Negros braces for sweep
SWIM WONDER CLINCHES 7TH GOLD,
SPIKERS BRING HOME FOUR CROWNS
BY CEDELF TUPAS

ROXAS CITY --- With eight team titles safely tucked in its belt, Negros built a huge 90-point lead over Iloilo in the race for high school division overall honors yesterday and looked forward for a rare sweep with its elementary athletes also getting the better of their regional rivals in the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet that closes today here.

Victories came in different fronts but none were bigger than the swimming pool, where 12-year-old wonder Kiefer Piccio of the University of St. La Salle created the biggest waves with seven golds in the elementary contest, and the volleyball courts, where Negros swept the four titles disputed.

Those triumphs highlighted Negros' productive day as it jacked up its output to 225 points in the high school category, leaving Iloilo in far second with 135 under the championship points system of the Department of Education.