Factbox: Key facts about artistic swimming at the Tokyo 2020 Games
(Reuters) – The 2020 Tokyo Olympics includes 33 sports. Artistic swimming, previously synchronized swimming, is one of the aquatic events.
In contrast, here are some key facts about artistic swimming at the Olympics.
Introduced: Artistic swimming was added to the Olympic program in 1984.
Events: Artistic swimming is one of two women’s-only events and features a duet and a team competition with eight swimmers.
Swimmers complete a “free” routine and a “technical” routine in both events, with judges scoring them from 0-100. The duet and team combined final scores to determine the winner.
Rules: Each routine can last from 2-1/2 to five minutes and is set to the music playing above and below the water.
Also, swimmers must not touch the sides or bottom of the pool.
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Technique:
Once known as “water ballet,” artistic swimming is judged not only on skill and athleticism; however on grace and style. However, the degree of difficulty in a routine also affects the scoring.
In addition to duet and team competition, swimmers move in tandem to create acrobatic patterns and execute lifts.
Above all Top countries: Russia is the world leader in the sport, winning nine gold medals at the last world championships.
Also, Russian athletes have won gold in the duet and team competitions at the last five Olympics.
Sources: International Olympic Committee, Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Swim England, FINA
Philippines Swimming Miracle in the Pool 12-year medal drought comes to an end for Philippine Water Polo.
The Philippines Men’s Water Polo team punched above their weight to secure the silver medal at the 2019 SEA Games. In conclusion, a valiant effort, with the team just missing out on Indonesia for the gold. However, the Philippines did claim the scalp of 2017 defending champions Singapore who were demoted to the bronze this time around.
The Philippines drew with Indonesia and Singapore and beat Thailand.
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STELLAR. James Deiparine pumps his clenched fist in the air as he ends the Philippines’ decade-long gold medal drought. Photo by Mark R. Cristino/EPA-EFE. Philippines Swimming
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Philippines Swimming Delparine ends the drought for
James Delparine ended what may be considered the longest gold medal drought in the history of Philippine Swimming. After 10 long years, Philippine swimming finally got its gold medal care of the Filipino-American swimmer.
The 26-year-old Delparine, in the process of taking gold, shattered the SEA Games record of Nguyen Vuu Het set in 2009 with a 1.01.46 clocking breaking the 1.01.60 games record. Delparine was silver 2 years ago in Kuala Lumpur. He also reset the Philippine record of 1:02:00.
Delparine was ranked a very closed 3rd in the SEA Rankings in the 100 Breast. However, he is ranked #1 in the SEA Rankings for 2019 in the 50 Breast, his stronger event.
Tankers Remedy Rule and Jasmine Alkhaldi also rewrote their own national records in women’s 200m butterfly (2:10.99) and women’s 100m freestyle (55.76), respectively, while securing podium finishes. Therefore Rule, one of the gold favorites, took a very close Silver to defend SEA Games Champion Jin Wen Quah (2:10.97), while 26-year-old Alkhaldi was very pleased to secure the bronze in what may be her very last SEA Games.
2019 Philippines Swimming 10 Athletes hit Bronze, Further 8 in Top 10 SEA Games 2019
The Following swimmers are ranked Top 10 in South East Asia for 2019 in their respective events. Also, The first 10 names have made the SEA Games Bronze of 2017 in individual events. In conclusion, anyone not on this list is not ranked Top 10 in South East Asia for this year.
Provided a list of those who passed bronze and also SEA Rankings for Swimming 2019.
Swimming legend urges Malaysians to break her record
June 21, 2019 @ 8:00am
Fadhli Ishak
KUALA LUMPUR: Swimming legend Nurul Huda Abdullah has asked Malaysian athletes to do the near-impossible at the Sea Games.
That is to beat her Sea Games record of a total of 22 astounding gold.
Nurul, deputy chef de mission (CDM) for the Manila Sea Games (Nov 30-Dec 11), issued the challenge when visiting karate, taekwondo, and Table TennisWushu athletes Bukit Jalil on Wednesday.
Philippines Swimming PSL Leader Susan Papa passes away.
Philippine Swimming lost another big name. Susan Papa passed away at age 64 on May 19. Papa was a big reformer for the betterment of swimming for swimmers. She was also an accomplished coach who guided and mentored future Triathlete Claire Adorna and youth record holder Jasmin Modjeh.
Showing extreme humility and dignity. In conclusion, Papa eventually put her own differences with PSI aside to allow her athlete Jasmin Modjeh more opportunities to represent the country at more international meets.
Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) President Lani Velasco announced that former PSI president Mark P. Joseph died in his sleep in London on Thursday morning (Philippine time).
Joseph, 56, served as PSI head for almost 12 years during the Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) president Jose Cojuangco Jr.
“With sadness, we would like to announce that Mark P. Joseph, former President of Philippine Swimming Inc and former Vice Chairman for High Diving Discipline in FINA, passed away at the age of 56,”said Velasco in a statement sent to the media.
Joseph’s interment will be announced soon.
“Mr. Joseph died peacefully in his sleep in the United Kingdom. His sister, together with the rest of his family, is making arrangements for his funeral.”
Also, Velasco said that Joseph was found dead by his brother in his bedroom. His brother was waiting to have breakfast with him; however, he didn’t show up.
“Mr. Joseph made a significant impact on Philippine swimming by promoting the sport at the grassroots level and by raising Philippine swimming to international standards,” the statement concluded.
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POC President Ricky Vargas expressed his sympathy to Joseph’s family.
Joseph was a hall of Famer athlete as a De La Salle University swimmer.
Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) leadership remains upbeat. The 10-year gold medal drought in the Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) will end when the country hosts the biennial sports fest 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.
Apart from these recruits, PSI will still parade the multi-awarded Jasmine Alkhaldi and James Deiparine, who took two silvers in 2017 in Kuala Lumpur, and Roxanne Yu, who bagged bronze also two years ago.
“The swimmers are training and the preparations for the SEAG is running smoothly,”
said Velasco.
A meeting with Philippine Sports Commission chairman William Ramirez is tops on Velasco’s priority to map out her athletes’ buildup for the SEAG.
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Philippines Swimming Vargas calls on ex-tankers to support swim tryouts.
INVOKING the spirit of patriotism and unity, Philippine Olympic Committee president Ricky Vargas will try to convince former national swimmers turned coaches Ral Rosario, Pinky Brosas, Akiko Thomson Guevarra, and Eric Buhain to support the national team swimming tryouts for the 30th Southeast Asian Games in November under the supervision of the Philippine Swimming Inc. led by Lani Velasco.
Swimming’s OIC Lailani Velasco
“We should try to set all our personal differences aside and work towards unity and what is best for our athletes and our country,”
Vargas said after he was informed about reports that Rosario and company intend to boycott the tryouts.
Vargas said he would try to meet with the group, which continues to question Velasco’s leadership despite securing recognition from both the International Swimming Federation and the local Olympic body, within the week to persuade them to support the national team trials.
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Philippines Swimming Meeting with Velasco
Through POC membership committee chairman Robert Bachmann, Vargas met with Velasco recently. With the PSI president assuring both POC officials, the national squad tryouts would be “all-inclusive” and based on FINA rules and guidelines.
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“Obviously, we should have the best athletes available to us for the SEA Games. That’s why we have always stressed inclusivity in these matters,”
Vargas said.
“There is no need for acrimony and divisiveness. We can work this out.
“Lani has announced she is willing to do this. I call on the other groups to cooperate and work as one for the country’s interest.”
The Philippine SEA Games have also added significance after Velasco managed to secure sanction from the world swimming body last Feb. 1, making the regional swimming showcase an Olympic qualifying event for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics historic first.
“We have the pleasure to inform you that FINA has approved the following competitions as meets where swimmers can achieve FINA “A” and FINA “B” swimming qualifying standard times (for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games).,”
FINA executive director Cornel Marculescu wrote Velasco.
