Jamesray Michael Ajido gave the Philippines its first gold medal in record fashion on Saturday in the 46th Southeast Asian Age Group Championships at the Assumption University swimming pool in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ajido, the country’s lone gold medal winner in the Asian Age Group Championships last February in New Clark City, clinched the gold medal in the boys 14-15 50-meter butterfly in new meet record of 25.53 seconds.
The 15-year-old Grade 10 student of La Salle Greenhills broke the record of Vietnamese Nguyen Hoang Khang (25.71) that was established in the 2018 edition.
Ajido beat Indonesian Gusti Pramana (25.98) and Khattawan Juhara of Thailand (26.00) for the gold.
Ajido’s victory made up for his silver medal finishes in the 50m freestyle and 100m butterfly in the opening day on Friday.
World Championship campaigner Jasmine Mojdeh also claimed a silver in the girl’s 100m fly, while Ivo Nikolai Enot captured the bronze in the boys 100m backstroke.
