Jamesrey Ajido, Jazmine Mojde & Heather White

Sixty-one Filipino swimmers based abroad have signed up to join some 500 local hopefuls in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials -- 50-meter (long course) and 25-meter (short course) – Swimming Championships slated on August 15-18 and August -20-23, respectively, at the Teofilo Ildefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.

The Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) effort to promote open water swimming and formed a training pool for future international competition got the needed boost with 1st National Open Water Swimming Tryouts organized recently by the Congress of Philippine Aquatics (COPA) Region XI at the Pujada Bay in Dahican, Mati City in Davao Oriental.
 

The Philippine national judo team delivered a strong showing on the international stage, capturing six gold medals at the recently concluded Penang Invitational Judo Championships held at Sunshine Central in Penang, Malaysia, over the weekend.