THE UST Junior Tigersharks, representing the National Capital Region (NCR), won a total of 21 medals at the 2024 Palarong Pambansa, held at the Cebu City Sports Center from July 11 to 14.
Their haul included four gold, six silver and eleven bronze medals.
Junior Female Tigershark and UAAP Season 86 girls’ MVP Patricia Santor clocked 29.43 seconds to rule the girls’ secondary 50-meter butterfly stroke event.
Santor, Clara de los Santos and Ishaelle Villa, along with DLSU’s Ashley Wong, secured gold in the girls’ secondary 4×50-meter medley relay, while Ryian Belen earned silver in the boys’ category of the event.
Santor and Villa continued their success by winning gold in the girls’ secondary 4×100-meter medley relay event for NCR, with Santor also taking bronze in the 200-meter individual medley.
UAAP 200-meter relay record holders Belen and Jabriell Delizo dominated the boys’ secondary 4×50-meter freestyle relay, finishing with a gold time of 1:38.57.
Santor took home silver in the girls’ secondary 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly stroke events, while Hugh Parto claimed bronze in the boys’ division of the same event.
Parto also earned silver medals in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 50-meter butterfly stroke events.
UAAP 50-meter breaststroke record holder Clara de los Santos finished second in the Palarong Pambansa 50-meter breaststroke, having her record broken by UST commit Beatrize Mabalay, and also took bronze in the 100-meter breaststroke event.
Villa added to her medal tally with bronze finishes in the 50-meter and 100-meter backstroke events.
Delizo placed third in the 100-meter freestyle event, while Kaden Sy earned bronze in the 200-meter breaststroke event.
Aishel Evangelista collected four bronze medals in the 400-meter, 800-meter, and 1500-meter freestyle events, as well as in the 400-meter individual medley category.