Underscored in the correspondence was the SEA Games swim fest scheduled Dec. 2 to 6 at the New Clark City Swimming Stadium in Capas, Tarlac.
Above all making the PH Games an Olympic qualifier virtually guarantees all of the region’s swimming elite. Among them, Singaporean Olympic sensation Joseph Schooling and Vietnamese phenom Nguyen Thi Anh Vien will see action.
“We would like to thank FINA for approving the 30th SEA Games as an Olympic qualifying meet. This is truly a first in the history of Philippine swimming,”
POC, PSI Philippines Swimming agree to hold ‘all-inclusive’ swim tryouts
By Bong Pedralvez
January 25, 2019
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.
Also, Vargas had lunch with Velasco at a restaurant near the POC chief’s PLDT office in Makati; a source told Business Insight-Malaya yesterday,
“and Mr. Vargas was enlightened and was able to appreciate why the SEA Games team tryouts should be held under PSI rules and guidelines.
“The meeting between him and Velasco was quite cordial,”
the source said.
Above all, the International Swimming Federation recently re-affirmed the results of Feb. 17, 2018; PSI polls Velasco elected as the new president.
In conclusion, the POC lifted its indefinite suspension on the PSI last November, paving Velasco’s way to attend the local Olympic body’s general assembly meeting yesterday at the Meralco indoor theatre in Pasig City.
All in all, 19 meet records were broken. Based on these results. This is at a guess 90-95% of the full results. Kindly provided to me by a swimming enthusiast. What makes the performances more remarkable is the pool was freezing at the Baguio. Making it less than ideal for athletes to swim to the best of their ability.
Asian Games: Teenager Ikee excited about closing in on fly champ Sjostrom
Japan’s teenage sensation and Tokyo Olympics hopeful Rikako Ikee said she feels to be closing on Rio champion and world record holder Sarah Sjostrom after dominating the Asian Games women’s 100-meter butterfly on Tuesday.
“I am excited about how close I can get to (Sjostrom). I don’t want to lose. I want to make a habit of winning,” 18-year-old Ikee told reporters as she marked a games record 56.30 seconds in the 100 butterfly, her strong event, at the GBK Aquatic Center in Jakarta.
Ikee has gained momentum since placing sixth in her 2016 Olympics debut, where Sjostrom claimed victory in 55.48, rewriting the world record she set the previous year. Ikee holds Japan’s national records in the 50, 100, and 200 freestyle and the 50 and 100 butterflies.
“I was aiming for the 56.50-second range but it turned out I swam faster. I feel my level is getting higher,” Ikee said. “Strategy-wise, it was perfect.”
Although expressing worries about how tired she felt after the heats earlier in the day, she did not show it in the race, finishing 1.10 ahead of China’s Zhang Yufai, who settled for silver.
JAKARTA, Aug 19, (AFP): Chinese giant Sun Yang swept to Asian Games 200m freestyle gold Sunday to add to his Olympic and world titles – then had his national anthem played twice after a flag-pole malfunction.
The triple Olympic champion produced a blistering last two laps to clock one minute, 45.43 seconds and successfully launch his quest to win five gold medals in Jakarta.
The victory was twice as sweet for Sun, stunned by Japan’s Kosuke Hagino at the last Asian Games in 2014 and took silver behind Korean rival Park Tae-hwan in 2010.
From the moment Sun strode out sporting a bright yellow tracksuit and huge red headphones to roars from flag-waving Chinese fans, there was only ever likely to be one winner.
The 26-year-old favorite absolutely smashed the final, finishing more than a second clear of Japan’s Katsuhiro Matsumoto, celebrating by screaming out loud and punching the air as he soaked up the applause of his adoring fans.
“I’ve waited eight years for this title,” said an emotional Sun, easily China’s biggest sporting personality.
Philippine Swimming – Jasmine Alkhaldi Makes Finals in 100 Free at Asian Games
A small but competitive team from Philippine Swimming. As 25-year-old Jasmine Alkhaldi made her way to the 100 Freestyle final, clocking a season-best of 56.38 to lead the SEA Rankings.
Alkhaldi qualified 6th to the finals. Alkhaldi made the most of the absence of Quah Ting Wen of Singapore, and Nguyen Vien of Vietnam, who beat her at the last SEA Games in 2017, where she picked up the bronze.
Consequently, Jasmine was the fastest qualifier from South East Asia to the final. Jasmine set the National Record of 55.90 during the SEA Games bronze effort. She will have a shot at breaking that tonight.
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Philippine Swimming – Roxanne Ashley Yu makes 200 Backstroke Finals at Asian Games.
Aug 19, 2018
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Despite having only 2 Swimmers entered at the Asian Games. Philippine Swimming made a big splash in the pool as 21-year-old Roxane Ashley Yu barged her way into the 200 Backstroke Final at the Asian Games. You will swim in the finals in the evening. Yu surpassed her SEA Games Bronze time and standard for the 2019 SEA Games.
Yu clocked 2:19:12 to finish second in heat 2 behind Liu Yaxin of China, who has the fastest time. She did take the scalp of Yessie Yosaputra of Indonesia, the SEA Games Silver medalist. Yu was the bronze medalist in Kuala Lumpur 2017 SEA Games, improving her time off (2:19.98). Yu, in the 2015 SEA Games, clocked a PB of 2:18.45 as an 18-year-old.
Vien of Vietnam, the SEA Games Champion who was the Bronze medalist in 2014, did not join the 200 Backstroke as she is focussing on Individual Medley events. However, Fitriyati of Indonesia, who didn’t medal in this event in the SEA Games, has qualified ahead.
The defending champion from 4 years ago, Sayaka Akase of Japan, also qualified for the final. The Philippines had no entry in this event 4 years ago.
Yu has schooled overseas. She went to high school in Phuket, Thailand, at the British School and now attends school. She now attends college at the University of Miami, Florida.
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Philippines Swimming Isleta not entered in time
On a side note. Shame that POC couldn’t sort out Chloe Isleta’s entry in time. She just swam a 2:17.71 at Neo Garden in Singapore on 21 June.
So would have been more than capable of making that final. At the same time, it’s probably crazy to think Chloe could have landed top 3. She probably would have gone around 6th or 7th overall.
Nicole is the most productive athlete on the Philippine Team as of now. Topping. Two events, the 200M Free Style Rankings with a Silver SEA Games medal standard and the 800M Freestyle with a bronze medal standard.
Oliva #2 in the 400M Freestyle with a bronze medal standard and #3 in the 1500 Freestyle. She also ranks in the Top 10 in the SEA for the year in the 200 Backstroke, 200 Butterfly, 200 Individual Medley, and 400 Individual Medley.
After achieving 4 QTAs, she will represent the Philippines at the Olympic Youth Festival Final in Rio as she has qualified for the meet.
Nicole Oliva makes a big splash at world level 7th at World Olympic Youth.
Nicola Oliva barged into the 400m Free Style Final with a time of 4:16.72.
Furthermore, Oliva had finished 7th in the 200m Freestyle earlier t the Youth Olympic Games Finals in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Consequently, she Qualified 4th going into the final.
In contrast, the only Asian athlete to qualify.
The mark was just outside Oliva 4:16.32 PB set at the 2018 Pan Pacific Champs earlier this year in Tokyo.
Oliva’s mark of 4:16.32 is the Philippines National Record in this event. (Wikipedia incorrectly reports 4:16.61, which is a weaker performance than what she has actually done). This was a good outcome for Philippines Swimming.
In the Final, Oliva had a slightly better mark of 4:16.61, which placed her 6th place higher than her ranking in the 200m Freestyle the other day.
Oliva marks in the 200 and 400 Free at this competition surpass the 2017 SEA Games Bronze medal performance, but her 200 PB from earlier in the year is good enough for Silver at SEA Games.
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Nicole Oliva Makes Big Splash at World Youth Level
Rising Filipino swimming star Nicole Oliva, 16, made it all the way to the finals at the Youth Olympic Games Final in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Nicole Oliva clocked 2:02.08 to qualify 8th and last going into the finals.
