Batang Pinoy trackster captures third gold

Christine Delfin copped her third gold medal yesterday to become the first athlete to barge into the elite triple gold medal winners’ club in Day 2 of the second Batang QC Olympics at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City.

A Batang Pinoy veteran, Delfin ran her way to a third gold medal in the girls’ 800-m run for 13-15 years old with a time of 2:42.14, a class above St. Martin de Padua’s Joana Aquino (2:43.46) and Bagong Silangan’s Charo Spanola (3:41.37).

Delfin’s first two gold medals came from the 400 meters and 1,500 meters, both coming in Day 1 of this month-long event for QC residents nine to 21 years old organized by Quezon City Mayor Feliciano Belmonte Jr. and Vice Mayor Herbert Bautista.

In the 400 meters, Delfin registered a time of 1:00.59, leaving SMDP’s Jasmin Olalia (1:01.12) and E. Rodriguez’ Geralyn Abata (2:02.55) on her wake while she was unopposed in the long distance race, timing in 6:16.41.

While Delfin continued to pile up her winnings, opening day co-leader Batasan Hills kept on striking the gold with three more golden triumphs yesterday that hiked its total to eight, two more than closest pursuer St. Martin de Padua (SMDP).