For the second straight year, Marc Bryan Dula of Wisenheimer Academy and Micaela Jasmine Mojdeh of Immaculate Heart of Mary College-Parañaque clinched the 2017 Philippine Swimming League (PSL) Swimmer of the Year awards. Dula earned a total of 39 medals – 15 golds, 18 silvers and six bronzes – including three Most Outstanding Swimmer awards and two meet records in five international tournaments. The Alexandre Papa-mentored Dula competed in 11 legs of the PSL National Series held in different parts of the country where he registered 10 meet records. Dula and Mojdeh are the future of Philippine swimming. For their remarkable showing abroad, both Mojdeh and Dula received a Tony Siddayao award during the 2017 Philippine Sportswriters Association Annual Awards Night – a third award for the former and second for the latter.

Source: Manila Times April 30, 2018 12:45 UTC