Jonathan D’Cruz of Victoria Junior College wins 1,500m gold

TRACK & FIELD

48th Inter-School Track & Field Championships 2007
‘A’ Division 1,500m Final
Wednesday, 18 July 2007 at Choa Chu Kang Stadium

Story and pictures by Leslie Tan. © Red Sports/soulbreath pictures

Jonathan D’Cruz of Victoria Junior College (VJC) blew away all competition to win the 1,500m gold in a time of 4 minutes, 18.86 seconds.

Jonathan D’Cruz celebrates as he crosses the finish line. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

As he crossed the finish line, Jonathan yelled, "Finally!" When asked later what he was referring to, Jonathan said, "I had lost the 5,000m race to Ng Weiwen of RJC and so I felt pressure to redeem myself in this race." With a personal best of 4:17 in the 5,000m, Jonathan also won the 3,000m and finished second in the 1,500m in last year’s championships.

Jonathan D’Cruz leads the chasing pack headed by Andre Kumar Alexander of NJC and Lau Wen Loong of RJC. Andre and Wen Loong finished 8th and 9th eventually. © Leslie Tan/Red Sports

Shi Ronghua of VJC finished second in 4:23.86 while Kenneth Khing of ACS(Ind) was third in 4:25.93.

2 Comments

rh March 28, 2008 at 1:45 am - Reply

abdul rahman is jonathan D’cruz age. he repeated at sports school.
Abdul Rahman of Sports School wins 1,500m Gold August 10, 2007 at 2:18 pm - Reply

[…] Rahman’s winning time is actually 0.86 seconds faster than the time of the ‘A’ Division 1,500m gold medallist, Jonathan D’Cruz. Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Institution was leading until the last round when Abdul Rahman stepped up a gear. Rui Yong eventually finished fourth in 4:25.38. Hua Qun was second in 4:19.71 while Teo Ting Zhang, also of RI, was third in 4:21.07. […]