Sakinah Muslimah topples four-year-old girls’ C Division Triple Jump record

Story by REDintern Ng Enna. Photos by Koh Yizhe/Red Sports

Track and Field Triple Jump

Sakinah Muslimah of Singapore Sports School lands hard on one of her triple jump attempts. (Photo 1 © Koh Yizhe/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Thursday, April 8, 2010 - Sakinah Muslimah Bte Johar of Singapore Sports School registered a new Girls’ C Division Triple Jump record with a distance of 11.32 metres at the 51st National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.

The previous record was 11.11m set in 2006 by Nurul Jannah, who was also from the Sports School. This is the second record that Sakinah has under her belt after toppling the C Division Girls’ Long Jump mark last year.

Wendy Neo Hui Ting of St. Nicholas Girls' School and Tan Xin Yi of Cedar Girls' Secondary took second and third position with a distance of 10.32m and 9.83m respectively.

In the B Division Boys’ Triple Jump, Shashi Kumar Hazra of St. Joseph's Institution moved up one position from last year to take gold this time with a distance of 13.36m. Joseph Leonard Sebastian Jr of St. Patrick's School had to settle for silver, losing out by a mere two centimetres, while Muhd Zulfadhil B Zulkipli of Victoria School claimed the bronze medal.

Cedar Girls' Secondary School dominated the top two positions in the B Division Girls’ Javelin with Lenis Phoa Chien and Tai Shi Xian winning the gold and silver medal with distances of 32.30m and 29.58m respectively. Crystal Chiang of St. Nicholas Girls' School prevented Cedar from sweeping the medals after coming in third with a distance of 27.99m.

Javelin B Division Girls' Results
[Record: Xie Yuru (Jurong Secondary School, 1987) - 36.16m]

1st Lenis Phoa Chien (Cedar Girls' School) - 32.30m
2nd Tai Shixian (Cedar Girls' School) - 29.58m
3rd Crystal Chiang Bao Xian (St. Nicholas Girls' School) - 27.99m
4th Lim Kia Hui Carissa (Nanyang Girls' High) - 26.98m
5th Ong So Phia (Nanyang Girls' High) - 26.62m
6th Lucinda Ong Yu Sze (St. Nicholas Girls' School) - 25.59m
7th Vanessa Chung Si Min (Cedar Girls' School) - 24.22m
8th Judith Tay Yi Fen (St. Nicholas Girls' School) - 21.03m

Triple Jump B Division Boys' Results
[Record: Huang Jianping (The Chinese High School, 1991) - 14.19m]

1st Sashi Kumar Hazra (St. Joseph's Institution) - 13.36m
2nd Joseph Leonard Sebastian Jr (St. Patrick's School) - 13.34m
3rd Muhammad Zulfadhli B Zulkipli (Victoria School) - 12.85m
4th Quah Lin Dang (Singapore Sports School) - 12.76m
5th Rajandran Baladashyalan (Anglo-Chinese School Independent) - 12.19m
6th Cheng Kei-Vin (Catholic High School) - 12.14m
7th Jireh Tham Wei Liang (Catholic High School) - 12.13m
8th Lemuel Low Kai Jie (Raffles Institution) - 12.06m

Triple Jump C Division Girls' Results
[Record: Nurul Jannah Bte Mohd Zulkifli (Singapore Sports School, 2006) - 11.11m]

1st Sakinah Muslimah Bte Johar (Singapore Sports School) - 11.32m (New Record)
2nd Wendy Neo Hui Ting (St. Nicholas Girls' School) - 10.32m
3rd Tan Xin Yi (Cedar Girls' School) - 9.83m
4th Alinurbi Bte Ahmad (Singapore Sports School) - 9.68m
5th Vania Tan Min (Cedar Girls' School) - 9.67m
6th Teo Yun Mei Nicole (St. Nicholas Girls' School) - 8.43m
7th Celine Chay Yun Lam (Cedar Girls' School) - 9.31m
8th Vivian Lee Hui Yee (Nanyang Girls' High) - 9.26m

Track and Field Triple Jump

Sakinah Muslimah soaring to the record. She now holds the Divisional Long and Triple Jump records concurrently, the only athlete across the six divisions to do so. (Photo 2 © Koh Yizhe/Red Sports)

Track and Field Javelin

Lenis Phoa Chien of Cedar Girls’ School prepares for her final throw. She improved on her silver medal performance 12 months ago to win gold this year. (Photo 3 © Koh Yizhe/Red Sports)

Track and Field Javelin