With the attempt
of bringing back what has been theirs, the Maritime regiment didn’t cease to
outshine their other competitors for this year’s Siglakas event. Bagging the
gold medals and other awards, they didn’t want to settle anything for less thus
making them at the second spot in the over-all standing.
Teamwork,
perseverance, discipline, and vigor... all into one makes the maritime regiment
to be looked after. For them, giving up
is not an option and it has been in the bloodstream of the maritime league to
fight against the odds and set forth to excellence. Being a champion years ago, it is most likely
the participants under this college are honed beyond their limits and geared to
get the glory back from the hands of the defending champion, the College of
Medicine.
As the opening
of the lively and festive Siglakas event paved way for the entrance of the
maritime athletes, there were already loud cheers sided with heart-throbbing beats
of the drum corps that bellowed the coliseum. With their built physique and
vitality, others felt they have an advantage into sports like swimming,
basketball, volleyball and the like.
“We know we will
get the first place this time.”, says Bryan, a maritime student who cheers for
the maritime brood.
The college made
a striking performance in the track and field event where under the scorching
heat of the sun, the maritime athletes were instead stimulated to leap higher
and dash round the stretched oval that sprinted a victory of 7 golds, 4 silvers
and 1 bronze medal. In the swimming event, endurance and stability were seen
among the athletes as each one of them were trying to get first in lane but the
maritime regiment which gathered 3 golds, 3 silvers and 5 bronze medals seemed
to be quenched enough over the gigantic swimming competitors. In sepak takraw,
the all-out effort exerted by the ‘maritime’ worth it, grabbing the
championship title with 3 golds on hand.
They could have
made an advancement in the basketball tournament when unfortunately, they were
unlucky enough to get in the semi-finals. The team cut the round robin
tournament after being under-pressured on an overtime play against the College
of Dentistry. In the volleyball men’s event,
they made an advantage in firing up to the finals, this time it was against the
unleashing power of the College of medicine.
Other sporting
events such as the dart, table tennis, and taekwondo contributed a lot to the
over-all performance of the maritime regiment for in the dart firsthand, they
were able to bull’s eye a gold medal and a silver medal at the end as well as
in the taekwondo whose powerful and swift kicks resulted to 2 silvers and 1
bronze medals. The college’s fate in the table tennis event mattered earning
them 3 bronze medals.
But amidst the
tension and pressure being laid upon to each of these sports, what makes the
maritime athletes determined and persevering was because of the undying support
and the optimistic spirit of their other colleagues. In every event the
maritime regiment has to contend, be it into academic or sporting event they
were always there to support their representatives from that day on till the
night falls. Everytime you see the maritime playing, there were always a brood
of men and a drum corps with them to cheer for their college. Cheering all the
best that they could to keep the players withstand the tension and all.
For the maritime
players, win or lose, what matters most is that they give their best with fair
play and in friendly competition. Aside from striving hard for excellence, there’s
no other thing they would ask for but the discipline that they could get in
each event they are in. After all, the impression of the maritime regiment being
excellent into sports will always there in the consciousness of other people that’s
why even though they landed second in the over-all standing, they will aim
higher and is looking forward to next year’s event promising they will dominate
among others and bring back the glory that was from the maritime regiment.
Congratulations! It was an excellent performance already.
