The future heroes of Philippine sports will be honored during the 2nd Siklab Sports Youth Awards today at the Market! Market! Activity Area in BGC, Taguig City.
Leading the awardees are reigning girls PGA champion Yuka Saso, triathlete Andrew Kim Remolino, basketball’s Dave Ildefonso and 19 other athletes from various sports named as POC Siklab Young Heroes during the gala for the finest Filipino athletes 18 years old and younger.
Fencers Maxine Esteban and Samantha Catantan will likewise headline the event organized by the Philippine Sports Commission-Philippine Olympic Committee Media Group as well as junior cycling champion Marc Ryan Lago and dragonboat/canoe-kayak world champion paddlers Christine Mae Talledo and Lealyn Baligasa.
Sharing the limelight during the awards night backed by the Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Olympic Committee, Smart/PLDT, MVP Sports Foundation and Go For Gold are International Masters Kylen Mordido and Marvin Miciano, speed skater Julian Kyle Silverio, pole vaulter Hokett Delos Santos and wrestler Cadel Evance Hualda.
With Market!Market! and Ayala Malls as venue partners, the second edition of the Siklab Sports Youth Awards will also put the spotlight on Super Kids awardees led by gymnast Karl Eldrew Yulo and IM Daniel Quizon.
Bowlers Norel Nuevo and Grace Gella, who both captured bronze medals in the recent junior world championships, also got the recognition that they deserved along with promising skateboarder David Sebastian Chanco and taekwondo jin Ian Matthew Corton.
Receiving the Sports Idols accolade this year are track and field icon Elma Muros-Posadas and jujitsu world champion Meggie Ochoa in the gathering also supported by Pagcor and Cignal TV while PSC Chairman William Ramirez and Go For Gold head Jeremy Go have been named godfathers of the year.
The PSC Children’s Games for Peace Award is exclusive for the top performers of the 2019 Palarong Pambansa and the Batang Pinoy Games led by archer Naina Dominique Tagle and swimmers Xiandi Chua, Michaela Jasmine Mojdeh and Marc Bryant Dula.
Completing the Young Heroes are shooting’s Denise Basila and Michael Angelo Fernandez, skater Diane Panlilio, Jannah Romero (table tennis), Janzeth Gajo (wushu), Joshua Glenn Bullo (sepak takraw), Lanz Zafra (badminton), Samantha Catantan (fencing) and Solomon Padiz Jr. (badminton).
Sandrex Gaisan (wushu), Lovely Mae Orbeta (darts), Patrick Coo (cycling), Mariel Abuan (athletics), Remond Lofranco (boxing), weightlifter Vanessa Sarno, swimmer Ivo Nikolai Enot and Dylan Valmores (jujitsu) will likewise receive the elegant Super Kids trophy.