Inez Leong sets new record in B Division girls’ 100m Hurdles final

Story by REDintern Alethia Tiang. Pictures by Vanessa Lim/Red Sports.

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 20, 2009 – Inez Leong of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School broke the B Division girls 100m Hurdles record set by Singapore Sports School’s Noreen Herman last year. Inez’s timing of 15.14 was 0.24 seconds faster than last year’s 15.35s record, an eternity in the world of short distance running.

The gold medal was the first for the runner and her school in this year’s championships and puts CHIJ St Nicholas one point behind B Division leaders, Cedar Girls’ Secondary School.

In the heats held last Friday morning, Inez was recorded third fastest in lane 3, with last year’s C Division record breaker, Goh Wei Ning from the Singapore Sports School, first in lane 4. Sarah Lee from Nanyang Girls’ High was the second fastest in lane 5.

Today, Wei Ning followed after Inez for the silver medal with a time of 15.21s, bettering last year’s record as well, while Sarah Lee achieved the bronze medal with a time of 15.42s.

Inez will be taking part in the 400m Hurdles final tomorrow. Last year, she finished second with a time of 1min 8.01sec behind T. Priyah from the Singapore Sports School who broke the record with 1min 3.86sec. This year, she will be facing Priyah once more in her final year of racing for CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ and it will definitely be an exciting race to watch to see if she can dethrone defending champion Priyah.

In the C Division girls’ 80m Hurdles, Jannah Wong from CHIJ Katong Convent came in first with a time of 12.85sec, followed by Meaghan Chan from Cedar Girls’ in 13.40sec. In third place, Pan Shi Yu from the Singapore Sports School finished the race with a time of 13.51 seconds.

In the A Division girls 100m Hurdles, last year’s runner-up Amanda Quey from Raffles Institution came in first with a time of 15.72sec, followed by last year’s second runner-up Situ Nurhanis from Victoria Junior College with 15.92sec. Kelly Tan from Hwa Chong Institution finished third with 16.69sec.

Singapore Sports School C Division boys’ hurdlers, Ryan Kalmani and Linus Chong, achieved a 1-2 finish in the C Division Boys’ 100m Hurdles event today, earning two medals for their school. Fabian Lew from Catholic High took the bronze.

Seah Toh from Victoria School, last year’s C Division 100m Hurdles champion, added the B Division boys’ 100m Hurdles title to his collection, beating runner-up Edwin Tay of St Joseph Institution by 0.5sec. Temasek Secondary’s Khairyll Amri B Tumadi finished third with a time of 14.50sec.

In the final A Division hurdles event of the day, defending 110m hurdles champion Joel Wei from Anglo-Chinese Junior College stormed the track once again to clinch the gold with a time of 15.21sec. Raffles Institution’s Ng Jun Rui gained the silver while Steven Lim from Victoria Junior College took the bronze, with two of his teammates following close behind to take the fourth and fifth positions.

Results
C Division Girls’ 80m Hurdles
1 Jannah Wong Min (CHIJ Katong Convent) – 12.85sec
2 Chan Meaghan (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 13.40
3 Pan Shi Yu (Singapore Sports School) – 13.51
4 Symone Maria Oei Su-Li (Raffles Girls’ Schoo) – 13.52
5 Koh Pei Qin Klara (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 13.90
6 Jessica Tan Shu En (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 14.05
7 Tay Kai Li Janna (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 14.56
8 Juliana Shariq Mujtaba (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 14.67

C Division Boys’ 100m Hurdles
1 Ryan Kalmani B Sukir (Singapore Sports School) – 14.55sec
2 Linus Chong (Singapore Sports School) – 14.68
3 Lew Bi Yang, Fabian (Catholic High School) – 14.93
4 Muhammad Haziq B Khamis (Victoria School) – 14.95
5 Nicholas Lee Zhao An (Anglo-Chinese School [Independent]) – 15.02
6 Muhammad Naqib B Asmin (Singapore Sports School) – 15.27
6 Afariss Khann S/O Hsamsudeen (St Patrick’s School) – 15.27
8 Ang Ding Hui (Raffles Institution) – 15.61

B Division Girls’ 100m Hurdles
1 Inez Leong Hui Xin (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 15.14 [New Record]
2 Goh Wei Ning (Singapore Sports School) – 15.21 [New Record]
3 Sarah Lee Mei En (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 15.42
4 Shermaine Chia (Victoria Junior College) – 16.25
5 Yee Chern Hwee (Raffles Girls’ School) – 16.67
6 Mabel Koh Fang Yu (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 16.74
7 Chong Yvette (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 17.09

B Division Boys’ 100m Hurdles
1 Toh Renjie Sean (Victoria School) – 13.89
2 Tay Shi Wei Edwin (St Joseph’s Institution) – 14.33
3 Khairyll Amri B Tumadi (Temasek Secondary) – 14.50
4 Samuel Tay Chin Keat (Hwa Chong Institution) – 14.54
5 Terence Cheah Jun Xian (St Joseph’s Institution) – 14.75
6 Quek Keng Liang (Hwa Chong Institution) – 14.92
7 Ang Chen Xiang (Raffles Institution) – 15.22
8 Melvyn Koe Loong Shen (St Joseph’s Institution) – 15.39

A Division Girls’ 100m Hurdles
1 Quey Li Zi Amanda (Raffles Institution) – 15.72
2 Siti Nurhanis (Victoria Junior College) – 15.92
3 Tan Cher Yong Kelly (Hwa Chong Institution) – 16.69
4 Cheryl Lie Jia Ling (Raffles Institution) – 17.34
5 Vanessa Teo (Raffles Institution) – 17.45
6 Virnice Ng Yun Wen (Anderson Junior College) – 17.76
7 Sarah Lim (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 17.78
8 Grace Ng (Victoria Junior College) – 18.22

A Division Boys’ 110m Hurdles
1 Joel Wei Mao Jie (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 15.21
2 Ng Jun Rui (Raffles Institution) – 15.58
3 Steven Lim (Victoria Junior College) – 15.95
4 Lee Liang Zhi (Victoria Junior College) – 16.08
5 Jovan Lim (Victoria Junior College) – 16.24
6 Cassey Chua (Raffles Institution) – 16.61
7 Gerald Chin Yong Jen (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 16.93
8 Kee Yongxiang Tommy (Hwa Chong Institution) – 16.95

For full results, please visit http://results.schoolsports.sg/sectrack/ss_home.php