By REDintern Fiona Lee
Zheng Wen (top) takes an early lead at the start of the race. He set a new meet record with a timing of 1:54.10. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 — Quah Zheng Wen of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) won the boys’ A Division 200 metres freestyle gold at the 54th National Schools Swimming Championships in 1 minute 54.10 seconds, breaking the meet record by 0.27 seconds. The previous record of 1:54.37 was set by Raffles Institution’s Teo Zhen Ren in 2012.
Zheng Wen established an early lead and never relinquished it throughout the race, with his closest competitor at least five seconds behind him at the end of every lap. Matthaeus Lim, also from ACS(I), won the silver with a time of 2:00.95, while Kenneth Lim of Raffles Institution picked up the bronze in 2:05.01.
Zheng Wen, who made his Olympic debut in London last July, has a personal best of 1:51.76 in this event. It is also the National Under-17 record.
A Division Boys 200m freestyle
1st Quah Zheng Wen (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 1:54.10
2nd Lim Sheng Jie Mattheaus (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 2:00.95
3rd Lee Teck Fang Kenneth (Raffles Institution) — 2:05.01
4th Aljunied Syed Illyas (Raffles Institution) — 2:09.64
5th Ooi Yee Jia (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) — 2:11.98
6th Tan Jun Quan Aloysius (Raffles Institution) — 2:13.73
7th Tan Yi Chuen Bryan (Raffles Institution) — 2:14.84
8th Sim Clifton (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) — 2:17.29
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