Boholano breaks Central Visaya’s jinx in athletics
Boholano Joey Raotraot broke the spell that hounded
Raotraot, a BS Criminology student of Bohol Institute of Technology-International College (BIT-IC), became an instant hero even just in his first try.
The 24-year-old Raotraot said the gold medal came as a surprise for him as he was not able to go through an actual competition for four years now.
Earlier in the day, PRISAA-VII suffered another setback in athletics when Haren Mellindez of the University of Southern Philippines Foundation (USPF) sustained an injury while doing the hurdles.
Before the injury though, Mellindez handed over a bronze in 110m hurdles. He also powered the region’s 4 x 100m relay team to a silver finish along with UC’s Anthony Santillan, George Pinanonang and Arsenio Codilla.
Santillan also came up with a silver in the century dash as
In swimming, the
In basketball, the University of San Carlos (USC)-powered men’s team dumped Region II,107-80, for its third straight victory in as many games, but its women’s counterpart bowed to host Zamboanga, 68-87.
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