Vanessa Low receiving her trophies from guest-of-honour and SAA president Tang Weng Fei. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Joshua Chua of Gongshang Primary broke the C-Boys 80m Hurdles record twice. He set a new record of 12.66s in the heats and then went on to break his own record with a 12.43s run in the final. The old record of 13.29s was set by Desmond Boey of Rosyth Primary in 2003. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Ajay Elijah Shanmugam of Ang Mo Kio Primary blitzes the field to win the D-Boys 300m in 46.68s, almost 4s faster than his next competitor. Ajay also won the D-Boys 100m in 12.41s. On top of that, Ajay broke the D-Boys 600m record twice. He clocked 1:52.69s in the heats and then broke it again with a 1:52.28s in the final to finish with three individual gold medals. The previous D-Boys 600m record of 1:56.53s was set by Gary Wee Wei Zhong of Greenwood Primary in 2008. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Ismi Zakiah of Canberra Primary winning her C-Girls 200m final in 28.97s. She set a new record of 28.58s in the semi-finals, breaking the old record of 28.71s set by Lim Ying of Nanyang Primary in 2009. (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
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New Records set at 52nd Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships 2011
(Event/Competitor/Sch/Bib Number/Results/Remark)
C-Boys
80 Metres Hurdles: Joshua Chua Hanwei (Gongshang Pri #180) — 00:12.66 NR – Heats
80 Metres Hurdles: Joshua Chua Hanwei (Gongshang Pri #180) — 00:12.43 NR – Finals
D-Boys
600 Metres: Shanmugam Ajay Elijah (Ang Mo Kio Pri #115) — 01:52.69 NR – Heats
600 Metres: Shanmugam Ajay Elijah (Ang Mo Kio Pri #115) — 01:52.28 NR – Finals
A-Girls
600 Metres: Xie Qixuan Jalyn (Sembawang Pri #22) — 02:03.58 NR – Finals
600 Metres: Heng Wei Qing (Gongshang Pri #38) — 02:05.35 NR – Finals
B-Girls
80 Metres Hurdles: Vanessa Low Si Ying (Nanyang Pri #225) — 00:12.99 NR – Heats
Long Jump: Low Seow Ting (Sembawang Pri #67) — 4.50 ER – Finals
Long Jump: Vanessa Low Si Ying ( Nanyang Pri #225) — 4.67 NR – Finals
C-Girls
200 Metres: Ismi Zakiah Binte Kashful Anwar (Canberra Pri #19) — 00:28.58 NR – S/Finals
80 Metres Hurdles: Tia Louise Rozario (Nanyang Pri #249) — 00:13.64 NR – Heats
D-Girls
100 Metres: Lyzette Yeboah-Kyeremeh (Pei Hwa Presbyterian Pri #227) — 00:14.48 NR – Finals
*Changes in Hurdle Heights
Boys
A Division Hurdles 100m – 76 cm (with effect from 2010; 2009 and earlier: 84cm)
B Division Hurdles 100m – 76 cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 76 cm)
C Division Hurdles 80m – 68 cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 76 cm)
D Division Hurdles 60m – 60cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 68cm)
Girls
A Division Hurdles 80m – 68 cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 76 cm)
B Division Hurdles 80m – 68cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 76cm)
C Division Hurdles 80m – 60 cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 68 cm)
D Division Hurdles 60m – 60cm (wef 2010; 2009 and earlier: 68cm)
her brother and father are Lims but she’s a low?
Thanks for catching the mistake!
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