And then upgraded to 7th place in the final with a slightly slower time of 2:02.13.
The mark was a big improvement in her performance at the World Swimming Championships last year, where she did 2:05.55 and placed 36th of 54 athletes.
The 5’7 Nicole Oliva is at St. Francis High School in the United States. And represents Santa Clara Swim Club.
Allison Beebe coaches her.
The Philippine Record in 200 Free is 2:00.84, set by Jasmine Alkhaldi at the 2015 SEA Games in Singapore. Nicole Oliva has timed 2:00.98 earlier in the year at the Pan Pacific Games in Tokyo.
Oliva sets New Philippine Record in 800m Freestyle
June 10, 2018
from www.pinoyswimming.com
Then and Now. Nicole Oliva (Left) and Erica Totten (right)
CONGRATULATIONS NICOLE OLIVA for setting a new 800m Freestyle Philippine National Record of 8:48.62 at the Santa Clara TYR-Pro Swim Series, erasing Erica Totten’s 9-year-old record of 8:53.34 clocked at the 13th FINA World Championship in Rome, Italy, July 31, 2009.
Nicole Oliva receives a special award.
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Popular Young Swimmer Micaela Jasmine Modjeh Breaks National 200 Butterfly Age Grade Record (video)
Feb 21, 2018
We previously reported about a swimmer being developed by the Philippine Swimming League (PSL). Jasmine Modjeh with the help of the Philippine Sports Commission.
Surprisingly the write-up has amassed 1500 reads. This young swimmer is just as popular as Hidilyn Diaz (Weight Lifting), Mary Joy Tabal (Athletics), or Ochoa (Jujitsu). So when we heard the news that Modjeh had broken a national age-grade record. We were quick to write a follow-up. Pinoyathletics started with Athletics but quickly became the voice ‘roar’ of the Filipino Athlete.
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First, note Modjeh is a Filipino-Iranian hence the surname. Modjeh was born towards the end of 2006. Took the Filipino 200m Butterfly age Grade Record for 13 and Under. Her mark was 2:25.82, which broke the record set by Regina Maria Paz Castrillo at the Speedo League NCR Leg 1, on August 8, 2013. This new mark was established at the 2018 Middle Eastern Open Swimming Championships held at the Hamdan Sports Complex in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, on February 18.
Please note that even though the media has been noted as a National Junior Record, the actual Junior Record is 2:18.80, set by Marichi Gandionco in 2004 as a 14-year-old. The age division which Modjeh will move up to next year.
Modjeh time was a big improvement of more than 11 secs on her best time last year of 2:37.03 time set in the Thanyanpura invitational meet last February.
Besides the Philippines and the Czech Republic, participants from Hungary, Iran, Pakistan, Lebanon, Bahrain, India, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar also competed in the three-day meet.
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11 Yr Old Swimmer Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh Sets Sights 2024 Olympics
(Go For Gold Facebook Quoted If I’m not mistaken, she broke the age-group record of Singapore’s first gold medalist Joseph Schooling in a Singapore tournament just recently, which Schooling recorded in 2006.)
A comparison of Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh Scores to National Age Grade Records on Pinoyswimming.com.
Pinoyathletics will rely on these more so than the Batang Pinoy Records as these are more comprehensive.
Hence the Comparison of Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh’s performance (left side) is to the National Under 13 Records (right side).
I was informed that Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh was born in 2005; hence, it is still under 13.
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Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh 5 Golds
50m Butterfly 30.64 / Record 29.07/ Palaro Record 29.68
50m Breaststroke 38.54/ Record 35.35/ Palaro Record 36.63
200m Individual Medley 2:37.64/ Record 2:31.04/Palaro Record 2.33.71
100m Butterfly 1:10.34/ Record 1:05.20/ Palaro Record 1.06.91
100m Breast Stroke 1:23.88 / Record 1:18.73/ Palaro Record 1.19.35
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While based on this analysis, she is actually closest to the 200m Individual Medley Under 13 Record, taking distance and time differentials into account.
While she has 1-2 years left in this age category, she is within 2 secs of the Palarong Pambansa record in 200 IM and within the 50m, Butterfly, and Breast Stroke events range.
The time of 2.37.64 ranks Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh 7th on the 13 and Under Rankings (pinoyswimming.com). Her main opponent in the Palaro might be Maglia Jayce Dignadice, last-year bronze medalist in this event in elementary, who has a comparable time of 2.37.90.
All the other athletes ranked above Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh are overage for Palaro 2018.PSL has really found themselves a very potential athlete. However, it’s earlier days yet, and who knows what could happen with support, etc.
Philippine Swimming League (PSL) standout Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh bagged five gold medals. In the Palarong Pambansa qualifying tournament. Held at the Olivarez Swimming Pool in Parañaque City.
Representing Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque. Most noteworthy was the 11-year old Mojdeh dominated all her individual events in the girls’ elementary division. Hence earning a spot in the Palarong Pambansa National Capital Region qualifying meet in February.
Especially relevant is the fact she is at her young age already a veteran of international competitions. Hence giving her the experience and much needed confidence boost. Consequently, Mojdeh made her presence felt early in the tournament by ruling the 50m butterfly in 30.64 seconds. And the 50m breaststroke in 38.54 seconds.
Furthermore, Mojdeh continued her impressive showing in the afternoon session. Simultaneously, she reigned supreme in the lung-busting 200m Individual Medley in two minutes and 37.64 seconds. Besides, capping her campaign with two more gold medals in the 100m butterfly (1:10.34) and 100m breaststroke (1:23.88).
“I’m happy that I was able to perform well in this competition. I was able to beat my personal best in all those events but it doesn’t mean anything yet. I need to improve my times for the next level of the competition which is the regional meet,” Mojdeh said.
Mojdeh has been winning gold medals in different international competitions this year.
She actually set six Philippine junior national records in the girls’ 10-year category early this year during the 2017 Japan Age-Group Swimming Championship held in Tokyo. (please check pinoyswimming.com to verify)
Also, Mojdeh stamped her class in the 100m butterfly (1:11.35), 50m butterfly (32.22), 100m breaststroke (1:25.52), 50m breaststroke (39.58), 200m Individual Medley (2:39.6), and 100m Individual Medley (1:14.3).
Last year, Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh earned gold medals in the
Winter Kanto Plain Championship;
Indian Ocean All-Stars Challenge in Perth, Australia; CNEF Stingrays
Invitational Meet in Hong Kong; 12th SICC Invitational Swim Meet in Singapore;
2016 Buccaneer Invitational Swim Meet in Tokyo, Japan;
Hamilton Swimming Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Also, she was a back-to-back recipient of the prestigious Philippine Sportswriters Association Tony Siddayao award. A most noteworthy honor given to young outstanding athletes in the country.
Consequently, the Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque tanker is being groomed for the 2024 Olympic Games.
“I’ll just continue my training and try my best as I really aim to qualify for the Olympics in the future. It’s everybody’s dream to compete in the Olympics and I want to make that dream a reality. I know it won’t be easy but I’m ready to face the challenge,” said Mojdeh.
We have not included the 2018 SEA Youth and 2018 ASEAN School Games Results. Or other meets not sanctioned by FINA. These Rankings represent an assortment of competitions from January 1, 2018, to August 19, 2018. Andrew Pirie compiles them, and ATFS Statistician is better known for his Track and Field Stats work.
Athletes who have broken the 2017 SEA Games marks are highlighted in
Yellow = Gold
Gray = Silver
Brown = Bronze
Blue Highlight is for Filipino athletes ranked but have not achieved a SEA Games Bronze Medal mark.
SSun rises flags fall on the opening night of swimming finals.
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Sun Yang thought he’d seen it all in his glittering swimming career. That was until Sunday’s opening night of swimming finals at the Asian Games.
In an embarrassing technical blunder for game organizers, the flag hoist collapsed during the Chinese national anthem playing as Sun stood atop the podium after winning the 200-meter freestyle final.
