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.

The Philippine Aquatics, Inc. (PAI) effort to promote open water swimming and formed a training pool for future international competition got the needed boost with 1st National Open Water Swimming Tryouts organized recently by the Congress of Philippine Aquatics (COPA) Region XI at the Pujada Bay in Dahican, Mati City in Davao Oriental.