MANILA, Philippines — The sky is the restrict for younger swimming star Sophia Rose Garra.
Garra, who gained gold medals on this yr’s Palarong Pambansa, broke two nationwide age-group data within the Philippine Aquatics Inc. (PAI) Nationwide Tryouts for the thirty third Southeast Asian Video games over the weekend on the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Middle in Malate, Manila.
The 13-year-old clocked in 1:06.50 seconds within the women’ 13-under 100-meter backstroke, as she eclipsed her personal mark of 1:06.65 set final April on the Good Juniors Nationals.
She achieved the feat in a stacked area that includes Olympian Kayla Sanchez (1:02.38), Cambodia SEA Video games champion Xiandi Chua (1:03.07), veteran Quendy Fernandez (1:03.23), 2023 SEAG gold medalist Teia Isabelle Salvino (1:03.85), and 2022 SEAG titlist Chloe Isleta (1:03.91).
All of those surpassed the SEA Video games qualifying commonplace of 1:05.17, however, in accordance with SEA Video games guidelines, solely the highest two finishers per nation will make the group for Bangkok.
On Friday’s opening day, Garra additionally reset the women’ 13-under 50m backstroke file with 30.70 seconds, smashing her earlier mark of 31.00.
Nationwide group mainstay Xiandi Chua, for her half, gained the women’ 200m particular person medley in 2:18.38, forward of Isleta’s 2:21.87 and Shairinne Floriano’s 2:27.01, whereas additionally dipping below the qualifying time of two:18.47.
Sanchez, who represented the Philippines within the Paris Olympics, each certified within the women’ 200 meter freestyle together with Fil-British swimmer Heather White, clocking 2:01.41 and a couple of:05.40, respectively, method forward of the two:07.17 QTS.
Sanchez additionally booked one other slot within the 50 meter butterfly, putting second at 27.46 behind Fil-Am Miranda Cristina Renner (27.34). The occasion QTS is 27.69.
Filipino-American Gian Santos, in the meantime, topped the boys’ 200m freestyle in 1:51.61, breaching the 1:51.74 QTS in opposition to locals Miguel Barreto and Nathan Farrell Jao, who tallied 1:52.61 and 1:52.70.
Fil-Japanese Logan Wataru Noguchi additionally emerged as a robust contender, ruling the 50m butterfly in 24.30 and putting second within the 100m backstroke at 56.76 behind Fil-Canadian Joran Paul Orogo (56.67), each below QTS.
