Guo Huaiyun wins coaching award

TRACK & FIELD

Coach Recognition Awards 2007
Saturday, 8 September 2007 at the Legends Fort Canning Park

Guo Huaiyun was presented with the Development Coaching Award (Schools) at the 2007 Coach Recognition Awards.

Guo Huaiyun with HCI athlete Cai Jiasheng. © SSC

48-year-old Huaiyun, who has coached for 22 years, the last 12 in Singapore, oversees athletes at Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) and his charges performed well in a series of national and regional meets in 2006.

One of his athletes is Lim Zhuo Yan who represented the Singapore Combined Schools team and won the Shot Putt event and set a new record at the Western Australian State Track & Field Championships. Another athlete, Justin Lee, also represented the Singapore Combined Schools team and won in the Under-13 Javelin event at the Western Australian State Championships. He also clinched the ‘C’ Division Boys Javelin title at the National Inter-Schools Track & Field Championships and set a new Championship record.

Coach Guo with Neo Liang Tiong of HCI. © SSC

Scott Wong, another HCI athlete, represented the Singapore Combined Schools team and came in second in the Discus event and set a new Singapore Schools record at the ASEAN Schools Track & Field Championships. He also clinched first place in the ‘B’ Division Boys Discus event and set a new Championships record at the National Inter-Schools Track & Field Championships. Alan Teh came in first in the ‘C’ Division Boys Discus event and set a new Championship record at the National Inter-Schools Track & Field Championships.

Coach Guo with Scott Wong of HCI. © SSC

Editor’s note: If you recognise the athletes, please leave the names in the comments section. Thanks. This is part of the continuing series of stories on the coaches who were recognised at the 2007 Coach Recognition Awards.

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