Xiandi Chua tops 200m Individual Medley.

Southeast Asian Games record holder Xiandi Chua, and fellow veteran SEAG winner Chloe Isleta provided some semblance of rivalry as the country’s two swimming stars heated an already high-octane Day 1 action in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials 25-meter (short course) on Tuesday at the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming pool inside the historic Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Malate, Manila.

PAI Sec-Gen Batangas 1st District Congressman Eric Buhain with Fil-Am Gian Santos.

By Edwin Rollon

Local bets Billie Blu Mondonedo, Maxene Hayley Uy, Sophie Rose Garra, and Liv Abigail Florendo share the limelight with their illustrious homegrown and Filipino-foreign breed competitors on Sunday at the close of the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) 50-meter-long course National Trials at the crowded Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool in Malate, Manila.

Coleman breaks another QTS.

FIL-foreign Gian Santos and Riannah Chantelle Coleman continued their superb performances even as local bigwigs came out with an impressive showing on Saturday on the penultimate day of the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) 50-meter long course National Trials at the Teofilo Ildefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.

Fil-Am sensation Riannah Coleman and veteran internationalist Jasmine Mojdeh shares admiration after the 200-meter breaststroke event.

Homegrown bigshots made their presence felt to steal the limelight from foreign-breed Filipinos trying to make it to the National Team on the second day of action in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials for long course (50-meter) at the Teofilo Yldefonso Swimming Pool inside the historic Rizal Memorial Sports Complex (RMSC).

Riannah Coleman tops the 50-meter breaststroke

A Filipino-American athletic scholar at the government-run National Academy of Sports (NAS) and a trio of foreign-breed Filipinos based abroad pulled off stunning performances to overshadow the absence of Olympian Kayla Sanchez on Thursday at the start of the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) 50-meter (long course) National Sports Trials at the Teofilo Yldefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.

Jamesrey Ajido, Jazmine Mojde & Heather White

Sixty-one Filipino swimmers based abroad have signed up to join some 500 local hopefuls in the Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) National Trials -- 50-meter (long course) and 25-meter (short course) – Swimming Championships slated on August 15-18 and August -20-23, respectively, at the Teofilo Ildefonso swimming pool in Malate, Manila.