Faye Collantes —JUNE NAVARRO
Faye Collantes practically swept the gold medals at stake within the archery occasion of the Philippine Sports activities Fee-Batang Pinoy Video games proper on her first look within the occasion.
She has her mother and father to partially thank for her success.
The 9-year-old useless shot from Naga Metropolis drew from her mother and father’ teachings in claiming 4 gold medals on Thursday on the rain-soaked Rizal Memorial Baseball Discipline the place the archery competitions had been held.
“I realized the game from my mother and father,’’ mentioned Collantes after hitting her goal precisely and constantly to rule the ten meters, 20 m, 30 m distances and the general Fita occasion.
Faye’s father Noe and mom Fe had been former archers who performed for the Bicol area within the Palarong Pambansa throughout their heydays.
“We’re each archers, my husband and I. That is the primary time that Faye performed in a top-level competitors such because the Batang Pinoy and we’re pleased with her,’’ Fe instructed the Inquirer.
The youngest in a brood of three, Faye’s older brother Marc Dominic is likewise a deadeye, having topped a number of regional meets and tournaments throughout the nation, together with this yr’s Palarong Pambansa.
Marc Dominic, 15, can also be a Siklab Youth Sports activities awardee for archery when the award-giving physique for the most effective junior and youth Filipino athletes throughout all sports activities had been acknowledged early this month.
“I really like archery and I’m hoping to win one other medal right here,’’ mentioned Faye, who’s in search of her fifth gold within the Olympic spherical after including a silver to her assortment from 15 m.
Coaching in yard
Based on her mom, the Collantes siblings hone their expertise in a coaching facility within the neighborhood and generally in an 18-m vary that the household constructed of their yard.
Whereas Marc Dominic is already beneath the radar of the nationwide archery workforce, Faye received’t be far behind after displaying up in these Video games for the best Filipino athletes 17 years previous and beneath.
“We by no means performed on the worldwide stage. It’s going to be a giant accomplishment for them and the household as soon as Faye and Dominic play for our nationwide workforce,’’ mentioned Fe.
In the meantime within the Philippine Nationwide Video games, excessive jumper Leonard Grospe set a brand new nationwide document whereas swimmer Quendy Fernandez ended her stint with a sixth gold medal on the penultimate day of the sportsfest.
Grospe shattered an 18-year-old nationwide commonplace in males’s excessive leap twice together with his 2.20-m effort to seize the gold. He broke the document of his personal coach Sean Guevara, whose earlier mark of two.17 m was achieved throughout the 2005 nationwide open held at Rizal Memorial Stadium.
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Fernandez, the present UAAP swimming Most Beneficial Participant and Rookie of the 12 months from College of the Philippines Diliman, powered Puerto Princesa to victory within the 18-over 4x50m freestyle relay (1:54.43) with Maglia Jave Dignadice, Pearl June Daganio and elder sister Cindy Fernandez.