Laoag City: Miko Villaran of Western Visayas set a new Palarong Pambansa record in the secondary boys 110m hurdles Tuesday at the Ferdinand E. Marcos Memorial Stadium here. Villaran clocked 14.00s, eclipsing the 14.68s registered by Patrick Unso of National Capital Region (NCR) in the 2010 edition hosted by Tarlac.
According to Philippines News Agency, Mark John Paculanang of Central Visayas took the silver medal in 14.32s while Charles James Villapana of Northern Mindanao clocked 14.75s to earn the bronze medal. Western Visayas now has seven golds, five silvers, and seven bronzes to take the No. 3 spot in the overall medal tally, behind NCR and Calabarzon Region.
As of 12:30 p.m., NCR has 16 golds from events including gymnastics, taekwondo poomsae, table tennis, athletics, and chess. Arman Hernandez of Don Carlos Village Elementary School in Pasay City garnered five gold medals in gymnastics events at the Ilocos Norte National High School. The other three golds were courtesy of Kizz Gungob and King CJ Pernia in various individual and team gymnastics championships.
Over at the Mariano Marcos State University Teatro Ilocandia, John Paul Rijie Soriano of FEU High School and Casey De Leon of Makati Science High School excelled in taekwondo poomsae. Meanwhile, Clarisse Jilian Recio triumphed in the girls' elementary Individual Standard in taekwondo poomsae for Calabarzon Region, which tallied 12 golds, 13 silvers, and seven bronzes.
Frances Joenel Cuabo, Euricka Gayle Tictic, Clint Gimarangan, and Mary Janelle Tan delivered gold medals for Northern Mindanao, which also has nine silvers and 11 bronzes to rank fourth. The Cordillera Administrative Region ranked fifth, followed by Bicol Region, Central Visayas, Davao Region, Caraga, and Eastern Visayas.
