A grade 10 learner from Cordon National High School has bagged the first-ever gold for Isabela after lodging a commanding lead over rivals in long jump men’s category, Day 1 of the DepED Dos RISE, April 25.
Julius U. Cadiz, 16, whose last appearance in the Valley’s biggest sports convergence was in 2018, recorded a career-high 6.39 meters, 20 centimeters ahead of the second placer from Cagayan who registered 6.19 meters.
According to Cadiz, the victory was a product of his strong desire to bring pride to his province, citing his willingness to give it his all during the 25-day intensive training just to provide the Emerald delegation the honor it deserves.
“๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ช๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข๐จ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ด๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ข๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ด๐ข ๐ต๐บ๐ข๐จ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต๐ช ๐ข๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฉ๐ถ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ข๐ต๐ฉ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฆ,” he said.
Meanwhile, John John Petines and Darwin Tagaroma, Cadiz’s coaches, said that they already expected the grade 10 jumper to rake gold in long jump as his records during the training were consistently high. “๐๐ข๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐ข ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ฑ๐ข ๐ด๐ช๐บ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐บ, ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ช๐บ๐ข ๐ด๐ข ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ข ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฆ๐ธ๐ข๐ณ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ด๐ข๐ฌ๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ๐ช๐ด๐บ๐ฐ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ข๐ต๐ข,” they said.(Jose Rafael P. Guiyab/DepEd Isabela)
