Team Phl A secures BIMP-EAGA overall title

PUERTO PRINCESA CITY — While the midday sun is hot and shining brightly, it’s been raining gold for the Philippines Team A after asserting its dominance over local and foreign rivals with a huge haul of 30 gold, 37 silver and 32 bronze medals to claim the overall title in the 11th BIMP-EAGA Friendship Games on Thursday here.

La Salle tanker Philip Sahagun made the biggest wave for the hosts with five gold medals after sweeping all of his events — boys’ 200 IM, 4x100 freestyle and medley relays, 200m and 100m backstroke.

He spearheaded Team A’s assault that resulted in its second overall crown in the regional meet.

Also starring for the squad were trackster Milchay Moreno and swimmer Lora Micah Amoguis who both had two golds and a silver while jin Jamie Danielle Nirza finished with a gold and a silver.

On the other hand, Malaysia B (17-16-17) earned the runner up honor with 50 medals followed by Indonesia (14-8-5), and country’s team E (13-8-11), which was spearheaded by University of the Philippines standout and Philippine National Games multi-champion Quendy Fernandez, at third and fourth places, respectively.

The 19-year-old Fernandez splashed her way to become the most bemedaled athlete as she took home five golds (girls’ 50m, 100m and 200m back, 4x50 200m medley and freestyle relays) and two silvers (4x100m medley, 4x100 400m free).

Clinching the fifth place is the Phl B (6-6-10), followed by Malaysia A (2-3-2), Phl D (1-2-10), Brunei Darussalam (1-2-8), and Phl C (1-2-1).

Last Wednesday afternoon, Philippines E reigned supreme in the Esports event — where Mobile Legends: Bang Bang played — after pulling off a 3-1 triumph over Phl D, which settled for silver. Malaysia and Phl A took the bronze.

In sepak takraw at Palawan State University (PSU) Gym, the Indonesian bets conquered the men’s and women’s titles while Phl A bagged silver in both categories.