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Manila Bulletin devider Sports devider Paris Olympian Kayla Sanchez makes splash in SEA Games tryouts

Paris Olympian Kayla Sanchez makes splash in SEA Games tryouts

Published Aug 24, 2025 03:21 pm
Paris Olympian Kayla Sanchez stamped her class and made a splash in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Tryouts for the 33rd Southeast Asian Games over the weekend at the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Center in Malate, Manila.
Sanchez surpassed the SEA Games qualifying standard of 1:05.17 in the women's 100-meter backstroke while also topping the field that also featured Cambodia SEA Games champion Xiandi Chua (1:03.07) and veteran Quendy Fernandez (1:03.23).
Teia Isabelle Salvino (1:03.85), a 2023 SEA gold medalist, and 2022 SEAG titlist Chloe Isleta (1:03.91) also beat the mark.
However, per SEA Games rules, only the top two finishers per country will make the team for Bangkok.
Although failing to hit the qualifying mark, Sophia Rose Garra reset the national record in the 100m backstroke, clocking 1:06.50 to eclipse her own 1:06.65 mark in the girls’ 13-under division.
She also reset the girls’ 13-under 50m backstroke record with 30.70 seconds, smashing her previous mark of 31.00sec.
Sanchez also booked a slot in the 50m butterfly, placing second at 27.46sec behind Fil-Am Miranda Cristina Renner (27.34sec) – both beating the qualifying mark of 27.69sec.
She and Fil-British swimmer Heather White also qualified in the women’s 200m freestyle, clocking 2:01.41 and 2:05.40, respectively -- way ahead of the 2:07.17 qualifying time standard.
Chua, meanwhile, reinforced her standing as the top local bet, winning the women's 200m individual medley in 2:18.38 to also beat the qualifying standard of 2:18.47. She finished ahead of Isleta (2:21.87) and Shairinne Floriano (2:27.01).
In the men’s side, Fil-Am Gian Christopher Santos topped the boys’ 200m freestyle in 1:51.61, breaching the 1:51.74 QTS against locals Miguel Barreto (1:52.61) and Nathan Farrell Jao (1:52.70).
 
Fil-Japanese Logan Wataru Noguchi also emerged as a strong contender, ruling the 50m butterfly in 24.30sec and placing second in the 100m backstroke at 56.76sec behind Fil-Canadian Joran Paul Orogo (56.67sec), both under QTS.
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