Mayor Benjamin Lim on January 16 shared the pride and jubilation of the Dagupan team for winning the overall championship during the staging of the 17^th Regional Private Schools Athletic Association (PRISAA) Games held in Urdaneta City on December 12 to 16.

The team, composed of 132 athletes from various colleges and universities, stood proudly on top of the field with a total of 94 gold medals.
 

San Carlos City and La Union were a distant second with 41 medals, while Laoag City settled in the third place with 11 medals. 
 

Based on the medal tally, the city bagged all gold medals in athletics (50), table tennis (8), taekwondo (7), lawn tennis (7), basketball (5) and chess (1).
 

Mayor Lim said that the emergence of Dagupan as the overall champion in the regional meet is the first step in the city’s bid to clinch the top spot during the national PRISAA games slated on the second week of April in Iloilo City.
 

“Dagupan is a home to promising young athletes, who, once given full support can bring honor to the country,” Lim said even as he encouraged the athletes to continue honing their talents and skills by participating in various sporting events.
 

“With the promise to do better, our athletes’ chances at participating in national or even international games are bigger,” he added.
 

“The training of our athletes were paid off,” said Arthur Tangco, PRISAA Dagupan president.
The event was participated in by 533 athletes from the different cities and municipalities in the region.(CIO/Leziel T. Cayabyab)