Atin Ito First Filipino Community Newspaper in Ontario
FILIPINO British Hannah White made her presence felt in the 2022 Ho Chi Minh Age Group Championships by winning five medals in the two-day meet held in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam.
White, an ABC International School-Vietnam standout, delivered two silver and three bronze medals for the country in the girls' 10-year category.
“It has been a long week of competition for Hannah, and this competition made her realise that there are a lot more challenging swimmers in the other country,” said Jenny White — the mother cum coach of Hannah.
In individual events, White, who is a member of Swim League Philippines and Behrouz Elite Swimming Team, pocketed a silver in the girls' 10-year 100m freestyle in one minute and 15.87.
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She also secured a couple of bronzes in the 100m individual medley (1:26.02) and 50m freestyle (33.05) events.
“Our home grassroots, a Swim League Philippines campaigner, never gave up. She has shown that she can bring the pride of her country. It was a difficult and very, very challenging competition for Hannah White, but she stood up to win the medals and beat all her PB's and became the top 3 in the city,” Jenny added.
In team events, White secured a silver in the 200m medley relay and a bronze in the 200m freestyle relay.
“We would like to thank you, District 5 team, especially to coach Diem and Sam and all the coaches that support Hannah to be part of the team here in Vietnam. Hannah you are a star. Never give up,” Jenny said.
Hannah is the younger sister of Heather and Ruben — both gold medalists in the recently-concluded Philippine National Age-Group Championships held at the Rizal Memorial Complex.
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