By Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports
Jerryl in action during the race. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 — Jerryl Yong of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) won the gold medal in the boys’ A Division 100 metres butterfly at the 54th National Schools Swimming Championships. He finished the race in a new championship record time of 56.43 seconds, breaking his own mark of 56.61s set during the heats.
“I’m very glad because I worked very hard for this. The race was painful but enjoyable, and I treat every race as a lesson learnt,” said Jerryl, whose personal best (PB) stands at 56.03s set last June.
Samuel Koh of Raffles Institution took home the silver medal in a new PB of 57.23s while Ju Jia Liang of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) bagged bronze in 59.77s.
A Division Boys 100m Butterfly Results
1st Yong Jerryl (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 56.43s
2nd Koh Tze Yi Samuel (Raffles Institution) — 57.23s
3rd Ju Jia Liang (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 59.77s
4th Ang Yi Neng Max (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) — 1:00.81
5th Ong Wei Loong Bryan (Raffles Institution) — 1:01.98
6th Ler Shuen Long Justin (Temasek Junior College) — 1:03.05
7th Yeo Ming Ze (Raffles Institution) — 1:03.62
8th Lin Tian Wei (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 1:03.89
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