White siblings pocket 13 golds in Vietnam swim tilt
Credit to Author: EMIL C. NOGUERA, TMT| Date: Sat, 09 Mar 2019 16:17:40 +0000
Philippine Swimming League (PSL) standouts Ruben White, Hannah White and Heather White copped 13 gold and two bronze medals in the 2019 Bish International Swimming Championship held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
A veteran of international competitions, Ruben was the most decorated swimmer in the tournament by sweeping all the five gold medals he was entered in the boys’ 14-year category.
Ruben started his campaign with an impressive clocking of one minute and 18.23 second to claim his first gold medal in the 100m breaststroke event. He followed it up with another gold-medal performance, this time in the 100m backstroke where he checked in at 1:07.40.
He continued his remarkable showing with another gold in the 100m freestyle as he registered 59.34 seconds before wrapping up with gold medals in the 100m Individual Medley (1:08.45) and 100m butterfly (1:06.01).
Not to be outdone was Hannah who earned four gold and one bronze medals in the girls’ 6-year division of the tournament that drew more than 500 tankers from different parts of the region.
Hannah dominated the 50m backstroke in 53.58 seconds and the 50m freestyle in 43.57 seconds.
She also ruled the 25m freestyle (17.66) and 25m backstroke (23.75) events then placed third in the 50m breaststroke (1:11.30) category.
On the other hand, Heather also delivered four golds and one bronze in the girls’ 11-year class.
Heather topped the 50m backstroke (34.36), 200m backstroke (2:44.44), 100m backstroke (1:14.38) and 50m butterfly (31.88) events and wound up third in the 200m Individual Medley (2:48.08).
Ruben, Hannah and Heather went on to win the Most Outstanding Swimmer award in their respective age-bands.
“We are so proud of these kids. They are all products of our grassroots development program especially Hannah. Two years old pa lang siya nakitaan na namin siya ng potential na maging magaling na swimmer,” said PSL president Susan Papa.
The White siblings will banner the country’s campaign in the 2019 Thanyapura Invitational Swimming Championship slated on March 27 to April 2 at the Thanyapura Sports Complex in Phuket, Thailand.
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