Barreto, Daos eye KL berths

Swimmers Rafael Barreto and Kirsten Chloe Daos are prepping up for a possible stint in the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur next year.

And they could earn the spot with another remarkable outing in the coming Southeast Asian Age Group Swimming Championships on Dec. 9 to 12 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Barreto broke a gold-medal drought for the country in the boys’ 14-15 years’ 50-meter butterfly during the 39th edition of the meet held in Danang, Vietnam, last year while Daos topped the girls’ 16-18 200m fly.

Joining them are national age-group record holders Maurice Sacho Ilustre, Samantha Therese Coronel, Xiandi Chua and 35 other swimmers.

The SEA Championships used to be the stomping ground of Singaporean Olympic gold medalist Joseph Schooling.