Tagle sets new record in secondary girls archery

NAINA Dominique Tagle of Region 7 (Central Visayas) posted a new 60-meter (m) record in secondary girls archery in the 2023 Palarong Pambansa at the STI Gold Toe Archery Center in Barangay Barangka, Marikina City on Thursday, August 3.

Despite the intermittent rain and the muddy ground, Tagle scored 327 points to win her fourth gold medal in the tournament.

Tagle topped the previous high of 321 points set by Charmaine Villamor of the Cordillera Administrative Region in 2018. Chrisha Mae Merto, also from Central Visayas, scored 321 points in 2019.

ON TARGET Naina Dominique Tagle of Central Visayas prepares to shoot an arrow during the 70-meter team archery event in the Palarong Pambansa at the STI Gold Toe Archery Center in Barangay Barangka, Marikina City, on Thursday, Aug. 3, 2023. PHOTO BY RIO DELUVIO 

A Grade 12 student at Siliman University, Tagle also ruled the 30-m, 50-m, and the 1440 round (overall).

“I prepared by training and making sure that I’m in the right head space for this competition. I trained a lot,” Tagle told reporters.

“It’s very rainy, very muddy and the environment affects a lot of our shots but I feel like as long as we have the right spirit, we’ll be fine. It bothered me but I recovered. We were told that there will be storm but I didn’t expect the mud.”

Venice Garcia of the National Capital Region (NCR) claimed the silver medal in the 60m with 313 points while Faith Novesteras settled for the bronze with 312 points.

Tagle and Garcia, meanwhile, switched places in the secondary girl’s 70-m distance, a debuting event in the Palarong Pambansa.

Garcia set the standard in 70 m with 310 points to win the gold as Tagle only scored 306 points to take home the silver.

Denelyn Villagracia of Region 5 (Bicol) bagged the bronze medal with 301 points.

Meanwhile, three more Palarong Pambansa records have been established in swimming.

Jennuel Booh de Leon of Western Visayas registered 26.78 seconds to set a new record and win the gold in the boys 50-m backstroke.

Quendy Fernandez of Region 4A (Calabarzon), who erased old 1:06.58 record of Samantha Therese Coronel in the secondary girls 100-m backstroke on Tuesday, made a new record in the girls 50m backstroke on Thursday with a clocking of 30.67 seconds.

NCR’s Ivo Enot, Jalil Taguinod, Ivan Radovan, Antonio Parto, who posted the new boys secondary 200-m medley relay record also on Tuesday, reset the meet mark in the 400-m medley relay to 4:00.7 on Thursday.

In the boys secondary discus throw, Airex Gabriel Villanueva of Western Visayas also established a new record with a throw of 42.86 meters.

In sepak takraw, Region 12 (Soccsksargen) defeated NCR in the final to seize the secondary boys gold medal.

As of 4 p.m. on Thursday, Western Visayas was on the lead in the overall medal tally with 26 golds, 19 silvers, and 11 bronzes.

Defending champion NCR was in second with 22 golds, 26 silvers, and 20 bronzes, while Region 4A was third with 21 golds, 27 silvers, and 20 bronzes.