Giving it all in his final season, Ramirez, 26, broke the 400m and 200m records in two of the three gold medals he snared in the three-day meet organized by a committee chaired by Herc Callanta of Lyceum of the Philippines U.Ramirez clocked 46.95 seconds in the 400m to erase the 48.03 mark he set last year and then timed in 21.43 in the 200m to eclipse the 21.93 standard Russel Galleon of JRU registered six years ago.
Ramirez's magnificence highlighted JRU's three-peat feat and the school's 10th overall.'Five-peat dapat yan if hindi nagka pandemic,' said JRU coach Jojo Posadas.It was a dominant effort by JRU as it tallied 826.5 points, way ahead of closest pursuers Mapua and AU, which wound up second and third with 584 and 540, respectively.Grospe shared the spotlight with Ramirez, a fellow national team mainstay, as he swept all three jumping events—long jump, triple jump and high jump.