{"id":389681,"date":"2023-04-18T06:04:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=389681"},"modified":"2023-04-18T06:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T20:04:05","slug":"ms-wraps-up-1st-day-of-athletics-qualifiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/ms-wraps-up-1st-day-of-athletics-qualifiers\/","title":{"rendered":"MS wraps up 1st day of athletics qualifiers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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D\u2019Anthony Aldan from Francisco M. Sablan Middle School, right, leads the pack during a sprint event in the middle school qualifiers of the NMA\/PSS All School Athletics last Wednesday at the Oleai track and field.(MARK RABAGO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Middle school students took to the track to start off the 14U qualifiers in the NMA\/PSS All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 last Wednesday at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field.<\/p>\n

The events they participated in were the 200m, 800m, 3,000m, shot put, and discus.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys 200m, first place was Audiescott Iakopo from Saipan International School with a time of 26.17; second was Shulun He of Agape Christian School at 27.56; and Emerson Brillo from Hopwood Middle School came in third with 27.69 seconds.<\/p>\n

Aubrey White from SIS led the 14U girls 200m with 31.11; second was Paige Blanco from ChaCha OceanView Middle School at 31.67; and third was Alyssa Mendiola from DanDan Middle School at 31.87 seconds.<\/p>\n

Michael Miller from Grace Christian Academy topped the 14U boys 800m with a time of 2:18.88; second was Landen Taflinger from DMS with 2:32.61; and third was D\u2019Anthony Aldan from Francisco M. Sablan Middle School at 2:32.87.<\/p>\n

The 14U girls 800m was dominated by Addalee Taflinger of DMS under three minutes at 2:50.19; followed by Aubrey White at 3:04.86; and Barbara Wang from ACS at 3:06.23.<\/p>\n

Michael Miller was still the fleetest afoot as he sprinted through the 14U boys 3,000m into first place with a time of 10.58.94; far behind him in second was Yong Lin of HMS at 13:51.75; and third was Emerson Brillo at 14:19.89.<\/p>\n

Barbara Wang was first in the 14U girls 3,000m at 13:31.31; Emma Sablan from Saipan Community School was second at 14:09.62; and Faith Arriola from SIS came in third at 14:20.84.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys shot put event, D\u2019Anthony Aldan came out on top with a distance of 8.00m; Yong Lin was second with 7.39m; and third was Aiden Gimed of FMS with 7.35m.<\/p>\n

For the 14U girls shot put, Kailani Laniyo from DMS was first with 7.79m; second was Phoenix Gross from SIS with 5.79m; and Mikenna Nishimura from FMS was third at 5.79m.<\/p>\n

Top 3 of the 14U boys discus throw were DMS students Zion Rogopes with 21.81m; Ceber Terry with 19.29; and Deion Tupas with 16.83.<\/p>\n

Top 3 of the 14U girls discus throw were Taylor Cruz from COVMS with 14.19m; Kailani Laniyo with 13.75; and Jaida Harris with 12.64.
\nResults of the other middle school and high school qualifiers will be posted in the next issues of Saipan Tribune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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