Dumaguete’s dominance in archery was proven once more in the Palarong Pambansa in Lingayen, Pangasinan last week after Karl Kristian Mari broke three Palaro records in secondary boys’ archery at the Capitol Resort Hotel Range in Lingayen.
Mari, an incoming sophomore student at the Catherina Cittadini St. Louis High School, scored 313 points to erase the 300 points set last year in the secondary boys 50m.
He also won the 30-meter, 40-meter and 50-meter events to lead the Central Visayas delegation.
Mari, 14, a resident of barangay Bagacay, posted 333 points to shatter the 331 30-meter record made by Julius Victorio Cootauco of the Bicol region set last year in Dapitan City.
He also shattered the record for the 40-meter distance with 324 points, breaking by 13 points the previous mark Julian Sebastian Teves, also of Central Visayas, set last year.
Mari’s name is the latest among a string of outstanding archers who have made Dumaguete and Negros Oriental proud, such as Joan Chan, Jennifer Chan and Mark Javier, to name a few.
Accompanying Mari to the Palarong Pambansa was his proud mother, Maria Eliza Ty Mari. (PR)
