By Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports
Francis in the lead during the race. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 — Having just set a new meet record the previous day in the C Division Boys 50 metres backstroke final, Francis Fong of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) finished first in the 100m backstroke final at the 54th National Schools Swimming Championship with a timing of 1 minute 01.50 seconds. In doing so, he tied his own meet and National Under-14 record set during the heats the previous week.
“I’m very happy to have set a new record again. I have done my coach, my teammates, family and friends proud,” said Francis.
Raffles Institution bagged both the silver and bronze medals with Ethan Ong and Lim Fang Jan finishing in 1:03.04 and 1:09.01 respectively.
C Division Boys 100m backstroke results
1st Fong Jia Yi Francis (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 1:01.50
2nd Ong Wei Zhen Ethan (Raffles Institution) — 1:03.04
3rd Lim Fang Jan (Raffles Institution) — 1:09.01
4th Cher Chek Loong Benjamin (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 1:09.09
5th Tan Jun Kiat Benjamin (Raffles Institution) — 1:09.75
6th Koh Tze An James Immanuel (Singapore Sports School) — 1:10.80
7th Feng Qing He Jerome (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 1:13.18
8th Oon Qing Ying Ryan (Singapore Sports School) — 1:14.78
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