Story by REDintern Gabriel Goh. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Jordan Chia (#283) of RI clinched the boys’ B Division shot put gold medal with a distance of 14.02 metres. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, April 11, 2014 — Jordan Chia of Raffles Institution (RI) clinched gold in the boys’ B Division Shot Put with a throw distance of 14.02 metres at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
Eric Yee of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) clinched the silver medal with a 13.61 metre throw, and Kang Jun Jie of Singapore Sports School finished third with 13.55 metres.
Jordan was the only athlete in the event to throw a 14-metre distance, while the others registered throws of 10 to 13 metres.
Jordan, who improved on his personal best of 13.74m, said: “I would like to thank my coach, Mr Choo Chee Kiong, who helped to train me in shot put, which is my pet event.”
HCI’s Eric commented, “It was surprising that I came in second as I am a discus thrower. Yet I felt I could have done better as I dropped the ball on my foot. But I am happy with the result.” Eric had broken the B Division and national under-17 discus mark en route to the gold medal on April 3rd.
The top three of Jordan, Eric and Jun Jie have finished in the top three together for the fourth time in the Schools’ meet. The trio shared the podium in the B Division discus this year, as well as last year’s C Division shot put and discus.
B Div Shot Put (Boys) Results (Top 10)
1st Chia Ting Xuan Jordan (#283, Raffles Institution) – 14.02m
2nd Yee Chun Wai Eric (#566, Hwa Chong Institution) – 13.61m
3rd Kang Jun Jie (#119, Singapore Sports School) – 13.55m
4th Leow Chen Yue, Abel (#294, Raffles Institution) – 12.81m
5th Brandon See Wei De (#193, Catholic High) – 12.25m
6th Ho Mei Xun Janolan [#157, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)] – 12.15m
7th Loh Ye-Han Brian (#342, St. Joseph’s Institution) – 12.13m
8th Wattanapon Tunsaringkran (#309, Raffles Institution) – 11.85m
9th Wang Zhao Yu Edward (#563, Hwa Chong Institution) – 11.31m
10th Yeoh Hong Yao [#181, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)] – 10.76m
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