First Asean Archery Youth Championships at the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex in Cebu City on Thursday. Veterans of the world youth meet held last July in Limerick, Ireland, Reaport and Lagrada shot 639…
JONATHAN REAPORT and Ada Lagrada led a record-breaking spree for local archers at the start of the First Asean Archery Youth Championships at the Dynamic Herb Sports Complex in Cebu City on Thursday.
More important, Reaport’s score was just one point short of the minimum Olympic qualifying standard of 640 while Lagrada exceeded the minimum Olympic qualifying standard of 610 in the competition backed by the Philippine Sports Commission and Cebu City Sports Commission. The most bemedaled archer in the girls secondary division of the last Palarong Pambansa, Tagle shattered the old mark of Giulana Garcia of 614 also in the same Marikina meet during the tourney also supported by the Cebu City government led by Mayor Mike Rama and Councilor Dondon Hontiveros, who heads the Cebu City council.
“On top of playing on their homecourt, I believe our archers are thriving under positive pressure due to the fact that they are also up against foreign rivals in this tournament,” noted national youth coach Nino Sinco of the outstanding too performance of the local bets.
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