Benjamin Ong leaping to gold. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Thursday, March 29, 2012 — Singapore Sports School’s Benjamin Ong won the Boys’ B Division Long Jump with a personal best leap of 6.60m at the 53rd National Schools Track and Field Championships.
It is the seventh best B Division jump in the history of the national schools championships.
The record of 6.79m for the B Division Long Jump was set in 1995 by Tan Lin Keat of The Chinese High School.
The 16-year-old will also be taking part in the triple jump, where his personal best of 14.43m registered last month is further than the current championship record of 14.19m which has been standing since 1991.
Yusuff Abdul Rahman Mohd Yusuff Fazil of St Joseph’s Institution was second with a 6.24m leap while Nathaniel Foo, also of SSP, was third with 6.12m.
Results (Top Eight)
1st Benjamin Ong Yu Kai (SSP) — 6.60m
2nd Yusuff Abdul Rahman Mohd Yusuff Fazil (SJI) — 6.24m
3rd Nathaniel Foo (SSP) — 6.12m
4th Phineas Teo (HCI) — 6.06m
5th Kuah Chuan Kin (Chung Cheng High (Main)) — 6.02m
6th Tan Yang Ming (Catholic High) — 5.98m
7th Thong Yu Chiang Danial (St Patrick’s) — 5.97m
8th Koh Hong Soo, Nicholas (RI) — 5.92m
Video used with permission of Singapore Athletic Association.
Yusuff Abdul Rahman making a landing. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Benjamin Ong (middle) of Singapore Sports School (SSP) won the gold. He’s flanked by Yusuff Abdul Rahman (left) of SJI who won silver and Nathaniel Foo, also of SSP, who won bronze. (Photo 3 © SAA. Used with permission.)
