 |
| c/o UAAP |
UAAP Season 85 high school judo final standings:
Boys
UST 54 pts (5-5-4)
DLSZ 22 (2-2-2)
Ateneo 9 (0-1-6)
UE 7 (1-0-0)
Girls
UST 54 pts (5-5-4)
DLSZ 18 (2-1-1)
UE 15 (1-2-2)
Ateneo 0 (0-0-0)
University of the Santo Tomas completed its domination in the high school portion of the UAAP Season 85 Judo tournament on Sunday morning at the Blue Eagle Gym.
The Tiger Judokas extended their reign in the boys division for a sixth straight season, while also reclaiming the girls title by ending the University of the East's three-season reign.
UST's head coach Paul de Vera shares, "Sobrang hirap kasi marami kaming adjustments na ginawa from scratch talaga. Kasi mentally and physically dapat mai-ayos mo muna yung sarili nila. Determinado lang naman sila talagang i-maintain at saka urge na makuha talaga 'yung championship. Kumbaga, maibalik ang korona sa Espana."
To clinch their seventh-ever title, UST rode on Fierre Afan and Paolo Oliquino's achievements, as they finished 1-2 in the half-middleweight (under-81 kg) category. Elijah Manuel of La Salle-Zobel and Antonio Violago of Ateneo claimed the bronze medals.
In addition, Jeordan Caguicla claimed the middleweight (under-90 kg) title over Alphonso Academia of Ateneo, with Alphonso's teammate Reynar Legaspi securing the bronze medal.
Capping off UST's championship is Jay-Ar Suplic defeating fellow Tiger Judoka Adrian Mamuric in their best-of-three matchup for the heavyweight (over-100 kg) title.
La Salle-Zobel claimed the only gold that did not belong to UST, with Sian Guevarra topping the half-heavyweight (under-100 kg) class, defeating Vaughn Pijuan of UST in the final. Vaughn's teammate Kyan Ballecer shares the bronze medal with Kian Matienzo of Ateneo.
UST would finish with 54 points, while DLS-Z ending up at 22. The aggregate effort of Ateneo with their silver and six bronze medals proved to be enough to move past the solo gold of the University of the East to end up as second runners-up, nine points to seven.
In the distaff side, UST held on to their lead to claim their third title.
Oonah Benavidez took home the Tiger Judokas' lone gold in Day 2, as she defeated Jhen Rose Obena in the final of the lightweight (under-57 kg) class. Oonah's teammate Ysabel Cunanan and Bevely Compra of DLS-Z secured the bronze medals.
La Salle-Zobel copped a couple of gold medals to move past the University of the East and finish in second place 18-15.
Tala Tadeo topped Mikaela Palma of UE in the final of the extra-lightweight (under-48kg) division, while Zoey Itliong defeated Abigail Morales in the final of the half-lightweight (under-52 kg) class.
Armilene Cortez of UST and Alexza Gatdula finished as bronze medalists in the under-48 kg division, while April Shawn of UST took the under-52 kg bronze.
The lone gold for the Junior Lady Warriors came from Dennice Tan in the featherweight (under-44 kg) division, as she defeated Ianna Caviteno of UST in the final. Bronze medals were awarded to UST's Elyssa Cao and UE's Quency Alcala.
For the individual awardees, John Patrick de Tomas of UST was named as the Most Valuable Player after topping the boys' half-lightweight (under-66kg) division, while Janika Quizon was named as the MVP in the girls' division after claiming the half-heavyweight (under-78 kg) title.
Cortez was named as the Rookie of the Year in the girls' division, with Yngo Ramos of La Salle-Zobel being the boys' counterpart, after a silver medal finish in the featherweight (under-55 kg) class.
No comments:
Post a Comment