(Guam's Chantay Fejeran is awarded the gold medal in the women's 72 kg. division of the 1st Philippine-Guam Olympic Wrestling Friendship Tournament.)
It was a busy Saturday last July
20, 2013 for the Wrestling Association of the Philippines (WAP) as it hosted
the 1st Philippine-Guam Olympic Wrestling Friendship Tournament in the
morning, then the now-bimonthly Scholastic Takedown Wrestling Challenge (STWC)
in the afternoon at the National Wrestling Gym, Rizal Memorial Sports Complex,
Manila.
The international dual meet was
played in Olympic freestyle rules, and pitted six members of the Guam youth
wrestling team (ages 20 years old and below) versus a mix of youth and senior
wrestlers from the Philippine wrestling team. The champions of their respective
divisions are Margarito Angana, Jr. of Zamboanga City (FS 66 kg.), Joshua
Sapinoso of California, USA (FS 74 kg.), Elvis Julius of Baguio City (FS 84
kg.); Ma. Cristina Vergara of Pasay City (FW 63-65 kg.) and Chantay Fejeran of
Guam (GW 72 kg.)
Angana and Vergara are both
two-time Southeast Asian Games (SEAG) gold medalists. Remarkably for Angana, last
Saturday was the first time he competed in freestyle again after six years; the
wrestler has concentrated on Greco-Roman since 2008. In Greco-Roman, he is
currently the defending national and SEAG champion.
In the STWC where Yaw-Yan
Kampilan of Las Piñas won the team championship, the Guam wrestlers also joined
and won one gold courtesy of Ethan Aguigui (Men, 66 kg.) and a bronze medal
each from Kimo Barcinas (Men, 74 kg.) and Herbert Fukuda (Men, 84 kg.).
Overall, the visiting Guam youth
wrestling team bagged two gold and four bronze medals from the international
dual meet and STWC combined.
(The Guam youth wrestling team, with team manager and coacg Luis Ting at extreme left.)
“It was a good experience for
both Philippines and Guam to hone their skills together, the results of which
are camaraderie and a healthy international exchange of knowledge and
experience between the teams,” remarks WAP president Albert Balde.
According to Guam wrestling team
manager and coach Luis Ting, they will be back here in late December with full
cadet, junior and senior teams to compete again with their Pinoy counterparts.
The following is the list of
winners of the Philippine-Guam Olympic
Wrestling Friendship Tournament:
66 kg. FS
Gold Margarito Angana, Jr. (Zamboanga City)
Silver Ronil Tubog
(Dumaguete City)
Bronze Jhon Rey Larena (Taytay)
74 kg. FS
Gold Joshua Sapinoso (California, USA)
Silver Jhonny Morte (Zamboanga City)
Bronze Joseph Cañolas (Taytay)
84 kg. FS
Gold Elvis Julius (Baguio
City)
Silver Michael Natividad
(Philippine Army)
Bronze Herbert Fukuda (Guam)
63-65 kg. FW
Gold Ma. Cristina Vergara
(Pasay City)
Silver Efrelyn Calitis (Pasay
City)
Bronze Lilian Troy (Guam)
72. kg. FW
Gold Chantay Fejeran (Guam)
Silver Edralyn Calitis (Pasay City)
Bronze Chonalyn Gallo (Taytay)
Winners of the July 2013 Scholastic Takedown Wrestling Challenge:
50 kg. Men
Gold Mark Abrillo (Yaw-Yan
Kampilan)
Silver Rommel Agcaoili
(JMC-MMA)
Bronze Wilson Chung (JMC-MMA)
55 kg. Men
Gold Jerson Ross (Yaw-Yan
Kampilan)
Silver Raqui Vergara (Legion
MMA)
Bronze Louie Corilan (Legion
MMA)
Bronze John Oliver Bañate
(JMC-MMA)
(Final match in the 60 kg. men's category of the 7/13 Scholastic Takedown Wrestling Challenge.)
Gold Arens Tan Rañola
(S.P.R.A.W.L.-Quezon Province)
Silver Jhonsel Hurtado
(Yaw-Yan Kampilan)
Bronze Jerome Eusebio (Yaw-Yan Kampilan)
Bronze Arwin Clasutan
(Safehouse-MMA)
66 kg. Men
Gold Ethan Aguigui (Guam)
Silver Jason Bandosa (Fitness
Quest)
Bronze Ramin Tesorio (JMC-MMA)
74 kg. Men
Gold Ricswartz Sibal
(Yaw-Yan Kampilan)
Silver Aldwin Recede (Fitness
Quest)
Bronze Kimo Barcinas (Guam)
Bronze Karan Mali (Fitness Quest)
(The championship match in the 84 kg. men's division in the STWC.)
84 kg. Men
Gold Arvin Chan
(Safehouse-MMA)
Silver Ryan Pamintuan
(Fitness Quest)
Bronze Herbert Fukuda (Guam)
Bronze Jonas Ferriol (Fitness Quest)
96 kg. Men
Gold Jaysee Lopez (JMC-MMA)
Silver Paul Africa (Yaw-Yan
Kampilan)
Bronze Dennis Camcam (Fitness
Quest)
(For the heavyweight gold in the 120 kg. class.)
Gold Peter Lawrence Meimban
(New Era University)
Silver Christian Tong
(Safehouse-MMA)
48 kg. Women
Gold Nikkita Suarez (New Era
University)
Silver Lady Vanessa Paler
(Fitness Quest)
Bronze Maidee Mendoza (Fitness
Quest)
(Happy wrestlers all!, at the end of a grueling Saturday at the National Wrestling Gym, Rizal Memorial Sports Complex, Manila.)
Top 3 teams of 7/13 STWC:
Team Champion Yaw-Yan
Kampilan
2nd Place New
Era University
3rd Place Safehouse-MMA
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