The 2014 Palarong Pambansa in Laguna last year marked the riumphs and remarkable feats of student athletes in the country as decade-old-records were broken.

Western Visayas soared high through Alexis Soqueno's score of 1.92m in secondary boys' high jump as his performance exceeded the former record of 1.90m set in 2002.

Luzon excelled through its champions from the National Capital Region and Region 3. NCR's sprint athlete, Jomar Udtohan turned heads as he broke three meet records in the 100m (43.1 s), 200m (21.8 s), and 400m (48.7 s) dash.

Also, Bryan Pacheco from Central Luzon wowed crowds through his throwing skills as he achieved a new record of 15.32m in shot put. Pacheco even outdid his old 2013 record in javelin throw, making 62.47m the new number to break.

Likewise, NCR's elementary students dominated the swimming competition. Imee Joyce Saavedra's time of 2:16.72 broke the 2010 record in the 200m freestyle, while Seth Isaak Martin broke the long-time 1998 record of 1:07.56 by 35 seconds in backstroke.

The team of Andrew Gibson, Aryan Anastacio, Orlando Reyes and Michael Pin for the 200m relay, set the new time record of 2:06.02.

The 1500m run event stands to be Mindanao's specialty, as athletes Camila Tubiano, Jie Anne Calis and Kevin Capangpangan shattered records, with their time of 4:48.7, 4:44.4 and 4:05.8 respectively. Silver medalist Gilbert Rutaquio from CALABARZON, almost reached Capangpangan's time by a second.

With the challenge-stage set and preparations near its completion, the Department of Education hopes that the athletes of the 2015 Palarong Pambansa will see last year's achievements as a goal to surpass and their names be immortalized in history.*PNA

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