Officials picked the flags up off the pool deck and hastily reattached them to the broken metal hoist but were unable to raise them again while the anthem was played for a second time, to the bemusement of Sun and spectators watching in the stands.
With three-time Olympic freestyle champion Sun Yang leading the way, China’s vaunted team of pool sharks is determined to take a bite out of the 18th Asian Games in Jakarta.
Three days before the competition opens, the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Center in a southern suburb of the Indonesian capital was the scene of frenzied action on Wednesday as Chinese swimmers tested the water in a final tune-up for the quadrennial event.
Sun vows to spearhead China’s dominance while warding off strong challenges from archrival Japan as the team’s undisputed leader in and out of the water.
“I’ve fully prepared for the Asian Games after intensive training in Hong Kong, where I improved my aerobic endurance for the long-distance events,” said Sun, who will compete in all four individual freestyle events from 200m to 1500m in Jakarta.
At the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, Sun lost his opening 200 to Japanese underdog Kosuke Hagino. Still, it rebounded to win gold in the 400 and 1500, as well as the men’s 4×100 free relay, contributing greatly to China’s leading haul of 22 golds.
Brash, belligerent, and often painted as swimming’s big, bad wolf, Chinese giant Sun Yang will be looking to salvage his rivals at the Asian Games.
The triple Olympic champion is poised to swim the men’s 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m freestyle in Jakarta — and it would take an astonishing upset to deny him a gold medal sweep.
No shrinking violet, Sun triggered a diplomatic row at the 2014 Asian Games by slamming Japan’s national anthem as “ugly” after being ambushed by Kosuke Hagino in the 200m free in Korea.
Sun was banned for three months in 2014 for taking trimetazidine, prescribed for a heart condition and which had only been included on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of illegal substances four months earlier.
Rival swimmers tore into Sun at the Rio Olympics in 2016, where Australian Mack Horton labeled him a “drug cheat” and Frenchwoman Camille Lacourt sniffed that Sun “pees purple.”
Chloe Isleta makes the A Final of the 400 IM at the Pan Pacific
August 9, 2018
Championships in Tokyo. 2017 SEA Games bronze is 4:54.
Yui Ohashi, JPN, 4:36.05 Melanie Margalis, USA, 4:39.09 Sakiko Shimizu, JPN, 4:39.76 Emily Overholt, CAN, 4:40.63 Brooke Forde, USA, 4:40.76 Ally McHugh, USA, 4:41.08 Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson, CAN, 4:44.64 Ye Huiyan, CHN, 4:57.65 Chloe Isleta, PHI, 4:59.21
Also, qualifying was Nicole Oliva and Ana Rosalee Mira Santa. Bronze in the last SEA Games is 8:51.09 in this event.
WOMEN’S 800 FREE TIMED FINAL (EARLY HEATS)
Pan Pac Record: 8:11.35, Katie Ledecky (USA), 2014
Erica Sullivan, USA, 8:26.27
Haley Anderson, USA, 8:27.13
Madeleine Gough, AUS, 8:27.28
Ashley Twichell, USA, 8:29.36
Chase Travis, USA, 8:37.86
Kate Sanderson, CAN, 8:43.99
Nicole Justine Marie Oliva, PHI, 8:53.21
Ana Rosalee Mira Santa, PHI, 9:12.04
Making it to the Finals from the Philippines was Timothy Yen in the Men’s 100m Breaststroke, Christina Miranda Renner in the B Final of the Women’s breaststroke, Nicole Oliva 200m Free B Final, the and the Mixed 4×100 Medley Relay.
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SEA Age Grade Championships 2018
2018 Philippine SEA Age Grade Champs in Philippines SwimmingHosted the 3-day event in Laguna. Final Medal Tally. Congratulations to our 4 gold medalists and the many Junior records.
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Some facts about SEA Age Grade champs in swimming
Vietnam had more gold than all other teams, put together 58 vs. 47 for all other teams.
Vietnam had more Total Medals 119 than the next best two teams put together Thailand and Indonesia that had 107
The Philippines had 4 of 105 medals being the host that is 3.8% of all the golds.
The Philippines had 30 of 316 total medals or 9.4% of all total medals.
In 2017 the Philippines had 4 Gold, 9 Silver, 8 Bronze = 21 total medals.
While the Philippines got more total medals at the host and equaled its Gold count from last year. Vietnam, every year is increasing its number of golds.
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POC Suspends Philippine Swimming: Two Articles in the news today. From Manila Times
POC President Ricky Vargas
POC declares PSi election invalid
BY JOSEF T. RAMOS, TMT ON
Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) President Ricky Vargas said that they suspended the recognition of Philippine Swimming Inc. (PSI) headed by its president, Lani Velasco, after the arbitration committee declared the election of the PSI last February invalid.
Vargas stressed that they would do everything to fast-track the case of swimming before the start of the Asian Games in Indonesia from August 18 to September 2.
By Lailani Velasco OIC of Philippine Swimming Incorporated
It was an honor and privilege for me to represent our country as a Bureau Member of the Asian Swimming Federation in the recently concluded 9th Asian Age Group Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
CONGRATULATIONS to the Philippine team of Bhay Newberry, Camille Lauren Buico, Thanya Dela Cruz, and Sam Alcos, coached by Marichi Gandionco. Our 4
swimmers came home with…
– 3 Gold from Bhay Newberry
– 1 Silver from Camille Buico
– 2 Bronze from Camille Buico and Thanya Delia Cruz
This is the first time that the Philippines has garnered Gold in the Asian Age Group Championship! This event is recognized as the most important Age Group Swim Meet in Asia.
Gold medalist Bhay Newberry and Silver medalist Camille Buico and Coach Marichi were part of the Philippine Sports Commission’s Junior Team to train in Santa Clara and Seattle last June-July 2017. I hope that our Junior swimmers will continue to be given opportunities to train in similar swim camps because they hope for the future and the valuable lessons they learn are priceless. Let us continue to harness our young swimmers’ talents to reap the harvests in the years to come.
Congratulations to our Artistic Swimming Team- Jem Tiambeng, Isabel Pacheco, Coach Maria Elizabeth, and Coach Reina Rose Enriquez-Suarez. Well done, girls!
Thank you, and congratulations to the Uzbekistan Swimming Federation for a successful event!
Thank you to Chairman Butch Ramirez, the PSC Board, and the PSC staff for your all-out support to our Junior Athletes.
Lastly, Thank You, dear God, for all the blessings, guidance, and strength. 🙏🏻
“You must give to get. You must sow the seed before you can reap the harvest.” by Scott Reed.
Asian Junior Swimming Tashkent, Uzbekistan Philippien Team
2017 Batang Pinoy Luzon Santiago Swimmer takes 5 Golds
Oct 29, 2017
Jalil Taguinod Photo by Joey Mendoza
2017 Batang Pinoy Luzon Santiago Swimmer takes 5 Golds
Vigan City, A swimmer fromSantiago City, Isabella captured 5 Golds. 11-year-old Jalil Taguinod. In the 12 Under Age Category for Boys. This was done in 3 days.
I have ranked his events, starting with the best performance.
200m Individual Medley 2 min 31.29
This mark is already below the Batang Pinoy Record 2 min 31.29 of MC Tracy Alindogan, set 5 years in the 2012 Batang Pinoy Finals.
The Under 13 Record, according to pinoyswimming.com, is 2 min 19.85 set by Michael Mars Danila in 2002. Since there is no Under 12 record and Jalili is still 11 (2006), there is some time to catch up.
200m Breaststroke 2 min 46.01 secs
Also within the range of the record of Ethan Roy Co 2 min 45.41, 2014
100m Breaststroke 1 min 16.27 secs
The Batang Pinoy Record is 1 min 15.21 Ethan Roy Co, 2014
This will give Jalil a good chance at the Final to break that
50m Breaststroke 33.58 secs
Quite far from Joshua Taleon 31.88 in 2014
50m Back 39.92 secs
Very far from the Batang Pinoy Record of Seth Martin 31.12
This was 5 of 6 golds; the only gold he could not help his team win the 4×200 medley relay on Thursday.
