Tag: November 30

THOMASIAN athletes made modest contributions in the country’s dismal performance in the 16th Asian Games in in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to 27.

In the Philippine contingent’s 16-medal haul, tourism alumnus Engelberto “Biboy” Rivera struck gold with 1,414 pinfalls, 10 points ahead of silver medalist Mohammed Algreebah of Kuwait.

Former Tiger Jim Tshomlee Go and 19-year-old Paul Romero chipped in a bronze medal apiece in the men’s under-63 kg and under-58 kg categories, respectively.
In all, the Philippines collected three gold medals, four silver, and nine bronze and finished 19th out of 34 countries in the regional meet.

FOUR Thomasian cue artists surfaced as the early favorites in the first National Collegiate Billiards League (NCBL) or B-League, walking over the De La Salle University with a clean 3-0 sweep last November 20 at the Manila Ocean Park. 

Bannering UST was the black-and-gold quartet of team captain Aaron Cedric Gonzales, John Michael Hipolito and Conrad Roy Cruz Jr. from the Faculty of Engineering, and Gerthee Estrella from the College of Commerce.

They faced a tough opposition in 19 other schools such as Ateneo de Manila University, Far Eastern University, Lyceum University of the Philippines, San Sebastian College-Recolletos, and the Philippine Maritime Institute.