It was the Filipino’s fourth gold medal win even as Eduardo Buenavista, at presstime, was seeking to add the 5,000-m title to make it five for the lean but mean RP contingent at the conclusion of the four-day tournament.
Merceditas Manipol, who snared a silver in the women’s 10,000-m Wednesday, was also set to compete in the 5,000-m later in the day together with the quartet of Ernie Candelario, Jimar Aing, Ronnie Marfil and Rodrigo Tanuan in the 4x400-m relay.
Bulauitan, also the 2003 SEA Games champion, could only record a 6.27 jump but it was enough to beat the challenge of Taipei’s Kuo Hui Wang and compatriot Maristella Torres who did 6.20 and 6.18, respectively.