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

Story by Colin Tung/Red Sports

Bedok Reservoir Park, Saturday, February 19, 2011 — 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 Boys’ Under-17 category at the Wings Cross Country Championships.

In winning, Yu Jie turned the tables on Victoria School’s Marcus Ng whom he had finished runner-up to in the C Division (Under-14 equivalent) of last year’s National Inter-School Cross Country Championships.

At the 2010 National Schools race, Yu Jie had lost out to Marcus by a whopping 44 seconds. But this time at the Wings Cross Country Championships, Yu Jie finished ahead of Marcus by 10 seconds.

Yu Jie’s individual achievement was not sufficient to help his team beat Marcus’ team however as Victoria School claimed the Under-17 team title with 25 points. Yu Jie’s Catholic High team took silver with 51 points.

While Yu Jie and Marcus made the climb up in age-groups with little effect to their positions, Zachary Devaraj (2010 National Inter-School B Division cross country champion) and Aldrich Lim (2010 National Inter-School B Division cross country runner-up) could not say the same of themselves.

Competing in the Men’s Open category where most of their competitors are their rivals in the A Division (Under-20 equivalent), Zachary and Aldrich finished in 28th and 13th positions respectively.

Zachary, running for Anglo-Chinese School (Independent), clocked 14:47.81. Aldrich, a freshman at Catholic Junior College, clocked 14:20.00.

The winner of the Men’s Open was Wings Athletic Club’s own Soh Rui Yong. The full-time national serviceman clocked 13:32.60 to beat Hwa Chong Institution’s Jeevaneesh Soundararajah by four seconds for the victory.

It was Rui Yong’s first victory at the Championships after finishing second in 2009 and 2010 to Mok Ying Ren and Lim Kien Mau respectively.

Individual Results (top-10 only)

Men’s Open (4.2km)
position/name/team/time
1. Soh Rui Yong, Wings Team A — 13 minutes 32.60 seconds
2. S. Jeevaneesh, Hwa Chong Institution Team B — 13:36.89
3. Benjamin Amaldas, Raffles Institution — 13:43.30
4. Marcus Ong, Singapore Institute of Management Team 1 — 13:45.19
5. Eugene Cyril Rodrigo, Victoria Junior College — 13:47.76
6. Wilbert Ho, Raffles Institution — 13:50.78
7. Foo Gen Lin, MacRitchie Runners 25 Team 1 –13:57.24
8. Yeo Si Heng, Hwa Chong Institution Team B — 14:07.94
9. Sean Lim Yi Fang, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) Team A — 14:08.13
10. Colin Tung, Wings Team A — 14:10.26

Women’s Open (4.0km)
1. Jenny Lundgren, Oompa Loompa — 15:29.41
2. Mok Ying Rong, Raffles Institution — 16:06.45
3. Look Xinqi, Wings Team A — 16:36.91
4. Emerlyne Teo, National University of Singapore Team 1 — 16:48.30
5. Romaine Soh, Victoria Junior College — 16:49.25
6. Wan Zahrah, Raffles Institution — 17:13.20
7. Lin Zhi Yun, Oompa Loompa — 17:25.25
8. Lian Xueli Berenice, Raffles Institution — 17:30.12
9. Belle Tan, Anglo-Chinese Junior College — 17:38.18
10. Chew Hanyu, Wings Team A — 17:38.70

Boys’ Under-17 (4.2km)
1. Heng Yu Jie, Catholic High Team 1 — 14:14.22
2. Marcus Ng Yu Pei, Victoria School Team 1 — 14:24.84
3. Bryan Yong Ren Wei, Victoria School Team 1 — 14:25.01
4. Venuraam s/o Selvan, Victoria School Team 1 –14:50.28
5. Lim Jia De, Catholic High Team 1 — 14:52.89
6. Tan Hoe En Jonathan, Raffles Institution Team 3 — 14:56.75
7. Bryan Cheng Chun Heng, North Vista Team A — 14:57.86
8. Tan Jian Da, North Vista Team A — 15:02.74
9. Marc Amiruddin Nabill, Singapore Sports School — 15:07.58
10. Joshua Nga, Catholic High Team 1 — 15:09.44

Girls’ Under-17 (4.0km)
1. Cheryl Chan Xue Rou, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 2 — 17:31.03
2. Su Zann, River Valley High Team 1 — 17:32.17
3. Janielle Lim Yan Han, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Team A — 17:32.73
4. Teo Kay Lynn, Raffles Girls’ School Team 1 — 17:57.13
5. Chloe Ariana Collins, Methodist Girls’ School Team 2 — 18:00.18
6. Nicole Lum, Singapore Sports School — 18:00.72
7. Abigail Sim, unattached — 18:07.22
8. Valerie Oh Qiong Luan, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 2 — 18:11.04
9. Ng Bei Lin, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Team A — 18:12.89
10. Nena Fritz, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School Team A — 18:15.26

Boys’ Under-14 (4.2km)
1. Mohamed Imran Jashiruden, Raffles Institution Team 1 — 14:52.76
2. Shohib Bin Abdul Wahab Marican, Raffles Institution Team 1 — 14:55.30
3. Thineshwaran s/o Krishnakumar, Bendemeer Secondary Team 2 — 15:15.57
4. Leroi Lee Rong Zu, Nan Hua High — 15:27.30
5. John Tio Chee Hon, Commonwealth Secondary — 15:45.95
6. Lim Wei Quan Willy, Raffles Institution Team 1 — 15:53.12
7. Scott Ho, Catholic High Team 2 — 16:04.30
8. Chua Shao Xuan, Raffles Institution Team 1 — 16:06.04
9. Muhammad Danial Lim, Victoria School Team A — 16:07.12
10. Gerald Soh, Chung Cheng High (Main) — 16:07.20

Girls’ Under-14 (4.0km)
1. Lok Xin Ying, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 1 — 17:59.46
2. Rachel Tang, River Valley High Team A — 18:08.54
3. Marianne John, Crescent Girls’ School — 18:11.55
4. Yeo Yue, St. Nicholas Girls’ School Team C — 18:11.88
5. Joycelyn Lee Yuet Zhen, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 1 — 18:30.89
6. Lin Yuxin Kathleen, Crescent Girls’ School — 18:36.39
7. Natalie Tan Rei Hsi, Crescent Girls’ School — 18:49.77
8. Koh Wan Ting, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 1 — 18:50.96
9. Anisha Pillai, Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 1 — 19:01.53
10. Jillian See, Chung Cheng High (Main) — 19:01.78

Team Results (top-three only)

Men’s Open
1. Raffles Institution — 52 points
2. Wings Team A — 55
3. Hwa Chong Institution — 60

Women’s Open
1. Raffles Institution — 32
2. National University of Singapore Team 1 — 49
3. Wings Team A — 78

Boys’ Under-17
1. Victoria School Team 1 — 25
2. Catholic High Team 1 — 51
3. Raffles Institution Team 3 — 57

Girls’ Under-17
1. River Valley High Team 1 — 48
2. Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 2 — 49
3. Singapore Sports School — 68

Boys’ Under-14
1. Raffles Institution Team 1 — 17
2. Victoria School Team A — 66
3. Singapore Sports School — 73

Girls’ Under-14
1. Cedar Girls’ Secondary Team 1 — 23
2. Crescent Girls’ School — 34
3. River Valley High Team A — 45