{"id":391141,"date":"2023-05-09T06:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=391141"},"modified":"2023-05-09T06:06:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T20:06:19","slug":"tottots-sweep-ms-athletics-champs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/tottots-sweep-ms-athletics-champs\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottots sweep MS athletics champs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Dandan Middle School athletics team poses with their coaches Simon Necesito, right, and Jeri May Tudela, left, after their sweep of the middle school 14U PSS\/McDonald\u2019s All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 championships last Friday night and Saturday morning at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field. (LEIGH GASES)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

DanDan Middle School Tottots flew to victory as they swept both the boys and girls division of the 14U PSS\/McDonald\u2019s All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 championships last Friday night and Saturday morning at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field.<\/p>\n

DMS bagged first overall in the girls division with 100 points; Tinian Jr. High School was second with 69 points; and Saipan International School was third with 59 points.<\/p>\n

The Tottots boys collected a total 112 points; SIS and Agape Christian School were tied at second with 68 points; and third was Francisco M. Sablan Middle School with 61 points.<\/p>\n

They started their round up of first place wins when Christopher Cruz came in first in the 14U boys 100m at 12.04; Audiescott Iakopo from SIS was second at 12.44; and third was ACS\u2019 Shulun He at 12.63 seconds.
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DanDan Middle School\u2019s Alyssa Mendiola, left, leads the relay race in the girls 14U PSS\/McDonald\u2019s All Schools Athletics 2022-2023 championships last Saturday morning at the Oleai Sports Complex track and field. (LEIGH GASES)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n

Cruz bagged first place again in the 14U boys 200m with a time of 26.01; Tanapag Middle School\u2019s Abraham Falig was second at 26.06; and Iakopo was third at 26.25 seconds.<\/p>\n

The Lady Tottots took first in the 14U girls 800m as Addalee Taflinger flew in first at 2:49.48; Aubrey White from SIS was second at 2:56.99; and third was ACS\u2019 Barbara Wang at 2:58.99. Taflinger won first again in the 14U girls 1,500m with a time of 6:02.69; Second was Wang at 6:22.48; and third was DMS\u2019 Jian Chun at 6:45.21. Taflinger made it three in a row as she won first again in the 14U girls 3,000m with a time of 14:02.00; Wang was second at 14:16.36; and SIS\u2019 Faith Arriola was third at 14:20.45.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys javelin throw field event, DMS\u2019 Zion Rogopes was first with a throw of 28.15m; Caleb Sablan from FMS was second at 26.68m and teammate Peyton Basa was third at 26.39m.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys shot put throw, DMS\u2019 Kallan Seidler was first at 9.42m; Kymani Nabors from TJHS was second at 9.22m; and David Ye from Saipan Community School was third with 9m.<\/p>\n

Rogopes was first again in the 14U boys discus throw event with 25.56m; Basa was second at 25.39m; and DMS\u2019 Jacob Calvo was third with 24.96m.<\/p>\n

The Lady Tottots claimed the top spot in a close 14U girls 4X100m relay with a time of 1:00.52; second was TJHS with 1:00.92; and ChaCha Ocean View Middle School bagged third place with 1:04.46.<\/p>\n

The Tottots won second place in the 14U boys 4X100m relay with a time of 53.96; first was ACS with 52.65; third was Hopwood Middle School at 58.26 seconds.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys 4X400m relay, SIS won first with a time of 4:18.84; ACS was second at 4:20.94; and third was DMS with a time of 4:22.90.<\/p>\n

Top 3 in the 14U girls 200m was Ysabella Lenteja from TJHS at 28.59; Aubrey White at 30.33; and DMS\u2019 Alyssa Mendiola at 31.12 seconds.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys 400m, SIS\u2019 Moshe Sikkel claimed first at 58.88; Christopher Cruz was second at 59.95; and Grace Christian Academy\u2019s Michael Miller was third at 1:00.71.<\/p>\n

Top 3 in the 14U girls 400m was Lenteja with 1:07.89; Ella Hall from GCA at 1:08.57; and Taflinger with 1:09.18.<\/p>\n

In the 14U boys long jump event, FMS\u2019 Changhwan Ryu threw the farthest with 4.79m; Seidler won second with 4.7m; and Caleb Sablan won third at 4.58m.<\/p>\n

DMS coach and teacher Simon Necesito was almost speechless throughout the interview. \u201cWords cannot express how excited we are\u2026 I asked them to give 100% and they gave 110% today. They did amazing throughout the qualifiers and the finals.<\/p>\n

Co-coach and teacher Jeri May Tudela said that she is proud of them all and was equally as excited as Necesito. \u201cWe have a lot of good talent here\u2026 All the intense training led to insane results. DMS girls, a lot of hard work went into this, and you believed in yourselves. You guys did great.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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