STANLEY ROY LAGUIO ruled the men’s bantamweight speed kicking event of taekwondo to give Arellano University its first gold medal in the virtual Season 96 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the Philippines on Thursday.
Laguio booked an average score of 6.583 points, beating San Sebastian College’s Axl Zerrudo (6.442 points) and San Beda University’s Michael Christian Macario (6.383), who settled for the silver and bronze medals, respectively.
Another Chiefs bet, Carl Louie Ayaton, placed fourth with 6.342.
Zerrudo also put the Stags on the medal tally board in the competition shown over GMA 7’s GTV channel.
San Beda leads the medals race with a 1-1-3 gold-silver-bronze haul, followed by College of Saint Benilde (CSB) with one gold and one bronze.
Rounding out the finishers were San Beda’s Gianne Kyle Sarmiento Legaspi (6.308), Jose Rizal University’s John Jezra Lorena Sasutona (5.950) and CSB’s Kian Graydon Ashe (5.917).
The speed kicking competition resumes with the men’s division until June 29, followed by the women’s category from June 30 to July 5.