ILOCOS NORTE — Mico Villaran rewrote history as the young athlete broke a 15-year meet record in the secondary boys’ 110-meter hurdles to rule in the 2025 Palarong Pambansa on Monday at the Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium in Ilocos Norte.
The 17-year-old trackster from Romanito Maravilla National High School in Bacolod clocked in 14.00 seconds to win the gold, eclipsing the previous 14.68-second mark set by Patrick Unso way back 2010 in Tarlac.
The Western Visayas bet now became the first athlete in the ongoing Palaro to break a record as he reigned supreme in the eight-man field.
Meanwhile, Mark John Paculanang of Central Visayas claimed the silver after posting 14.32 seconds while Charles James Villapaña bagged the bronze medal after registering 14.75 seconds.
—JKC, GMA Integrated News