The CNMI’s Kento Akimaru, center, is all smiles after winning the gold medal in the 2.5-kilometer ocean swim race against two Palau swimmers during last month’s 9th Micronesian Games in Yap.
The CNMI’s Kento Akimaru, center, is all smiles after winning the gold medal in the 2.5-kilometer ocean swim race against two Palau swimmers during last month’s 9th Micronesian Games in Yap.
The CNMI quartet (clockwise) of Kiana Villagomez, Kento Akimaru, Jinnosuke Suzuki, and Sophia Gauran makes it to the podium of the ocean swim relay event after placing second to Palau, center, and ahead of Pohnpei.