TOKYO: University of the Philippines Integrated School’s Charize Juliana Esmero and Divine Word College-Mindoro’s Rio Lorenzo Malapitan bagged two gold medals each to spearhead the country’s eight-gold medal haul on day two of the 2015 Japan Invitational Swimming Championship being held at the Tokyo International Swimming Pool here.

Esmero, a medalist in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines Season 78, continued her impressive showing by capturing the girls’ 11-12 100-meter backstroke gold in one minute and 9.84 seconds and the 200m Individual Medley top honors in 1:15.02.

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