LAOAG CITY, Philippines — A drizzle of rain and a glitter of gold.
On the tail-end of the sweltering summer season warmth up North got here a uncommon downpour that served as a poetic coronation for NCR tanker Sophia Rose Garra, who netted her seventh gold medal for a splashing sweep because the Large Metropolis zeroed in on a runaway title protection within the 2025 Palarong Pambansa yesterday right here.
The Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium aquatics heart loved a cool symphony of the ocean as Garra docked properly within the 50m freestyle with 28.99 seconds for her seventh tiara.
Garra, a 12-year-old prodigy from La Salle-Araneta in Malabon, went 7/7 in her occasions together with two new meet data to tie her teammate Titus Rafael Sia of Xavier College San Juan, additionally with seven golds and three meet data, as probably the most bemedaled athlete within the sixty fifth version of the nation’s premier scholastic competitors.
Her 50m freestyle conquest sealed NCR’s one hundredth gold medal (with 65 silvers and 44 bronzes), nearly clinching its 18th straight Palaro total championship and simply awaiting the outcomes of workforce sports activities for its whole harvest in one of many Video games’ most dominant showings.
Calabarzon (39-61-55) and Western Visayas (36-44-44) are nonetheless trailing huge time at second and third, respectively, with only some gold medals left at stake in soccer, softball, sepak takraw, futsal and tennis.
However the Palaro glory belonged to Garra, who stamped a masterclass within the elementary ladies’ 200m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 200m particular person medley, 100m freestyle, 4×50 medley relay, 4×50 freestyle relay then the 50m freestyle.
Sia dominated the 200m free, 100m again, 100m free, 400m free, 50m again, 4×50 medley relay and 4×50 freestyle relay.
They had been joined within the honor roll by NCR tankers Patricia Mae Santor (5 golds) and Ryian Belen (4).