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BACOLOD CITY -- Kerschtine Velez collected a record seven gold medals, and the National Capital Region virtually clinched the elementary and high school overall titles worth P2-M on the penultimate day of the Millennium Palarong Pambansa here.

Velez had a perfect 7-for-7, anchoring the Western Visayas quartet to a record-breaking win in the girls' 12 and under 4x100-meter freestyle relay in 4:29.35, surpassing the old mark of 4:44.13 by an NCR team in the 1998 Centennial Palaro at the same pool.

Guiriba annexed his fifth individual gold in record style, topping the boys' 12 [DatePublished] => 2000-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108734 [Title] => Silay teener Palaro Golden Girl [Summary] =>

BACOLOD - Kerschtine Velez, pushed to greater heights by her stint in the Pan-Pacific Games recently, emerged as the Golden Girl of the pools by bagging three more gold medals in the Palarong Pambansa at the Panaad Park and Sports Complex here yesterday.

The 13-year-old swimmer from Silay City ruled the girls elementary 200m individual medley in 2:40.18, shattering the old mark of 2:41.48 by Luica Dacanay in the 1998 Centennial Palaro here. She now had six golds. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108710 [Title] => Young tankers shine [Summary] =>

BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippines' young stars from Australia's Pan-Pacific Games began their multiple-gold medal quest with record-breaking feats as the once-canceled, twice-postponed Palarong Pambansa got off to a low-profile start--minus the fireworks and the presence of its main guest of honor, President Joseph Estrada--yesterday at the Panaad Sports Complex.

Ronald Guiriba, winner of the 50m butterfly in this month's games in Australia, emerged as the first gold medal winner of the Palaro as he won the 200m freestyle for 12-and-under boys in two minutes, 11.76 seconds, b [DatePublished] => 2000-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194422 [AuthorName] => by Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108220 [Title] => Obscure teeners take charge [Summary] =>

SOCSKSARGEN - Erstwhile unknown teeners emerged from the humble families of some forgotten towns while a 15-year-old Quezon City lass established herself as the queen of the tracks, besting all winners in all age levels as the war for gold medals erupted on all fronts of the Palaro ng Bayan yesterday.

Reyney delos Reyes, an out-of-school youth, raced to immortality and gave Iloilo two of a pacesetting six-gold medal haul in the municipal-provincial championships held at the Acharon Sports and Development Center in General Santos City.

Delos Reyes, a San Dionisio, Iloilo ath [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194422 [AuthorName] => by Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

CENTENNIAL PALARO
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                    [ArticleID] => 108744
                    [Title] => Velez Palaro's most bemedalled athlete
                    [Summary] => 

BACOLOD CITY -- Kerschtine Velez collected a record seven gold medals, and the National Capital Region virtually clinched the elementary and high school overall titles worth P2-M on the penultimate day of the Millennium Palarong Pambansa here.

Velez had a perfect 7-for-7, anchoring the Western Visayas quartet to a record-breaking win in the girls' 12 and under 4x100-meter freestyle relay in 4:29.35, surpassing the old mark of 4:44.13 by an NCR team in the 1998 Centennial Palaro at the same pool.

Guiriba annexed his fifth individual gold in record style, topping the boys' 12 [DatePublished] => 2000-05-27 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108734 [Title] => Silay teener Palaro Golden Girl [Summary] =>

BACOLOD - Kerschtine Velez, pushed to greater heights by her stint in the Pan-Pacific Games recently, emerged as the Golden Girl of the pools by bagging three more gold medals in the Palarong Pambansa at the Panaad Park and Sports Complex here yesterday.

The 13-year-old swimmer from Silay City ruled the girls elementary 200m individual medley in 2:40.18, shattering the old mark of 2:41.48 by Luica Dacanay in the 1998 Centennial Palaro here. She now had six golds. [DatePublished] => 2000-05-26 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108710 [Title] => Young tankers shine [Summary] =>

BACOLOD CITY -- The Philippines' young stars from Australia's Pan-Pacific Games began their multiple-gold medal quest with record-breaking feats as the once-canceled, twice-postponed Palarong Pambansa got off to a low-profile start--minus the fireworks and the presence of its main guest of honor, President Joseph Estrada--yesterday at the Panaad Sports Complex.

Ronald Guiriba, winner of the 50m butterfly in this month's games in Australia, emerged as the first gold medal winner of the Palaro as he won the 200m freestyle for 12-and-under boys in two minutes, 11.76 seconds, b [DatePublished] => 2000-05-22 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194422 [AuthorName] => by Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 108220 [Title] => Obscure teeners take charge [Summary] =>

SOCSKSARGEN - Erstwhile unknown teeners emerged from the humble families of some forgotten towns while a 15-year-old Quezon City lass established herself as the queen of the tracks, besting all winners in all age levels as the war for gold medals erupted on all fronts of the Palaro ng Bayan yesterday.

Reyney delos Reyes, an out-of-school youth, raced to immortality and gave Iloilo two of a pacesetting six-gold medal haul in the municipal-provincial championships held at the Acharon Sports and Development Center in General Santos City.

Delos Reyes, a San Dionisio, Iloilo ath [DatePublished] => 2000-02-29 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1194422 [AuthorName] => by Gerry Carpio [SectionName] => Sports [SectionUrl] => sports [URL] => ) ) )

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