Kugapriyad D/O Chandran (#86, centre) of Singapore Sports School won a gold medal in the girls’ under-15 200m at the 21st SSSC/MSSM/WALAA International Little Athletics meet. She also added a silver in the 100m. (Photo copy; Les Tan/Red Sports Archives)
Bukit Jalil National Stadium, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, July 6-7, 2013 – 14-year-old Jordan Chia won two of Singapore’s five gold medals at the 21st Under-14 and 15 International Little Athletics Championships.
Athletes from the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM), Western Australia Little Athletics Association (WALAA) and the Singapore Schools Sports Council (SSSC) take part in this annual meet, which Malaysia and Singapore take turns to host.
Jordan, a Raffles Institution student, topped the boys’ under-14 discus (1kg) and shot put (4kg) fields in dominant fashion, with 11 of his 12 total throws good enough to win the gold medal.
His best throw of 16.08 metres in the shot put competition broke the championship record of 15.70m set by Malaysia’s Ong Chin Yong in 2008. It is also a new national under-15 record, bettering the 2007 mark set by Tan Zhi Hao by a single centimetre.
Jordan now owns the national under-15 marks in both these events. He had set the discus record of 51.54m at April’s National Schools Championships. In KL, his best throw of 47.22m dwarfed the competition by more than five metres.
Jay Choo of Singapore Sports School won a gold medal in the boys’ Under-15 200m hurdles (0.762m), winning in a fast time of 24.7 seconds. He added a silver medal in the 100m hurdles (0.762m), finishing half a second behind Malaysia’s Mohd Haimin Robert, who set a new championship record of 12.9s.
Jay’s schoolmate Kugapriyad d/o Chandran finished first in the girls’ Under-15 200m, clocking a time of 25.5s which was 0.2 seconds ahead of Western Australia’s Alanah Yukich. The latter had finished ahead of Kugapriyad in the 100m a day earlier, with the Singaporean clocking 12.5s.
Both of Kugapriyad’s times compared favourably with her electronically-timed personal bests of 25.79 and 12.71 respectively.
Middle-distance runner Nah Yi Xin led a 1-2 finish for Singapore in the girls’ under-15 1500m. The Cedar Girls’ Secondary student clocked a time of 5 minutes 29.0 seconds to win the gold medal, with Grace Ng of Sports School taking second place in 5:33.08s.
Singapore won 11 silver and 8 bronze medals, for a total haul of 24 medals. Hosts Malaysia led the medal tally with 35-33-22 (gold-silver-bronze), while Western Australia were second with 24-20-34.
List of Singapore’s medalists
Gold (5):
Boys’ U14 Discus (1kg): Jordan Chia 47.22m
Boys’ U14 Shot Put (4kg): Jordan Chia 16.08m (Championship record + national under-15 record)
Boys’ U15 200m Hurdles (0.762m): Jay Choo 24.7s
Girls’ U15 200m: Kugapriyad d/o Chandran 25.5s
Girls’ U15 1500m: Nah Yi Xin 5:29.0s
Silver (11):
Boys’ U14 100m: Adam Teo 11.4s
Boys’ U14 100m Hurdles (0.762m): Joshua Chua 13.6s
Boys’ U14 200m Hurdles (0.762m): Adam Teo 26.3s
Boys’ U14 High Jump: Justin Lee 1.70m
Boys’ U14 4x100m relay: Relay Team 45.2s
Boys’ U15 100m Hurdles (0.762m): Jay Choo 13.4s
Boys’ U15 High Jump: Bryan Wong 1.90m (PB)
Boys’ U15 Shot Put (4kg): Abel Leow 13.36m (PB)
Boys’ U15 4x100m relay: Relay Team 44.7s
Girls’ U15 100m: Kugapriyad d/o Chandran 12.5s
Girls’ U15 1500m: Grace Ng 5:33.8s
Bronze (8):
Boys’ U14 1500m: Hu Hua Xin 4:49.8s
Girls’ U14 1500m: Arissa Rashid 5:32.7s
Girls’ U14 High Jump: Low Seow Ting 1.50m
Girls’ U14 4x400m relay: Relay Team 4:23.4s
Boys’ U15 100m: Muhd Syazani 11.0s
Boys’ U15 4x400m relay: Relay Team 3:35.9s
Girls’ U15 4x100m relay: Relay Team 54.2s
Girls’ U15 4x400m relay: Relay Team 4:11.7s
Complete Results
21st SSSC/MSSM/WALAA International Little Athletics Championships Day 1
21st SSSC/MSSM/WALAA International Little Athletics Championships Day 2
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