50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships – A picture story (Part 1)

A close final in the 300m B-Girls category saw Carys Hor (#271, left) of Nanyang Primary edge home first in 46.75sec. Naomi Tan (#11) was second in 46.94sec while Zheng Yanying (extreme right) of Canberra Primary was third in 47.14sec. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Zhang Jun Jie (left) of Red Swastika threw an outstanding 9.89m to demolish the field. An unlikely-looking shot putter, Jun Jie’s closest rival was Jordan Chia of St. Stephen’s School who threw 9.01m. “He’s small sized but he has got power, speed and strength,” said his coach Loh Chan pew. “He’s hardworking and in training, he throws more than 10m.” His teammate Tan Ming Yi (right) finished fourth (7.60m). (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Nur Maisara Bte Razlee on her way to setting a new record in the 300m C-Girls final in a time of 46.10sec. Sarah Tan (left) of Red Swastika was second in 48.99sec while Crystal Mui of Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary was third in 49.23sec. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

The start of the 1500m B-Boys race… (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

… which was eventually won by Rahul Jayaprabha of Temasek Primary in 5min 9.88sec. Behind him in second place is Muhmmad Imran Jashiruddin. (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Balestier Hill Primary dominated the 4x300m A-Girls race with a 3min 29.47sec performance. First Toa Payoh came in second in 3min 46.69sec. (Photo 6 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

The Teck Whye Primary 4x300m A-Boys relay team celebrate their 3min 14.06sec win over Marsiling Primary who clocked 3min 21.24sec. (Photo 7 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Zhang Yenlei of Canberra Primary edges home ahead of Nanyang Primary in the 4x300m B-Girls relay. Her team clocked 3min 11.52sec while Nanyang were just behind in 3min 11.85sec. (Photo 8 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Lucas Lee of Temasek Primary is understandably elated after crossing the finishing line first in the 4x300m B-Boys relay. He ran a scintillating last leg to overhaul the Nanyang anchor runner. “I was surprised that I caught the Nanyang runner,” said Lucas. (Photo 9 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

The Temasek Primary 4x300m relay team (from left to right): Rahul Jayaprabha, Eugene Tan, Shaun Moh, Lucas Lee. The quartet clocked 2min 56.69sec, beating second-placed Nanyang by almost two seconds. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

The anchor runner of the Fuhua Primary 4x300m team has a comfortable lead all the way to the finish to clock 3min 16.40sec for gold. St. Stephen’s School were second in 3min 17.59sec while Gongshang Primary were third in 2min 21.51sec. (Photo 11 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Subramaniam Kumar (in green) of Xishan Primary won the 600m D-Boys race in 1min 56.67sec, edging out Hu Huaxin (in orange) of Temasek Primary who clocked 1min 57.23sec. (Photo 12 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

An Tae Young (in yellow) of Tampines North Primary jumps over his final hurdle on the way to a 19.05sec finish in the 100m A-Boys final. He beaat Mud Hairi (right) of St Anthony’s Primary who finished secdon in 19.94sec. Frank Kwakkelaar, also of Tampines North, finished third in 20.13sec. (Photo 13 © Les Tan/Red Sports)