By: Colleen Turingan
Hailing amongst the crowd of talent in Far Eastern Private School (Al Shahba), Kenzie Mikhail Cruz Rivera strikes an entrance at Dubai International Bowling Centre (DIBC) with his astounding scores on Final Shootouts on December 2nd, 2024.
Continuing with his passion for his aspirations, Kenzie progressively strives to aim a strike-shoot toward the golden goal in his sport. With his desire to represent the pride of his country and people, he tackles challenges to strengthen his foundation so that he can maintain the spark in his representation of his nation.
Bowling with a score of 1324 points in total and a 220.6 point average for 6 games, he impaled a consistent push of effort into battling against a challenging and tough field of competition. As a DIBC Shootout Champion twice, his walls never decreased. He stood proud and tall, shooting out the best of his best in the shootouts.
As Kenzie’s Dad, Mario Rivera, said in his acknowledgment towards his son, “The game plan was simple. Claim the win and enjoy the finals.” Through this, Kenzie was able to push through the obstacles no matter how difficult or tame they may be.
Subsequently, with the support of his family, friends, school community, and people around him, He can persevere within his targets, no matter how far they’ve reached. Once completed, He celebrated his gold with his end goal and constant gold, His Family. Together, they are capable of making anything and everything happen.
His record of wins does not only acknowledge him for the greatness he contributed. Yet, they also serve as a lesson to develop better skills and a stepping stool to further heights. His true wins—the golds we bagged—were not just the prizes. But the support, love, friendship, and bonds throughout shined brighter.
Above all, Kenzie Mikhail Cruz Rivera is a significant figure to his fellow students and citizens. He brought profound grace and honor to his ag and others and he will continuously do so, even more. By entering the sets and podiums he risked on, he endlessly learns newer and wider knowledge and perspective to be one of the greatest he already is. In the end, Kenzie repeatedly represent the Philippines with soaring standings.