BACOLOD City: Alexis Soqueno of Negros Occidental province and Karen Janario of Leyte province grabbed four gold medals apiece on Thursday in the athletics event of the Batang Pinoy national finals at the Pana-ad Sports Park and Stadium here.

The 15-year-old Soqueno ruled the boys 110-m boys hurdles with a time record of 14.77 seconds, the fastest in the history of the meet. He earlier won the gold in the boys’ high jump with a record-breaking leap of 1.93-meter. He won another gold in the boys’ 4-100-m relay with a time record of 44.9.

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