And that’s it—all accounted for!
Puerto Princesa City emerged as the champion of the 2025 MIMAROPA Regional Athletic Meet, after hauling a remarkable total of 121 gold medals.
The city’s athletes dominated both the elementary and secondary levels, securing a grand total of 262 medals.
According to the final and official tally, Puerto Princesa City’s overall medal count included 121 gold, 77 silver, and 64 bronze, narrowly beating Palawan, which finished second with 261 medals, comprising 88 gold, 86 silver, and 87 bronze.
Oriental Mindoro came in third with 207 medals, including 68 gold, 70 silver, and 69 bronze.
In the elementary division, Puerto Princesa City claimed the overall win with 41 gold medals, while Palawan came next after earning 36 gold medals and Oriental Mindoro followed with 22 gold.
Occidental Mindoro ranked fourth with 15 gold, followed by Calapan City with 15, Marinduque with 4, and Romblon with 3 gold medals.
Meanwhile, in the secondary level, Puerto Princesa City still dominated the events with 80 gold medals, leaving Palawan with 52 golds in second place.
Oriental Mindoro placed third with 46 gold medals followed by Occidental Mindoro with 16; while Calapan City, Romblon, and Marinduque landed in fifth, sixth, and seventh places with 15, 4, 1 gold medal haul, respectively.
The meet also recognized outstanding display of cleanliness and discipline outside of athletics.
Calapan City was awarded first place for maintaining the cleanest billeting schools, followed by Oriental Mindoro and Marinduque as second and third placers, respectively.
The first most disciplined delegation award was given to Oriental Mindoro, while Calapan came in the second place and Marinduque in the third spot.
Capping the five-day battle of athleticism, DepEd MIMAROPA Assistant Regional Director Cherrylou D. Repia extended her votes of thanks to the athletes coming from the seven delegations for fulfilling the order of the Regional Director Nicolas T. Capulong to maintain discipline all throughout the conduct of the meet.
“Sa mga bata, salamat sa pagtupad nyo sa tagubilin ng ating Director Nick Capulong na ang sabi nya ang pinakamahalaga sa kanya ay disiplina ng mga bata, and definitely we can say that you obeyed our regional director,” Repia said.
It can be noted that before the regional meet commenced, the Regional Director reminded everyone that he is expecting that MIMAROPA will maintain its reputation as one of the most disciplined delegations in the upcoming Palarong Pambansa, with reference to its achievement in the 2024 Palarong Pambansa in Cebu City where MIMAROPA placed second among the most disciplined together with CALABARZON and Davao Region as first and third, respectively.
The athletes who triumphed in the regional meet will represent MIMAROPA in the Palarong Pambansa in Region I, particularly in Laoag City, Ilocos Norte, this coming May 24 to June 2, marking an exciting opportunity for these players to showcase their talents on the national stage.