Lapu-Lapu City resident Cleevan Alegres completed the circumnavigation of Mactan Island in 17 hours and 37 minutes. The 25-year-old Alegres, dubbed Cebu’s “Little Merman,” left the beach at Liberty Shrine in Barangay Mactan at 5 p.m. Sunday, April 25, 2021, and returned to the same spot at 10:37 a.m. Monday, April 26. He swam a total of 44 kilometers. Initially, his aim was to finish the feat in 20 hours. But with conditions favoring him, he ended up shaving three hours from his target.

‘Little Merman’ takes 17½ hours to swim around Mactan Island. (2021, April 27). SunStar Cebu, p. 2.