GeneSoc bags medals at this year’s WaCASan

Sean Lemuel L. Santos
GeneSoc members during the awarding of their Men's Basketball Team as champions (Photo courtesy of Michelia Malabrigo).

By: Jessica Agustin (Securin)

GeneSoc garners numerous awards in WaCASan, the closing ceremony of PalaCASan, held last Saturday, March 23, 2019 at Colegio de Los Banos in Los Banos, Laguna.

Members of the organization excelled at three (3) sporting events on which they garnered three championships, two 2nd places, six 3rd places, one 4th place and two special awards. The events include swimming, badminton and basketball.

Swimming

For the women’s swimming event, Michelia Malabrigo (Hybrizyme) won the following: 
  • 1st place in 50m Freestyle
  • 2nd place in 25m Backstroke
  • 2nd place in 50m Breaststroke
  • 3rd place in 25m Freestyle
  • 3rd place in 50m Backstroke
Juan Miguel Balatibat (Hybrizyme) got the 3rd place in 50m breaststroke for the men’s swimming event.

GeneSoc also placed 3rd for both 4x25m Medley and 4x25m Relay. These were won by Michelia Malabrigo, Juan Miguel Balatibat, Yzzia Montifar (Hybrizyme) and Rap Medrano (Replichore)

Badminton

For the Badminton event, Michelia got the 1st place for Women’s Badminton. Arlon De Jesus (Aptamers) and Michelia won the 3rd place for Mixed Badminton while Arlon placed 4th in the Men’s Badminton.

Basketball

For the Men’s Basketball, GeneSoc successfully defended their championship title against The CPS Triangle in the best-of-three finals (2-0). GeneSoc has already reached a 5-peat championship streak since 2014. Jim Diezon (Replichore) was awarded the Most Valuable Player (MVP) for the Men’s Basketball.

Mr. and Ms. PalaCASan 2018

PalaCASan also has its own pageant contest in search for Mr. and Ms. PalaCASan 2018. Juan Miguel Balatibat was awarded as the People’s Choice for Mr. PalaCASan 2018. Densel Ross Itliong (UP CELLS) and Mary Aubrey K. Mercado (UPLB STATS) won the contest and were named as Mr. and Ms. PAlaCASan 2018, respectively.

About PalaCASan
PalaCASan has been an annual one semester long sports festival of the College of Arts and Sciences led by CAS-based academic organizations. PalaCASan 2018 was hosted by The UPLB Microbiological Society with the theme Project Outlast: An Arm-In-Arm Combat. GeneSoc hosted PalaCASan 2016 with the theme Bumabangon. Lumalaban. Manlalaro ng Bayan.

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