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VIGOR. Student athletes from Gusa Regional Science High School-X gather their resolve through the waning pandemic; one punch, smash, and check at a time. IN FRAME | VINCE PHILIPPE SERIÑA

RegSci athletes recount their sports journey in quarantine

by IVY JEAN SILAGAN

The onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to the majority of sports events around the world. Student-athletes, in particular, were amongst the people who were heavily affected as they are not able to actively participate in their usual sporting activities in school or outside their homes.

RS athletes are no exception to this case. Several regionalistas shared their experiences on how they adapted to the new normal conditions and their ways of maintaining fitness throughout the quarantine period.

Vince Seriña of Grade 12 took up a lot of sports in his life such as soccer, swimming, and skateboarding. He was a member of RS basketboys and competed in several District and Division Meet competitions.

When asked about how the pandemic changed his physical and social life, he responded: “I wasn’t allowed to go out and socialize with friends because of the quarantine. It also really limited my physical activities as well as my social life since we weren’t really able to hang out and socialize like we used to.”

However, he was able to maintain his physical condition by doing lots of indoor sports and workouts.

Seriña was also appointed as the head of this year’s GRSHS-X Sports Club and together with the Supreme Student Government, they spearheaded the recently concluded Virtuamurals 2022.

“My experience during the Virtuamurals was very hectic yet super fun. Meeting lots of new people and working together with them was probably the most memorable part of my job. I felt a lot of stress throughout the event but it was all worth it in the end,” he said.

Recently, he also began his boxing journey and even won a gold medal in “The Dogfight 612” boxing match on June 12, 2022, via 2nd round TKO.

On the other hand, 9th grader Neil Sulapas, a table tennis athlete, claimed that he maintains his fitness and physical condition by doing scheduled training.

“Mainly, my scheduled training only covers table tennis. If I have a free week, I train for 6 days. From Monday to Friday, I’ll do a 30-minute run and some playing and footwork routines by sets. On Saturdays, I do a 5km run in the morning then if possible, practice game with my teammates for application of what we have learned throughout the week.” he said.

However, with responsibilities comes challenges especially in this pandemic.

“My physical activities have been limited since I need accompaniment. Regarding my social life, I rarely have the time to train with my teammates since arranged practice games have been canceled due to the fact that we’re in a pandemic,” he added.

Lastly, RS Chess club captain Kahlil Yagao who also takes table tennis, said that he sometimes jogs in their local plaza to maintain his physical condition.

“Life in quarantine is very different, you only become physically active when you have the motivation to do so. However, I still keep my social life intact because of social media but it is not the same as before,” he said.

RS studes join forces in 2022 Virtuamurals and Club Culmination Activities

Students of Gusa Regional Science High School-X show off their wits and ingenuity in the recently concluded “PANAG-HIUSA: 2022 Virtuamurals and Club Culmination Activities” on May 10-12, 2022.

The 3-day event, consisting of 11 game categories, marks the second Virtual-Intramurals event by the institution, as preceded by last year’s online clash with the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) Senior High School.

For this year, the GRSHS-X realm is composed of The Viridescent Pythons (Grade 7), Yellow Roaring Tigers (Grade 8), Red Raging Dragons (Grade 9), Blue Jays (Grade 10), White Blood Seals (Grade 11), and Big Black Cocks (Grade 12).

Fruji Sabello of Grade 9 Red Raging Dragons and Avryll Basan of Grade 11 White Blood Seals triumphed in the categories of Traditional Poster and Digital Poster, respectively.

Lance Dabad, who hails from the Grade 9 Yellow Roaring Tigers, nabbed the 1st place and the People’s Choice Award for Mobile Photography while Sean Calamba of Grade 7 Viridescent Pythons won the Editor’s Choice Award.

Samantha Sim of Grade 11 White Blood Seals won first place in the Quizziz category while Kristine Flores of Grade 12 Big Black Cocks also took the gold in the Spelling Bee.

Meanwhile, Zed Gesulga of Grade 11 White Blood Seals ruled in the Chess Category.

Claire Careras and Ysabella Cagalawan of Grade 9 Red Raging Dragons were declared first place for the Talent Show, while Dawn Mejares of Grade 8 Yellow Roaring Tigers stood out the most in the Creative Cosplay category and was hailed as the first placer.

Lastly, in the E-games category were Call of Duty, Valorant, and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang. Team “Champion na Daan” of Grade 12 Big Black Cocks outdueled the rest in ML:BB with Kert “Kerwi” Cardinales coming up as the MVP.

On the other hand, Team “The Wedding of Maria and June” delivered another victory for Grade 11 White Blood Seals alongside reigning MVP Jan Mark “LMAOFACE” Torres as they dominated in the Valorant category.

For Call of Duty, the Grade 10 Blue Jays or Team “Normies” reigned the finals match with Hanz “Heist Hanz” Calio securing the MVP title.

Overall, the Grade 11 White Blood Seals emerged as the champion, while the 2nd and 3rd place was clinched by Red Raging Dragons (Grade 9) and Blue Jays (Grade 10), respectively.

“While it was a tough fight between year levels on who takes the overall champion, I hope that the students understood the real essence of this activity and that is to foster stronger connections with each other despite the restrictions because of the distance learning,” said Kyla Javier, the President of GRSHS-X’s Supreme Student Government.

“I hope that somehow, we made them feel how it feels like to be back on campus. How RS, our home, feels like. And may they find strength in it and look forward to finally going back to normal soon,” she added. VIRTUAMURALS 2022 BATCH BANNERS