With Synchronized swimming complete, the Philippines finished with 0 medals in these events. Jemimah Nissi Tiambeng and Allyssa Marey Salvador finished with a final score of 59.6333.
Likewise, in Water Polo, the Philippines lost its last Game against Indonesia 12-5. With 3 losses, this placed the Mens Team 4th with Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia getting the top 3 medals in Water Polo
Swimming 2017 SEA Games Day 4 – Medals campaign on hold for the day
The Philippines in Men’s Water Polo has 2 losses and 1 win now a 7-5 loss to Singapore.
The Philippines also did not medal in the synchronized swimming, with Deborah Fei of Singapore taking the Gold in the Solo Free routine. Aaliyah Pachecho did not place in the top 3. Malaysia won the solo technical of sync swimming with Fei of Singapore retaking second the Philippines failed to medal.
SEA Games Aug 16, 2017
Meanwhile, the Philippines Men’s Water Polo was unlucky today, losing narrowly 8-7 to hosts Malaysia. After winning a stunning 9-7 over 2015 SEA Bronze medallists Thailand. After having no wins in the 2015 SEA Games. While Defending Champions Trounced Thailand 13-2 in the other pool.
2017 SEA Games Day 2 – Philippine Mens Water Polo beats Thailand in Opening Game
Aug 15, 2017
How good for the morale of the Team was it that the Philippines won their first event?
The Philippines beat Thailand in Men’s Water Polo on Day 2 of the 2017 SEA Games. In their first-round match, the Philippines triumphed 9-7 over Thailand. Thailand was the Bronze medallists in the 2015 games edition. Even though early days, the win is a huge moral victory for the Philippines, who have been eluded from a gold medal in Aquatics the last 3 SEA Games.
This delighted Philippine Swimming Incorporated OIC Lailani Velasco, who witnessed the event.
In an earlier match, 2015 Silver Medalists Indonesia beat Malaysia 4-3.
The SEA Games Water Polo is a round-robin tournament. Each contestant meets each other in turn, rather than an elimination tournament, which is knockout. The Philippine Men will next play Malaysia tomorrow and Singapore the day after that. With just 4 teams participating. The top 2 in the pool will play for the Gold and Silver and the other two the
Bronze medal. The Philippines’ win over Thailand gives it a good chance of bagging a medal this time.
Philippine Swimming Leads the way in Fair Selection selects only athletes who hit Bronze for SEA Games.
July 24, 2017
I would like to congratulate Philippine Swimming Incorporated PSI despite taking a bit longer. We know it’s due to careful analysis of data and planning.
To sticking to and abiding by a fair and measurable selection process. Strictly the bronze medal standard. And not opening ‘the back door’ to make exceptions to their clear and transparent selection system.
As when you ‘Bend the Rules’ in a selection process, you open the doors to other athletes and coaches questioning the association’s judgment and credibility. With these scenarios
“If my athlete didn’t hit your criteria, why did you let xxx athlete who didn’t hit the criteria come into the team.”
With Fair Selection for Measurable Sports
Measurable Sports = Measurable System Methodology based on numbers. Whether the bronze medal orFINA Points or whatever.
Absolutely no Favoritism. Think with Brain and not Heart when selecting. The athlete actually has the performance rather than “I think this athlete will perform well.
Selection system methodology and team list made public. So all stakeholders and members of the community can see the transparent and fair selection reasoning. It also saves an association from repeating themselves, explaining the same thing repeatedly when people start emailing or calling up. Easier to point them towards a web link so the association can spend more time ‘well running the association;
While other opinions are, we should be giving other athletes the chance to participate. I think that it’s better to send younger athletes being developed to international Age Grade meets.
If the SEA Games is a lower level meet, then hitting the bronze should not be too much to ask.
More young athletes need to be supported, so they have more chances to hit the bronze standard. And with that extra support, they should have no trouble qualifying for SEA Games. This extra support involves measurable selection for Youth age-grade meets. In cooperation, PSC has agreed to send young swimmers to a training camp in the United States.
Although more investment in youth meets, which swimmers are usually funding themselves, would be beneficial also. Quite a large delegation is going to the ASEAN School Games next month,
If athletes cannot even qualify for the SEA Games Bronze standard with full support, they may need to find other athletes to develop.
Getting sent to SEA Games is an incentive for athletes to strive to hit the bronze medal mark.
And just sending everyone would lose the prestige of those who hit the bronze medal mark.
Swimming’s Officer in Charge Lailani Velasco, stood firm on not including an athlete who failed to make the bronze. All 10 swimmers selected made the bronze. As soon as you make one exception, it opens the back door for all kinds of appeals and complaints, which would have taken the focus and energy away from preparing for the games.
Velasco, who is the PSI Secretary-General, is looking after the Swimming Association with its President Mark Joseph away for the time being.
2016 Batang Pinoy Swimming 7 New Records Day 1 & 2 Batang 2 Records in Boys 12 and Under
Nov 29, 2016
Please note that records originally were for 12 and under and 13-15. Now records are for 12 and under and 13-17. To accommodate this, I will add a 16-17. the group for records if they exceed the 13-15 marks. Otherwise, I will disregard them. Relay Results have not been accepted if 13-15 with 16, 17-year-old athletes in place.12 & Under 200 Meter Back: Janelle Alisa Lim, 12 BDAG 2.35.19
Previous Record: Maria Olegario San Juan, 2.39.22 (Iloilo)
13-15 Girls 50 Meter Breast:
50 LC Breaststroke
Girls 13-15
35.35
Thanya Dela Cruz
MARC
Tagum
29.11.16
Previous Record:
50 LC Breaststroke
Girls 13-15
35.69
Raissa Gavino
Quezon City
Bacolod
29.01.14
11-12 Boys 200 Meter Fly
200 LC Butterfly
Boys 11-12
2.30.38
Kenji Arguzon
Dasmarinas
Bacolod
12.12.14
200 LC Butterfly
Boys 11-12
2.30.07
Maenard Batang
Baguio City
Tagum
29.11.16
11-12 Boys 100 Back
100 LC Backstroke
Boys 11-12
1.09.19
Seth Martin
Quezon City
Bacolod
13.12.14
100 LC Backstroke
Boys 11-12
1.08.88
Maenard Batang
Baguio City
Tagum
29.11.16
New Event
200 LC Medley Relay
Boys 11-12
2.14.39
B. Cabilete, E. Omandan, K. Leybag, A. Sumaoy
DDNP
Tagum
29.11.16
200 LC Medley Relay
Girls 11-12
2.17.71
N. Mendoza, M. Dignadice, M. Manantan, J. Carbonell
PPST
Tagum
29.11.16
New Record
200 LC Freestyle
Girls 11-12
2.20.52
Aubrey Sheian Bermejo
Iligan
Cebu
28.11.15
200 LC Freestyle
Girls 11-12
2.18.17
Janella Alisa Lin
BDAG
Tagum
29.11.1
2, 5 Records Fall Bermejo breaks 14-year-old meet Record (results)
Cebu, with two days out of four done for the Batang Pinoy Swimming Finals. 5 Records fell in the pool in swimming.
The oldest swimming record finally fell Aubrey Sheian Bermejo (Iligan), who clocked 2.20.52 in 11-12 Girls 200 Freestyle mark of Reena Danggoy 2.24.46 of PRQ, which was set in the older editions of the Batang Pinoy in 2001.
Gian Carlo De Guzman, 2.29.14 of Lipa City, broke the 11-12 boys 200 Backstroke record of Seth Martin (2.33.03) (Quezon City) Bacolod year.
3 of the Records in the 400 Individual Medley took a tumble as well. Miguel C. Barretto (Quezon City) broke the 3-year-old record of Miguel Adormeo (Lucena) in Boys 11-12 400 Individual Medley lowering it nearly 10 seconds 5.34.04 to 5.24.70. In the girls, 11-12, Gianna Garcia (Manila) swam 5.38.69 lowering the meet record last year of Zoe Marie Hilario (Davao City), which was 5.39.59.
