By Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports, Tan Jon Han/Red Sports, Vanessa Lim/Red Sports and Marvin Lowe/Red Sports

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, April 13-27, 2011 — The 52nd National Inter-School Track and Field Championships were held from April 13-27. 2,488 athletes from 99 schools took part.

The Red Crew have put together a picture story of as many events as possible in tribute to all who have put in the time and effort to train for the championships.

Enjoy.

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Eugenia Tan from the Singapore Sports School approaching her anchor runner in the B Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-finals. They clocked 49.64 seconds, the fastest time of the round, and improved it to 48.22 in the final en route to gold. It was a new championship record, breaking the previous mark of 48.78 set by their school seniors in 2006. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Inez Leong of Raffles Institution competes in the A Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-finals. RI clocked a time of 52.02 seconds, the second fastest time of the round. They placed second in the final with a time of 51.46s. Hwa Chong Institution took the gold in 49.44s. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Guangyang Secondary anchor runner Rachel Lee contemplates the start of the B Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-final race. They clocked a time of 56.37 seconds for 12th place overall, and failed to make the final. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Tan Xin Ying of Victoria Junior College competes in the A Division Girls’ javelin. She threw a distance of 26.37 metres for sixth place. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Eunice Er of Hwa Chong Institution lets loose the javelin. She placed fifth with a best throw of 26.63m. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Cedar Girls’ Secondary School’s Tay Pei Ern flashes a sign to her friend on the sidelines as she competes in the B Division Girls’ 1500m heats. She was third fastest with a time of 5 minutes 35.17 seconds, but only placed 11th in the final though she improved her time to 5:31.26. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Runners in the third heat of the B Division Girls’ 1500m race watch on as runners from the second heat pass them. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Ranjitha Raja of Juying Secondary running in a race of her own after building a huge lead over her fellow competitors in the B Division Girls’ 1500m heats. The Youth Olympic Games representative won the gold handily, clocking a time of 4:58.29, which was just off her personal best of 4:57.62. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Runners in the B Division Girls’ 400m heats round the bend. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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Melinda Chan of Raffles Institution ‘summoning’ up a wall of water in the A Division Girls’ 2000m steeplechase. The event made its debut in the girls’ competition and Melinda’s teammate Wan Zahrah Bte Ahmad Alif Lim took the inaugural gold medal in a time of 8:06.58. Melinda clocked 8:49.76 for sixth place. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

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