By Erwin Wong/Red Sports
Julia Liew from Cedar Girls’ during her attempt. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Thursday, March 29, 2012 — Julia Liew of Cedar Girls’ Secondary edged out Alicia Long of Nanyang Girls’ High to win the B Division Shot Put at the 53rd National Schools’ Track and Field Championships. Julia threw a distance of 9.72m to win by a mere four centimetres.
This is Julia’s first national schools’ gold medal and also the first time she finished ahead of Alicia in the schools’ competition in three attempts. The Cedar Girls’ athlete finished sixth in the B Division last year, third in the C Division two years ago, and did not take part in 2009.
Alicia was third in 2009 and 2011 and won the C Division title in 2010. She also won three consecutive shot put gold medals in primary schools’ competitions from 2006 to 2008.
Julia’s schoolmate Nikki Suwanee Pereira, who won the C Division title last year, finished third with a throw of 9.30m.
Results (Top Eight)
1st Liew Chiat Ying Julia (Cedar Girls’) — 9.72m
2nd Long Jia Ning Alicia (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 9.68m
3rd Nikki Suwanee Pereira (CG) — 9.30m
4th Lee Shih-An Odelia (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) — 9.14m
5th Nur Naazilah Bte Hidayatullah (Cedar Girls’) — 8.82m
6th Wei Xin Yue Jessica (Nanyang Girls’) — 8.25m
7th Lim Jia Ying (St Nicholas Girls’) — 7.68m
8th Naomi Elizabeth Gregory (CHIJ Toa Payoh) — 7.67m
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