AFTER Mariane Sotomil, 17-year-old discus thrower Franz Gela Bintad of Bacolod Tay Tung High School is also getting into the radar of University of the Philippines (UP) Maroons.

In a communication shared, the Thunderbolts and Maroons are expected early next year to discuss details about Bintad and Sotomil.

Bintad will be donning Negros Occidental colors in the next year’s Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet after winning the gold medal in the secondary girls’ discus throw event of the 2017 Palarong Panlalawigan.

She also finished with a bronze during the last Palarong Pambansa in Antique behind National Capital Region’s gold and silver medalists Kasandra Alcantara and Daniella Daytona.

Jose Montalbo, vice chairman for Bacolod Tay Tung Sports Development Committee, said that aside from these latest names, Tay Tung has already sent a number of athletes to the University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) like Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University.

“Some of them have already graduated from college while others are soon to graduate,” he said. (HGD)