Christian Ivan Salud wins gold, silver in Palarong Pambansa 2012
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Eastern
Visayas pride Christian Ivan Salud, Gold Medalist 50m breast
stroke & Silver Medalist 100m breast stroke during Palarong
Pambansa 2012 with his proud Trainor and Coach, Brian Morales
and Jilma Maraon. (photo courtesy of LGU-Maasin City) |
By RONALD O. REYES
May 15,
2012
MAASIN CITY – Maasin swimmer Christian Ivan Salud is the sole player
from Eastern visayas delegation who brought home 1 gold and 1 silver
during the recently held Palarong Pambansa 2012 in Linggayen,
Pangasinan.
Salud, a student from the College of Maasin, bagged Gold medal in 50m
breast stroke and another Silver medal in 100m breast stroke.
His proud trainor and coach are Brian Morales and Jilma Maraon. Also
behind Salud’s winning were local leaders headed by Mayor Maloney
Samaco and school officials who did everything so Salud can get all
the trainings for the event.
Salud has been a consistent winner in Batang Pinoy, PRISAA, EVRAA, and
other local swimming competitions.
In the final tally, National Capitol Region (NCR) dominated the event,
followed by Western Visayas and Southern Tagalog region.
Eastern Visayas with only 1 gold thru Salud, 4 silver, and 4 bronze
medals was ranked 17th.
Palarong
Pambansa is the biggest annual sports events for both elementary and
high school students from private and public schools in the country
conducted by the Department of Education (DepEd).
