MANILA, Philippines -- Defending overall champion Bulacan finally made its presence felt by dominating the gymnastics competitions of the 2012 Central Luzon Regional Athletic Association on Wednesday.

The town plaza of Botolan town came alive with the gold-medal performances of Jenny Ann Calleja and Christine Faith Taynan, who won five gold medals each to anchor Bulacan’s surge.

At the sprawling Zambales Sports Center that looks fit to host the Palarong Pambansa, 15-year-old archer Jean Karla Bondoc bagged four gold medals to join the list of multiple gold-medal winners in the event Zambales is hosting through the efforts of Gov. Hermogenes Ebdane Jr. and Second District Rep. Jun Omar Ebdane.

Competing in the secondary girls’ artistics gymnastics, Calleja ruled the individual all around (35.00), vault (12.10), balance beam (11.35) and floor exercise (11.55).

Taynan joined the fun and ruler the individual all around (56.96), rope (15.40), hoop (14.90) and ball (14.60) in the secondary girls rhythmic gymnastics. Their fifth gold medals came in the team events.

Vannesa Nabua and Mary Jane Bontia accounted for two gold medals each in the five-gold medal haul in the elementary girls rhythmic, while the boys’ team in the secondary artistic gymnastics and Dan Harry Palad in the floor exercise of the elementary boys artistic gymnastics capped the 17 gold medals the Bulacan team hauled for the day.

Bondoc, meanwhile, submitted scores of 308, 278 and 268 to rule the secondary girls 30-meter, 50-meter and 60-meter distances. Her total scores of 1135, including the 281 she recorded in winnng the silver medal in the 40-meter distance, gave Bondoc her fourth gold medal in the Single FITA.

“Nawala ako sa focus sa 40 meters kaya nag-second lang. Pero confident naman ako na mananalo ako at naniniwalang kaya kong lampasan ang five gold at two silvers na nakuha ko last year,” said the five-foot-six Bondoc.