MANILA swimmer Patricia Mae Santor bagged her sixth gold medal on the final day of competition to bring her total medal haul to seven in the 2025 Batang Pinoy National Championships at the Antonio Acharon Sports Complex in General Santos City.
Santor, a student-athlete at the University of Santo Tomas, secured her second gold in the team event after leading Manila to victory in the 4×50-meter medley relay alongside teammates Kristine Jane Uy, Naomi Sy and Eliana Isabel Rodriguez.
The quartet clocked 2:08.86, finishing ahead of Bacolod City and Mandaue City in the final swimming event of the Philippine Sports Commission-organized multisport tournament.
Santor emerged as the most bemedaled female swimmer of the games with four individual and two team golds, plus a silver.
Mabalacat City’s FJ Catherine Cruz, Aklan’s Nuche Veronica Ibit and Malabon City’s Sophia Rose Garra also captured five gold medals each, sweeping all their individual events.
Local standout Christian Isaiah Lagnason pocketed four gold medals in his hometown but was stripped of another due to a false start disqualification on Wednesday.
‘Improvement-one more gold than last year,’ said Lagnason, who has become the benchmark in three Batang Pinoy events. ‘Last year, I was just going for fun, and now I’m more serious. I’d like to set more records.’
Manila, meanwhile, led the provisional medals race with 32 gold, 27 silver and 24 bronze for a total of 83 medals, followed by defending champion Pasig also with 29 golds, 17 silvers and 21 bronzes (70 total).
Baguio City sat in third with 29-17-22 (68 total), followed by Quezon City with 20-19-23 (62 total) and Zamboanga City with 16-12-3 (31 total).
PSC Chairman John Patrick Gregorio led the closing ceremony at the Sports Complex, while General Santos City Mayor Lorelie G. Pacquiao officially handed over the hosting duties to Bacolod City Mayor Greg G. Gasataya.
Quezon City, led by a core from Far Eastern University-Diliman, captured the boys’ 3×3 basketball title after defeating Taguig City, 21-16, in the final held at the Holy Trinity College compound.
Negros Occidental claimed the bronze after downing Davao del Norte, 17-13.
Cagayan de Oro City ruled the girls’ 3×3 division after outlasting Davao City, 19-15, while Bulacan secured bronze with a 16-14 win over Caloocan City.