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THE PHILIPPINE National Swimming Team is gearing up for the Youth Olympic Games and they are starting off in style as two swimmers broke age-old Philippine records in their stint in the Singapore National Age Group Swimming Championships yesterday.
16-year old Jessie Lacuna, whose star is quickly rising in the country's swim scene, made waves once again as he shattered the RP record of Olympian and SEA Games gold medalist Miguel Molina in the 200m freestyle event.
Lacuna, who is training under Carlos Brosas at the Philippine Amateur Swimming Association (PASA) Center for Excellence in Los Banos, Laguna, swam a time of 1:50.90 in the event, breaking Molina's time of 1:51.75.
The feat by Lacuna surpassed the YOG ?A? qualifying time standard set by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
However, one record was not enough today as Jasmine Alkhaldi reset the two-decade record of Akiko Thomson in the 15-17 age group of the 200m freestyle event. Alkhaldi finished with a time of 2:04.98, which broke the 2:07.23 record of Thomson.
The 2010 YOG will be held in Singapore later this year.
