(Photo © SAA. Used with permission.)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Thursday, March 29, 2012 — The Hwa Chong Institution pair of Arivan Shanmugaratnam and Aaron Koh equaled their personal bests in winning the gold and silver medals in the A Division Boys’ Pole Vault at the 53rd National Schools’ Track and Field Championships.
Arivan finished first with a clearance of 4.40 metres, a height he first reached at the Singapore Junior meet two years ago. Aaron repeated his 4.30m clearance at this year’s Singapore Junior meet to win the silver medal. Raffles Institution’s Alex Yeo was third in a new personal best of 4.20m.
Results (Top Six)
1st Arivan Shanmugaratnam (Hwa Chong Institution) — 4.40m
2nd Koh Xu Qing Aaron (Hwa Chong Institution) — 4.30m
3rd Yeo Cheng Hong Alex (Raffles Institution) — 4.20m
4th Nick Ellis Ho (Raffles Institution) — 4.00m
5th Tan Yuan Shao Darren (Hwa Chong Institution) — 3.80m
6th Teh Chee Yang (Victoria Junior College) — 3.60m
Video used with permission of the Singapore Athletic Association
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