Philip Josquit Yu-Santos (Cebu) swam a new mark in the 13-15 boys with a time of 4.52.96 to beat Ianiko Grieco Limfilipino (Quezon City) 4.56.17 set in Bacolod in 2014.
Philippines Swimming
List of Batang Pinoy Records in Swimming
Philippine Swimming 2014
Milo Little Olympics
Marikina Sports Complex
Oct 24-25
This was on October 24-25 at Marikina Sports Complex. Straight Final of 8, 2 from each team.
Written by Tribune Wires, Monday, 18 August 2014 00:00
NANJING — Swimmer Roxanne Yu and triathlete Vicky Deldio gave their best for the Philippines but couldn’t leave a mark in the second Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The Filipinas, both 16, were pitted against the best in their respective events Sunday and found it hard to keep pace in the first day of intense action.
Roxanne Ashley Yu, a scholar at the British International School in Phuket, saw action in the girls’ 100-meter backstroke qualifying heats at the Nanjing Olympic Center Natatorium.
She booked a time of one minute and 5.16 seconds to surpass her previous personal best of 1:05.20.
The 5-foot-5 swimmer under high-precision coach Simon Jones of Australia finished fourth in her heat that Eleni Anna Koutsoveli of Greece won in 1:03.48.
After the five heats involving 33 swimmers, Yu ranked 26th. Only the top 16 swimmers led by Clara Smiddy of the United States (1:01.73) made it to the finals set Sunday evening.
You said it was a great experience for her to swim against the best in her field.
“I’m okay. It was my best time in the event, and I’m happy with that,” said the former student of the Immaculate Concepcion Academy in San Juan.
Yu has one event left in this quadrennial event that drew around 3,600 athletes from 202 nations. Overall, there are 222 gold medals staked in 28 sports.
On Tuesday, she will compete in the 200-meter backstroke.
“I will be back to try to give my best,” said Yu a couple of hours after her morning race. She said it felt so different racing in the YOG.
“It feels really different racing against swimmers of different nationalities—Iba-iba ang itsura.
It was a very different kind of atmosphere.
“But it felt so good. All the people were cheering during the race. And when my name was called, I could hear our delegation cheering my name,” she added.
Chloe smashes own National Record in 400 IM surpasses Olympic B standard July 18, 2015
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Swimming: Hall moves up to #1 in South East Asia
June 29, 2014
Josh Hall
Fil-Heritage swimmer Joshua Hall swam 1:03.28 in the 100 Breaststroke at the recent MN Twin Jump to June at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most Noteworthy is that the 23-year-old was the bronze medievalist at the 2013 SEA Games in this event. Furthermore, he now moves to #1 in South East Asia for 2014 Rankings.
While his time was slightly better than his 1:03.32 bronze effort in Myanmar last year, the Performance gives Hall the standard of bronze medal sea games.
Written by Tribune Wires, Monday, 18 August 2014 00:00
NANJING — Swimmer Roxanne Yu and triathlete Vicky Deldio gave their best for the Philippines but couldn’t leave a mark in the second Youth Olympic Games (YOG).
The Filipinas, both 16, were pitted against the best in their respective events Sunday and found it hard to keep pace in the first day of intense action.
Roxanne Ashley Y
Yu, a scholar at the British International School in Phuket, saw action in the qualifying heats of the girls’ 100-meter backstroke at the Nanjing Olympic Center Natatorium.
She booked a time of one minute and 5.16 seconds to surpass her previous personal best of 1:05.20.
The 5-foot-5 swimmer under high-precision coach Simon Jones of Australia finished fourth in her heat that Eleni Anna Koutsoveli of Greece won in 1:03.48.
After the five heats involving 33 swimmers, Yu ranked 26th. Only the top 16 swimmers led by Clara Smiddy of the United States (1:01.73) made it to the finals set Sunday evening.
You said it was a great experience for her to swim against the best in her field.
“I’m okay. It was my best time in the event, and I’m happy with that,” said the former student of the Immaculate Concepcion Academy in San Juan.
Yu has one event left in this quadrennial event that drew around 3,600 athletes from 202 nations. Overall, there are 222 gold medals staked in 28 sports.
On Tuesday, she will compete in the 200-meter backstroke.
“I will be back to try to give my best,” said Yu a couple of hours after her morning race. She said it felt so different racing in the YOG.
“It feels really different racing against swimmers of different nationalities—Iba-iba ang itsura.
It was a very different kind of atmosphere.
“But it felt so good. All the people were cheering during the race. And when my name was called, I could hear our delegation cheering my name,” she added.
Chloe smashes own National Record in 400 IM surpasses Olympic B standard July 18, 2015
Philippines Swimming
Swimming: Hall moves up to #1 in South East Asia
June 29, 2014
Josh Hall
Fil-Heritage swimmer Joshua Hall swam 1:03.28 in the 100 Breaststroke at the recent MN Twin Jump to June at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Most Noteworthy is that the 23-year-old was the bronze medievalist at the 2013 SEA Games in this event. Furthermore, he now moves to #1 in South East Asia for 2014 Rankings.
While his time was slightly better than his 1:03.32 bronze effort in Myanmar last year, the Performance gives Hall the standard of bronze medal sea games.
Meanwhile, Hall may be promoted to a silver medal as his opponent Indra Gunawan (INA) was announced to have a two-year doping ban
Philippines Swimming
2014 SEA Swimming Rankings Final
Jun 4, 2014
Singapore’s TeenagerJoseph Schooling leads a team of mighty swimmers to the 2015 SEA Games.
2014 Sea Swimming. Below is the complete ranking list of southeast Asian Swimming for 2014. Only LC results have been included.
Josh Hall recently made his first splash on the International scene, winning a bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and competing at the World Championships for The Philippines in Barcelona, breaking multiple National records along the way.
But his journey started much earlier, beginning in Germany and taking him through Wisconsin as a state champion and onto a swimming scholarship to become one of the best breaststrokers in The University of Minnesota’s history.
Born in Germany to a military family with a Filipino mother whose parents were married in Japan, Josh moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, at age 5. Swimming seemed to be the only thing his older sister could beat him in, so the young and competitive Josh decided to begin swimming, eventually joining the Wausau Tide Swim Club, which took his swimming career to the next level. After winning state titles in Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota offered Josh a scholarship to qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
As Josh’s mother is Filipino, he competed for The Philippines at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and World Championships, with Josh saying, “the journey has been really, really fun.” Josh is on track to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics for The Philippines but will need support to get there.
When competing for the Filipino National team, he had access to a physical therapist, massage therapist, and sports psychologist. As Josh is now graduated, he does not have access to these tools at his University. Additionally, Josh is looking to represent The Philippines on the 2014 Asian leg of the World Cup circuit in Singapore, China, and Japan; but his travel is not covered to get to the meets to compete.
Additionally, Josh’s dream is to ensure that his parents can see him compete in person at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on his road to Rio. “I want them all to see a kid who dreamed of going to the Olympics at 10 years old and then see him realize that crazy dream 15 years later,” says Josh.
Help Josh gets to the 2016 Olympics for The Philippines with the training and travel he needs and helps his parents get to The Asian Games to watch their son compete in person.
50% of all funds achieved over Josh’s goal will go to the Philippines Red Cross for typhoon relief.
Philippine Swimming League (PSL) President Susan Papa has welcomed the idea of participating in the Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games (PNG), both organized by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).PSC Chairman Ricardo Garcia said the Batang Pinoy and the PNG are open to all potential athletes as the commission aims to discover fresh talents for future international competitions.
“We are thankful to PSC Chairman Garcia for opening the doors for us to compete in PSC-POC-sanctioned competitions such as Batang Pinoy and PNG. The PSL is also grateful for letting us use the swimming facility at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. This is the beginning of democratic, progressive, responsive and effective approach in sports,” said Papa.
