Looks like Davao City has placed the outcome of this year’s Davao regional Athletic Association (DAVRAA) meet beyond doubt.
With a huge medal haul of 91 gold medals that comes with 66 silver and 30 bronze as of late Wednesday, the perennial champions are within a striking distance of another dominant finish on home ground leaving the rest of the competition battling for second place.
Ruling almost all of the individual events which includes medal-rich athletics and swimmings, the Durians padded the lead in the medal race going into the final two days of action in the week-long sports conclave devoted for elementary and secondary athletes.
The Durian’s elementary division collected a total of 47-32-15, gold-silver-bronze while the secondary division tallied 44-34-15.
While the host city enjoys the top of the table, Tagum City Tagumpay tightened its grip on the second spot with a 24-35-29 tally.
Chasing the Tagumpay are Panabo City Banana Magnates and Digos City Trekkers who rose to the third and fourth places with 11-19-22 and 10-8-19, respectively, surpassing last Tuesday’s third placer Davao del Norte Pioneers which fell to fifth spot with 7-6-17.
The Davao Oriental Sunrisers is at sixth with 4-2-13, followed by Compostela Valley at seventh with 3-6-13, Davao del Sur at eighth with 3-4-10, Davao Occidental Slashers at ninth with 2-5-13 and Mati City Eagles at 10th with 1-3-4.
After three consecutive days of action, the hapless Island Garden City of Samal Waves had only a silver and two bronze medals by far and continued to dwell at the cellar of the 11-delegation meet.
More medals are at stake on Thursday in the individual events while the semifinals for the team events also get going in separate venues around the city.
