Bacolod gymnast wins 5 golds in NOPSSCEA

BACOLODNON Kiana Marie Alagaban showed her dominance in the 38th NOPSSCEA Meet gymnastics by taking home five gold medals on Sunday in Bacolod City.

The 14-year-old Alagaban, a product of Bacolod Tay Tung High School, captured the medals in the secondary girls all-around, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon categories.

“I am just thankful and at the same time happy that I was able to bag gold medals here in NOPSSCEA,” said Alagaban, who previously participated and won a medal in Palarong Pambansa.

For ruling her events, Alagaban qualified to the Palarong Panlalawigan, which serves as a qualifier for the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association next year.

TAY TUNG, STI-WNU, UNO-R RULES CHESS

Meanwhile Tay Tung, STI-West Negros University and University of Negros Occidental-Recoletos split titles in the NOPSSCEA chess tournament held over the weekend at the West Negros covered court.

Tay Tung tallied 20 points after seven rounds to rule the elementary boys division. Jack and Jill School-Homesite settled for second place with 19.5 points, followed by Trinity Christian School (19 points), Elliakim Learning Center (18 points) and Nazareth Institute (15.5 points).

Tay Tung also dominated the elementary girls division after scoring 24 points followed by JJS-H (17.5 points), West Negros (16.5 points), Bacolod Christian College of Negros (15 points), and Tangub Christian Academy, Inc. (15 points).

In secondary boys, West Negros tallied 23 points to win the division crown as Tay Tung finished second with 20.5 points followed by University of St. La Salle (19 points), UNO-R (16 points) and La Consolacion-Bacolod (15 points).

West Negros likewise ruled the girls division with a comfortable 25 points as Tay Tung ended second with 21.5 points followed by USLS (17.5 points), Maranatha Christian College (17.5 points) and St. Joseph School-La Salle (16 points).

In the tertiary level, UNO-R emerged champions in both men and women divisions followed by West Negros and La Salle./PN

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