Philippine Swimming League President Susan Papa, Secretary-General Maria Susan Benasa MD, 1970 Universiade veteran Sonia Baltazar, guest speaker Engr. Alfredo Mascardo and Elizabeth Mascardo Ph.D., and coaches of different teams pose after the PSL coaches and trainers seminar held on Sunday at the Diliman Preparatory School in Quezon City.
Lorenzo Jenkins Labao has seven titles in Swimming
Jan 31, 2014
Jenkins being interviewed by the Media.
BATANG PINOY press release
BACOLOD CITY — Fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Jenkins Labao of Baguio City caught two more gold medals from the pool yesterday to become the most bemedalled athlete in the meet with seven titles in the Batang Pinoy national finals at Panaad Park and Stadium here.
The shy, soft-spoken Labao surprised everyone, even himself, after the masterful sweep of his events, considering that Baguio City wasn’t known as a swimming superpower because of its old climate.
“Because it’s too cold in Baguio, only a few of us really excelled because only a few us showed hard work and determination to continue training in cold waters,” said the third-year high from University of Baguio Preparatory School.
He completed his collection with the boys 13-15 100-meter butterfly and 200m individual medley. He has strung up victories in 400m free, 50m butterfly, 400m IM, 200m medley, freestyle relay, Dan Christian Leyba, Renz Gawidan, and Neil Nazarro.
But it was still Quezon City, which wound up with most triumphs in medal-rich swimming with 14 golds, propelled by Raissa Gavino and Kirsten Chloe Daos, who accounted for three victories each.
Baguio City chalked 10 golds, while Davao City, Manila, Lucena, and Bohol bagged five gold medals.
In triathlon held early in the morning, Sta. Rosa, Laguna’s Julius Constantino scored an upset over national pool reserve Frederick Albert Chiongbian of Cebu City when he bagged the boy’s gold medal.
Constantino, 15, peeled way in the third and last lap around the oval in bike stage to clock 27 minutes covering 400m swim, 8.4km bike, and 2k run event. He bested Chiongbian (27:34), who is being considered for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing this year. Cainta’s Sam Ranque was third (27:49).
The 5-foot-9 Constantino, who studies at Colegio de San Agustin, padded his lead in the run event to score his first medal in the meet after placing fourth last BP.
Twelve-year-old Nicole Eijansantos of Quezon City also pulled a surprise win herself when she left everybody behind in the swim stage to dominate the girl’s side in 29:50, besting older rivals Lauren Justine Plaza of Binan, Laguna (30:05) and Victoria Deldio of Olongapo (30:39).
Eijansantos, a six-grader from School of the Holy Spirit, led from start to finish and said it was a very tough race for her but was relieved to win the gold on her first BP appearance.
Iloilo City captured nine of the 12 gold medals at stake in arnis any competitions or forms. Crystal AJ Bartonico accounted for three of them: girls single weapon solo, double weapon solo and sword, and dagger solo.
Over at Negros Occidental National High School grounds, World Series veteran Iloilo defeated Gen. Santos City (14-2) and Bacolod (6-0) to post its fourth win seven-team girl’s softball event.
The Little League Asia Pacific/Middle East champ needs one more win to secure top spot and outright finals berth in the single-round Page system where the second – and third-ranked teams battle it out for the last final slot.
UAAP standout wins PSL top swim recognition
(The Philippine Star) | Updated January 2, 2014 – 12:00am
PSL Swimmer of the Year Claire Adorna of UP
MANILA, Philippines – Ma. Claire Adorna, the Universiade veteran who invoked her right to compete in the UAAP, won four gold medals in her final year to emerge the most outstanding female swimmer of the Philippine Swimming League.
Adorna, 19, captured four golds, one silver, and one bronze and broke three UAAP meet records in her final year as a varsity swimmer of the University of the Philippines to emerge unanimous choice for top honors conferred by the PSL, which conducts the country’s longest-running community sports program.
Adorna was also a consistent Most Outstanding Swimmer (MOS) awardee in local and international swimming competitions, the last being in Bangkok in December 2013.
Josh Hall recently made his first splash on the International scene, winning a bronze medal at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and competing at the World Championships for The Philippines in Barcelona, breaking multiple National records along the way.
But his journey started much earlier, beginning in Germany and taking him through Wisconsin as a state champion and onto a swimming scholarship to become one of the best breaststrokers in The University of Minnesota’s history.
Born in Germany to a military family with a Filipino mother whose parents were married in Japan, Josh moved to Wausau, Wisconsin, at age 5. Swimming seemed to be the only thing his older sister could beat him in, so the young and competitive Josh decided to begin swimming, eventually joining the Wausau Tide Swim Club, which took his swimming career to the next level. After winning state titles in Wisconsin, the University of Minnesota offered Josh a scholarship to qualifying for the NCAA Championships.
As Josh’s mother is Filipino, he competed for The Philippines at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and World Championships, with Josh saying, “the journey has been really, really fun.” Josh is on track to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics for The Philippines but will need support to get there.
When competing for the Filipino National team, he had access to a physical therapist, massage therapist, and sports psychologist. As Josh is now graduated, he does not have access to these tools at his University. Additionally, Josh is looking to represent The Philippines on the 2014 Asian leg of the World Cup circuit in Singapore, China, and Japan; but his travel is not covered to get to the meets to compete.
Additionally, Josh’s dream is to ensure that his parents can see him compete in person at the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on his road to Rio. “I want them all to see a kid who dreamed of going to the Olympics at 10 years old and then see him realize that crazy dream 15 years later,” says Josh.
Help Josh gets to the 2016 Olympics for The Philippines with the training and travel he needs and helps his parents get to The Asian Games to watch their son compete in person.
50% of all funds achieved over Josh’s goal will go to the Philippines Red Cross for typhoon relief.
Philippine Swimming League (PSL) President Susan Papa has welcomed the idea of participating in the Batang Pinoy and Philippine National Games (PNG), both organized by the Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC).PSC Chairman Ricardo Garcia said the Batang Pinoy and the PNG are open to all potential athletes as the commission aims to discover fresh talents for future international competitions.
“We are thankful to PSC Chairman Garcia for opening the doors for us to compete in PSC-POC-sanctioned competitions such as Batang Pinoy and PNG. The PSL is also grateful for letting us use the swimming facility at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex. This is the beginning of a democratic, progressive, responsive, and effective approach in sports,” said Papa.
PSL urges PSC to boost sports-for-all program Philippines Swimming
March 16, 2014, 9:45 pm
Philippine Swimming League President Susan Papa, Secretary-General Maria Susan Benasa MD, 1970 Universiade veteran Sonia Baltazar, guest speaker Engr. Alfredo Mascardo and Elizabeth Mascardo Ph.D., and coaches of different teams pose after the PSL coaches and trainers seminar held on Sunday at the Diliman Preparatory School in Quezon City.
Lorenzo Jenkins Labao has seven titles in Swimming
Jan 31, 2014
Jenkins being interviewed by the Media.
BATANG PINOY press release
BACOLOD CITY — Fifteen-year-old Lorenzo Jenkins Labao of Baguio City caught two more gold medals from the pool yesterday to become the most bemedalled athlete in the meet with seven titles in the Batang Pinoy national finals at Panaad Park and Stadium here.
The shy, soft-spoken Labao surprised everyone, even himself, after the masterful sweep of his events, considering that Baguio City wasn’t known as a swimming superpower because of its old climate.
“Because it’s too cold in Baguio, only a few of us really excelled because only a few us showed hard work and determination to continue training in cold waters,” said the third-year high from University of Baguio Preparatory School.
He completed his collection with the boys 13-15 100-meter butterfly and 200m individual medley. He has strung up victories in 400m free, 50m butterfly, 400m IM, 200m medley, freestyle relay, Dan Christian Leyba, Renz Gawidan, and Neil Nazarro.
