Maritime regiment: Sportmanship at its best

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.