3 Cebuanos shine in Ironkids

The Chiongbian brothers of the Sacred Heart School-Ateneo de Cebu did not disappoint as they placed in the top 2 of their respective categories in yesterday’s Alaska IronKids Philippines Triathlon at the Shangri-La’s Mactan Resort and Spa.

In their first-ever IronKids competition, Yuan clinched the 11-12 title with a time of 33 minutes and 46.6 seconds while his older brother Justin placed second in the 13-14 category after clocking 29:57.9.

The Chiongbian siblings said they were both very happy with their achievement with Justin saying that it was a truly great race.

Although they trained regularly and consistently for the competition, Yuan said he was not quite confident because he saw new faces and fast athletes.

He added that the run course was not at all easy because of a steep climb which had to be done four times.

Finishing as runner-up to Yuan were Brent Valelo (34:28.2) and Nathan Nalo (35:33).

The distaff side had Lauren Justin Plaza (35:00) finish first, Sophia Vizcarra (35:47) at second and Veronica Deldio (36:14) place third.

The boys 13-14 title went to Mark Gregory Pile, who crossed the finish line with a time of 29:39 while third place went to Julius Constantino with his time of 30.10.

Victorija Deldio dominated the distaff side with a time of 35:21 while second and third went to Maia Isabel Yusay (38:16) and Yona Daniell Academia (40:41), respectively.

Eric Almendral had a time of 20:18 to reign supreme in the boys 6-8 while Umi Martin Abelarde (22:00) placed second and Riele Abel Te

(22:45) third.

The girls 6-8 title was won by Syrah Ruth Uy with a time of 24:22 while Coco Leather claimed second place with a time of 25:06.

Another Cebuano who barged into the top 3 was eight-year-old Yasmin Margarette Priagula, who placed third in the 6-8 category with a time of 28:53.8.

Juris Tan earned the boys 9-10 title after clocking 17:18. His runners-up were George Leather at second with 17:55 and Luigi Crisostomo at third with 18:03.

The Borlain sisters had a 1-2 finish in the distaff side. Tara eclipsed her sister for first place with a time of 16:48 while Sam claimed second with a time of 17:16. Third place went to Everly Macalalad, who had a time of 18:06.