But it was still Quezon City that wound up with most triumphs in medal-rich swimming with 14 golds, propelled by Raissa Gavino and Kirsten Chloe Daos, who accounted for three victories each.
Baguio City chalked 10 golds, while Davao City, Manila, Lucena, and Bohol bagged five gold medals.
In triathlon held early in the morning, Sta. Rosa, Laguna’s Julius Constantino scored an upset over national pool reserve Frederick Albert Chiongbian of Cebu City when he bagged the boy’s gold medal.
Constantino, 15, peeled way in the third and last lap around the oval in bike stage to clock 27 minutes covering 400m swim, 8.4km bike, and 2k run event. He bested Chiongbian (27:34), who is being considered for the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing this year. Cainta’s Sam Ranque was third (27:49).
The 5-foot-9 Constantino, who studies at Colegio de San Agustin, padded his lead in the run event to score his first medal in the meet after placing fourth last BP.
Twelve-year-old Nicole Eijansantos of Quezon City also pulled a surprise win herself when she left everybody behind in the swim stage to dominate the girl’s side in 29:50, besting older rivals Lauren Justine Plaza of Binan, Laguna (30:05) and Victoria Deldio of Olongapo (30:39).
Eijansantos, a six-grader from School of the Holy Spirit, led from start to finish and said it was a very tough race for her but was relieved to win the gold on her first BP appearance.
Iloilo City captured nine of the 12 gold medals at stake in arnis any competitions or forms. Crystal AJ Bartonico accounted for three of them: girls single weapon solo, double weapon solo and sword, and dagger solo.
Over at Negros Occidental National High School grounds, World Series veteran Iloilo defeated Gen. Santos City (14-2) and Bacolod (6-0) to post its fourth win seven-team girl’s softball event.
The Little League Asia Pacific/Middle East champ needs one more win to secure top spot and outright finals berth in the single-round Page system where the second – and third-ranked teams battle it out for the last final slot.
UAAP standout wins PSL top swim recognition
(The Philippine Star) | Updated January 2, 2014 – 12:00am
PSL Swimmer of the Year Claire Adorna of UP
MANILA, Philippines – Ma. Claire Adorna, the Universiade veteran who invoked her right to compete in the UAAP, won four gold medals in her final year to emerge the most outstanding female swimmer of the Philippine Swimming League.
Adorna, 19, captured four golds, one silver, and one bronze and broke three UAAP meet records in her final year as a varsity swimmer of the University of the Philippines to emerge unanimous choice for top honors conferred by the PSL, which conducts the country’s longest-running community sports program.
Adorna was also a consistent Most Outstanding Swimmer (MOS) awardee in local and international swimming competitions, the last being in Bangkok in December 2013.
PSL develops future stars thru a grassroots program
(The Philippine Star) | Updated December 31, 2013 – 12:00am
Former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, Atty. Ma. Luz Mendoza and Susan Papa
First of Two Parts
MANILA, Philippines – The Philippine Swimming League, a non-profit, non-stock corporation that doesn’t depend on the government for support, is one of the few success stories in grassroots development.
The PSL was born out of necessity, conceived of by a former Asian Gamer who saw the utter deterioration of a sport she had brought to the doorsteps of the Olympics, expanded it with the help of former swimming greats, sustained its growth, and turned it into what is now a shining example of effective grassroots development for future Olympians.
SEA Games Swimming Update: Agony for Alkhaldi as Thais Demand Re-swim
December 13, 2013
Philippines swimmer looked like they had gone one better than last SEA Games with Jasmine Alkhaldi’s stunning victory in the Women’s 100m Freestyle. Hawaii based Alkhaldi is the Filipino Record Holder in this event (56.37). The Philippines failed to secure gold in the 2011 SEA Games; however, Jessie Lacuna and Deborah Hong (who is not playing this SEA Games and is semi-retired) won medals.
Alkhaldi won the final from the highly fancied Quah and Lim from Singapore in a time of 56.65. Ting Weng Quah and Amanda Lim of Singapore clocked 56.74 and 57.21, respectively.
However, it was not to be as the Thai’s protested after the medal’s awarding, claiming that the race was not recalled when all the swimmers except the Thai went on the first beep. In swimming first beep is set the second beep is gone.
Our very own Jasmine Alkhaldi will swim again today at 6.00 pm in Myanmar. Note some of the Filipino Sprinters who did not swim were still in the start lists, such as Hannah Dato and Fahad Alkhaldi. Fil-Heritage athlete Matt Navata qualified to SEA Games on converted times, qualified third to final in his weaker event, the 400m Individual Medley.
First timer Navata finished fourth in the finals at 4:30.75.
Matt Navata at his first SEA Games
Jasmine Alkhaldi qualified second to the women’s 100m Freestyle final in 57.76 outside her Filipino Record of 56.37 set at the World Champs in Barcelona in July. Alkhaldi won her heat, she was behind in qualifying SEA #2 Qiang Qi Lim (Singapore). Lim’s teammate Mylene Ong who is #1 in SEA rankings, was not competing.
Philippines Swimmer Cordero may still join Games.
Nov 10, 2013
Denjylie Cordero breaking UAAP Records.
There is a strong chance that swimmer Denjylie Cordero will make it to the Southeast Asian Games despite being identified with the sport’s breakaway group.
Philippine Olympic Committee chair Tom Carrasco yesterday said they are inclined to endorse the 18-year-old who is the stalwart of the Philippine Swimming League, which had broken away from the Philippine Swimming Inc. (NB. Denjylie is 21).
“Of course, we still have to get the opinion of the PSI, through its president Mark Joseph, but this is a measurable sport, and we can say that she has a chance of winning,” Carrasco said.
Joshua Hall breaks Miguel Molina’s record at the FINA world champs in Barcelona last July.
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By Peter Atencio of Manila Standard
Aug 26,
University of Minnesota student Josh Hall is the country’s best bet for the gold medal in the 2013 Southeast Asian Games’ swimming competitions.
Philippine Sports Commission chairman Ricardo “Richie” Garcia hinted at what Hall can do based on the agency’s newly acquired researcher Andrew Pirie.
The 22-year-old Hall recently broke the national record in the 2013 FINA World Championships in Barcelona, submitting a time of 28.48 seconds in the men’s 50-meter breaststroke.
This site is now beginning to branch out into Swimming. As my role in the PSC involves data on various sports, there has been a demand from the swimming community and fellow researchers.
There was a further blow to Philippine Swimming when Myanmar’s organizing committee changed the submission deadline from November 15 to October 10. Meaning they could no longer rely on a few major swimming champs between those dates for qualification.
I was assisted by Hiroshi, who has helped compile the latest ranking lists for southeast Asian swimming.
After much consultation, we decided we will be including Converted swimming times from yards to Meters (mainly done by Fil-Heritage swimmers in the United States) as they have been used before for qualification for SEA Games.
It’s important to note many PSI and Non-Psi members felt converted times were justifiable for performance and qualification purposes.
Hiroshi has kindly noted the converted swimming times and what the previous time was before the conversion. We have also used the national ranking lists of Phil Swim, which can be found here. Hiroshi has also included combined relay times based on the best 4 swimmers, which he stated was traditional swimming practice.
This is the final ranking list for 2013 South East Asia Swimming Mens and Womens. I have only included all Long Course competitions the athletes have competed in; short course conversions have been listed separately with *.
The Three overseas-based swimmers Jasmine Alkhaldi, Joshua Hall, and Matt Navata deliver medals: 2 bronzes, 1 bronze, and another bronze. Navata was not put in his highest-ranked event, the 200m Breaststroke; instead, he won a bronze in the Individual Medley. Lacuna, who participated in three events, could not deliver any medals (2 silvers last sea games).
Despite the fact, a swimming guru and I compiled SEA Rankings using converted times also included (these are not as accurate as they are generally a lot faster due to additional kick of walls in shorter pools). The Fil-Heritage trio was still able to deliver on. These were the three athletes the task force had initially selected to participate in the SEA Games. Lacuna was added later on the insistence of the swimming association.
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