By REDintern Fiona Lee
En Qi in action during the race. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Tuesday, April 23, 2013 — Hoong En Qi of Singapore Sports School won the C Division girls’ 50 metres butterfly final at the 54th National Schools Swimming Championships in a meet record time of 28.69 seconds, bettering her previous year’s record of 29.04s.
En Qi commented: “I am quite happy that I won and pleased that I’ve done a timing that’s close to my personal best. I’d like to thank my coaches, parents and teammates for their support.”
Her personal best time is 28.61 seconds, which is a national under-14 record. It was achieved during last month’s National Age Group championships and it met the qualifying mark for this year’s Asian Youth Games in Nanjing.
Daphne Tan and Emily Lua of Raffles Girls’ School took home the silver and bronze medals respectively.
Daphne finished with a time of 30.93s while Emily clocked 31.54s to win the bronze.
C Division Girls 50m Butterfly
1st Hoong En Qi (Singapore Sports School) — 28.69s
2nd Tan Shun Hui Daphne (Raffles Girls’ School) — 30.93s
3rd Lua Jia Ning Emily (Raffles Girls’ School) — 31.54s
4th Shee Hui Myra (Nanyang Girls’ High School) — 32.45s
5th Soo Hui Yi Sarah (CHIJ Katong Convent) — 34.36s
6th Cheong Tze Ann Dayna (Nanyang Girls’ High School) — 34.72s
7th Woon Yoke Min (Nanyang Girls’ High School) — 34.92s
8th Wong Lu Yi Evangelyn (St. Margaret’s Secondary) — 35.00s
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