San Beda junior tankers dominate Day 1 of NCAA 100 swimming event
FROM the Palarong Pambansa pools, Albert Jose Amaro II has brought his act to the NCAA where he immediately harvested three gold medals for San Beda University in the juniors’ class of Season 100 swimming at the Rizal Memorial Aquatics Center.
Mr. Amaro, who made heads turn when he sniped seven gold medals in the Palaro in Cebu City last July, delivered another tidal wave of a performance right on opening day when he copped three mints.
It came in the 200-meter (m) individual medley, 100m freestyle and the 200m medley relay alongside Joart Calderon, Shiblon Montera and Nimrod Montera as the Junior Red Tankers made their presence felt early by copping four of the five golds staked in Day One.
The other one was courtesy of Nimrod Montera in the 50m backstroke.
The only boys’ gold that slipped away from San Beda was snatched by Jose Rizal University’s Luke Amber Matthew Arano, who topped the 50m backstroke.
Mr. Amaro’s arrival could be the boost in the arm San Beda has long waited for as it tries to reclaim the crown it last won in 2017.
San Beda was also dominant in the women’s side where it scooped up four of the five golds in the division while its men’s team was tied for first with College of St. Benilde with two mints apiece.
San Beda’s men’s team is eyeing its 21st straight swimming title while its women’s seeks 12th crown in a row. — Joey Villar
