WVPRISAA BRINGS HOME 4 SILVER, 1 BRONZE FROM NAT’L PRISAA

The Western Visayas Private Schools Athletic Association (WVPRISAA), represented by the Negros Occidental Private Schools Sports Cultural Educational Association (NOPSSCEA), got a 4 silver and 1 bronze medals in the taekwondo competition of the 2005 National Private Schools Athletic Association held in April 2005 in Zamboanga City.

WVPRISAA silver medalists were Barbara Gruber of Visayan Maritime Academy (women’s welterweight), Ellen June Gutoana of Riverside College (women’s finweight), Paul Medes of Riverside College (men’s welterweight), and Keith Panghari of John B. Lacson Colleges Foundation-Iloilo; bronze medalist, Mark Anthony Carmona of LCC-Bacolod (men’s flyweight). Donnessa Grefalda of LCC and Victor Agraciado of West Negros College got wins in the women’s flyweight and men’s featherweight divisions respectively but they missed the bronze. Coach of the WVPRISAA Team was Joel R. Casiple.

It was here that 2004 WVPRISAA flyweight taekwondo champion Mark Anthony Carmona was discovered and offered a full scholarship with allowance and free accommodation by the University of the East in Manila.