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Vote for your favourite 2012 A, B and C Division cross-country runners

Les Tan — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 08:50:10 +0000

Who are your favourite cross-country runners? And who are the six runners that would make an ideal cross-country team in each division? Let’s put it to a vote, shall we? … [visit site to read more]

A Div Cross-Country: Belle Tan of ACJC fastest; HCI win 1st title since ’08 to break RI’s 3-year win streak

Les Tan — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 06:07:21 +0000

Belle Tan of ACJC was the fastest A Division runner while HCI won their first title since 2008 to break RI’s three-year winning streak. … [visit site to read more]

A Div Cross-Country: Karthic of HCI dominates; Raffles wrest back team title from HCI

Les Tan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 11:10:16 +0000

Karthic Harish Ragupathy, the 2011 B Division cross-country champion, opened his A Division account in style, demolishing the rest of the field and completing the 4.3km course in 13 minutes 9.14 seconds at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross Country Championship. … [visit site to read more]

B Div Cross-Country: Cedar Girls’ wrest back team title from River Valley

Les Tan — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 06:32:05 +0000

Cedar Girls’ Secondary won their third B Division Cross-Country Championship team title in the last four years. … [visit site to read more]

B Div Cross-Country: Yu Jie of Catholic High fastest; Victoria defend team title

Les Tan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:34:46 +0000

Heng Yu Jie of Catholic High hit the finish line in 13 minutes 39.23 seconds to win the B Division category at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross-Country Championships. He was followed closely by Marcus Ng of Victoria School who finished just over four seconds behind in 13:43.76. … [visit site to read more]

C Div Cross-Country: Chloe Wang of RGS fastest; River Valley High win team title

Les Tan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:07:21 +0000

Chloe Wang of Raffles Girls’ School crossed the finish line in 14 minutes 35.10 seconds to win the C Division category at the 53rd Inter-School Cross Country Championships. … [visit site to read more]

“I am now a champion amongst men, rather than schoolboys.” — Soh Rui Yong

Soh Rui Yong — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:06:35 +0000

Looking around, I saw everybody in the pack happy with the status quo, with no one keen to make a move anytime soon. “Fine, I’ll do it then,” I told myself, and surged strongly past the two Gurkhas into the lead. … [visit site to read more]

Wings Cross Country Championships: a race reflection by Soh Rui Yong

Soh Rui Yong — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 13:35:06 +0000

With 600 metres to go, I took a leap of faith, sprinting into the lead and pushing on hard. Karthic did not respond, and with the finish line in sight, I had a winning lead. The race was mine to lose. … [visit site to read more]

C Div Cross-Country: Keith Yong of Sports School fastest; RI defend team title

Les Tan — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 10:26:07 +0000

Keith Yong of the Singapore Sports School finished in a time of 12 minutes 26.49 seconds to win the C Division category at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross Country Championships. … [visit site to read more]

Track and Field: Karthic Ragupathy breaks 10-minute barrier in 3000m Steeplechase

Erwin Wong — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 18:46:10 +0000

Karthic Harish Ragupathy became the first local youth athlete in 25 years to run the 3000 metres Steeplechase in less than 10 minutes, when he clocked a time of nine minutes 57.95 seconds at the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) Track and Field Series 3 meet. … [visit site to read more]

Cross Country: Jeevaneesh Soundararajah sets new course record as Hwa Chong end Rafflesian dominance to win first A Div title since 2007

Soh Rui Yong — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:50:22 +0000

Raffles Institution’s three-year stranglehold on the A Division boys’ championship team title was finally brought to end last Wednesday when Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) conjured up a remarkable 1-7-9-10 finish, scoring a team total of 27 points to help them finish nine points clear of the defending champions. … [visit site to read more]

52nd National Inter-School Cross Country Championships 2011 — A picture story

Cong — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 16:11:56 +0000

The 52nd National Schools’ Cross Country Championships took place at Bedok Reservoir on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. 1,259 runners took to the Bedok Reservoir route with the boys running 4.6km and the girls finishing 4.1km. The Red Crew brings you a photo story of the day. … [visit site to read more]

Cross Country: RI clinch third A Girls’ team title in a row while Qua Bi Qi of HCI shocks favourites to win individual crown

Soh Rui Yong — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 15:25:56 +0000

The Raffles Institution A Division girls finished with four runners in the top 10 to claim their third successive championship title, while Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) turned in a fine performance to edge out Victoria Junior College (VJC) to the silver medals by four points at the 52nd National Schools Cross Country Championships. … [visit site to read more]

Cross Country: River Valley High win first B Division girls’ title in 18 years

Soh Rui Yong — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 05:08:52 +0000

An injury to Raffles Institution’s top runner Mok Ying Rong failed to derail their title ambitions in the A Division Girls competition of the National Inter-School Cross Country Championships. … [visit site to read more]

Cross Country: RI win first ever C Div team title while Thineshwaran captures individual C Div crown to put Bendemeer on the map

Soh Rui Yong — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:14:56 +0000

The RI boys scored a team total of 30 points, beating Hwa Chong by three points to the championship. Victoria School came in third with 82 points. … [visit site to read more]

Who was the most dominant schoolboy cross country runner of the last decade?

Colin Tung — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:39:34 +0000

Lee Ming Hui, Koh Kai Ming, Soh Rui Yong, Jeffrey Ng, Chua Ee Ghim? Just who was the most dominant schoolboy cross country runner of the last decade? … [visit site to read more]

Vote for your best 2011 A, B and C Division cross country runners

Les Tan — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:48:37 +0000

The National Schools Cross Country Championships are over. So who do you think are the best crossers out there? … [visit site to read more]

52nd National Schools Cross Country Championships 2011 — Girls preview

Soh Rui Yong — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 07:40:18 +0000

As the school sports season heats up, one of the most anticipated national finals in our local sports scene lurks just around the corner. With less than a week to go before the championships, let us have a look at the potential title contenders in the girls competition, and the mouth-watering clashes that lie ahead. … [visit site to read more]

52nd National Schools Cross Country Championships 2011 — Boys preview

Soh Rui Yong — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 06:54:45 +0000

As the school sports season heats up, one of the most anticipated national finals in our local sports scene lurks just around the corner. With less than a week to go before the championships, let us have a look at the potential title contenders in the boys competition, and the mouth-watering clashes that lie ahead. … [visit site to read more]

Catholic High’s Heng Yu Jie upsets Victoria School’s 2010 C Division cross country champion Marcus Ng

Colin Tung — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:25:04 +0000

Catholic High’s Heng Yu Jie posted a time of 14 minutes 14.22 seconds on the 4.2 kilometres Bedok Reservoir course to win the Under-17 category at the Wings Cross Country Championships. … [visit site to read more]