Senate fetes junior archer Gab Moreno

Published September 3, 2014 4:25pm

(Updated 6:05 p.m.) The Senate on Wednesday honored Filipino junior archer Gabriel Luis Moreno for winning the Philippines’ first gold medal in Youth Olympic Games last month in Nanjing, China.

Moreno was presented by the Senate with a plaque. He was accompanied by his grandfather German Moreno, his parents and relatives.

The chamber also approved Resolution 861, authored by Senator Lito Lapid, congratulating the young archer.

“By winning in this international competition, Gabriel Luis Moreno has made our country proud and has shown the world the country's prospects for excellence and international dominance in the sport of archery,” the resolution read.

It added that the outstanding performance by Moreno deserves to be commended for the honor and recognition he has brought our country.

“Sixteen-year old Filipino archer Gabriel Luis Moreno made the country proud when he delivered the country's first Olympic gold medal in the 2nd Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, People's Republic of China on 24 August 2014,” it said.

Malacañang likewise congratulated Moreno for his achievement.

"Kaisa kami ng sambayanan sa pagpuro sa kahusayan ni Gab Moreno na nag-uwi ng gintong medalyang sagisag ng tagumpay sa Nanjing archery competition," Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr. said in a text message.

Moreno teamed up with Chinese archer Li Jiaman in the mixed international team archery against archers Muhammad Zoklepeli of Malaysia and Cynthia Freywald of Germany thereby clinching the gold medal victory with a score of 38-37,37-35,37-33.

Pinoy golfers, too

Meanwhile, the Senate also recognized young Filipino athletes who won golf tournaments in California last July.

In Resolution No. 843, Lapid said Harmie Nicole Constantino, Carl Jano Corpus, Annyka Chanel Pineda-Cayabyab, Andrew Chua and the rest of the Philippine contingent to the 2014 Veritas World Junior International Golf Tournament made the country proud when they won in their respective divisions of the competition held at the Brookside Golf Club in Pasadena, California last July 19-24.

He said the Girls’ 13 division was dominated by Filipino junior golfers led by gold medalist Constantino, while Asiah Marie Nocum and Kyla Nocum, finished 2nd and 3rd, respectively.

Corpus, on the other hand, bagged the gold medal in the Boys’ 12 division, scoring 217 while Cayabyab and Chua, the team’s youngest victor, finished first in the Girls’ 10 division and the Boys’ 7 divisions, respectively.

He said Annika Bianca Cedo, Samantha Green, Raymart Tolentino and Richnell Albano each got a silver medal in the Girls’ 15, Girls’ 14, Boys’ 17 and Boys’ 14 divisions, respectively, while Samantha Andrea Martirez, Josh Jorge and Sean Dominique Granada each won a bronze medal in the Girls’ 16, Boys’ 11 and Boys’ 9 divisions, respectively.

The Senate also presented them with plaques. — Amita Legaspi and Andreo Calonzo/RSJ, GMA News

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