Young Cebuano Triathlete Wins Alaska Ironkids
- Jamil Buergo
- Aug 1, 2015
- 2 min read
In the most participated Ironkids event of the year with over 200 participants in the individual, relay and play categories, local favorite Yuan Chiongbian emerged on top of the Boys 13-14 year old category of the Alaska Ironkids at the Shangri-la Mactan Resort & Spa in Lapu-Lapu City in Cebu.
Coming out first in the water, the former Batang Pinoy triathlon champion continued to pad his lead over Lucian Antonio Alejo and John Caleb Barlin in the bike and run leg. Chiongbian, also a recent winner of the Singapore triathlon finished the 400m swim, 12km bike and 3km run with the time of 42:50.7. Alejo finished with 45:51.4 while Barlin clocked in with 45:53.3.
Over at the Girls 13-14 category, Nicole Eijansantos took the top honors over perennial top podium finisher Samantha Borlain and Sam Mcinnes. Eijansantos, who finished with the time of 47:02.1, proved to be the better runner as she finally overtook Samantha (49:52.6) in the first few hundred meters of the run leg even passing several boys who started the race earlier than the girls. Mcinnes took third place finishing with 50:05.6.
In the 11-12 year old category, It was a grand slam victory for Juan Francisco Baniqued and Tara Borlain took first honors in the boys and girls respectively in all Alaska Ironkids event for 2015. Baniqued, more known as Wacky, finished the race in 33:54.7. Wacky was followed by Bernard Miguel Sy (36:31.6) and Victor Andrew Boherom (36:33.2). On the other hand, Tara Borlain finished with 34:24.0 and was followed by Catherine Angeli Yu (35:54.1) and Raven Faith Alcoseba (37:07.8)
Here are the complete results for the 2015 Alaska Ironkids:
Prior to the Ironkids (and Ironman) events over the weekend, Alaska Milk and Sunrise Events President and CEO Wilfred Steven Uytengsu came up with a side event called the Alaska Run Out where the Alaska IronKids participants as well as the Ironman pros and other competitors went to Punta Engano Elementary School and promoted the value of well-balanced lifestyle for kids of today.
“Alaska IronKids is all about adopting a healthy lifestyle. Children have fun as they swim, bike and run. We are also advocating the Gatas for Breakfast campaign. I invite everyone here to start the day with exercise and then have that healthy breakfast which includes Alaska Milk. You will grow strong and healthy. One day soon I hope you may even be part of the Alaska IronKids or even race in the Ironman,” said Uytengsu to the hundreds of students and teachers of the school.
For general information about the Alaska IronKids, you may visit http://ironkidsphil.com/; Alaska Milk Corporation visit www.alaskamilk.com; and for live Twitter updates follow @ALASKAsportshub.
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