Tankers create ripples, break Palaro records

CEBU CITY, Philippines — Tankers Sophia Rose Garra of NCR and Jasmine Mojdeh of Calabarzon delivered the worthiest performance of the day that also saw heroes emerge in various fronts of the Palarong Pambansa here.

Garra was a tidal wave by hauling two more gold medals – in the elementary girls’ 200-meter individual medley and the 4x100m medley relay with Adrienne Reese Tacuboy, Alessandra Therese Martin and Gabrielle Gayle Ocampo – to hike her total gold haul to four.

In the relay, Garra and the Big City bets timed four minutes and 49.74 seconds in eclipsing the 19-year-old mark of 4:55.08 set by the Jasmine Alkhaldi-led NCR team in Naga.

It was Garra’s third record-smashing feat following her brilliance in the 100m back and 4x50m medley relay the day before.

Mojdeh, for her part, also sparkled at the pool where she delivered her second record-breaking performance in the secondary girls 200m breaststroke.

There, she clocked two minutes and 41.75 seconds that destroyed the five-year-old mark set by Xiandi Chua of the NCR in Davao City a day after the reigning Asian Youth bronze medalist rearranged the 200m butterfly mark Thursday.

Also joining the record spree was Western Visayas’ Charls Daniel Turla, who set a new elementary javelin throw mark of 60.26m that erased the eight-year-old standard of 57.20m registered by Calabarzon’s Jerick Mendoza in Legazpi, Albay.