Story by Jiexin Neo/Red Sports. Photos by Rebekah Abbott/Red Sports
Dylan Wong (#115) of Singapore Sports School set a new boys’ B Division triple jump record with his jump of 14.27m. (Photo 1 © Rebekah Abbott/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 14, 2014 — Dylan Wong of Singapore Sports School hopped, stepped and jumped to a new meet record distance of 14.27 metres on his fifth attempt at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships to finish first in the boys’ B Division triple jump event.
Joseph Johnathan Zhao of Hwa Chong Institution came in second with a distance of 13.64m, while Justin Lee of Raffles Institution finished third with 13.62m.
Sports School’s Dylan was leading after three jumps with his third attempt of 13.95m. Justin followed in second place at 13.62m, while Joseph was third with his attempt of 13.35m.
Dylan’s massive jump of 14.27m on his fifth try placed him at the top of the field. He was the only jumper thus far who made it past the 14-metre mark. He had also jumped ahead of the record of 14.20m, which was set by Sports School alumnus, Benjamin Ong, in 2012.
In the sixth and final round of attempts, Joseph overtook Justin’s second position with his new best of 13.64m. Justin jumped next, but it was a failed attempt and his best distance was 13.62m from his third jump.
“I’m happy and would like to thank my school and the other competitors. I would try to break this record next year,” said Dylan, who is competing in the B Division triple jump event at the National Championships for the first time.
His 14.27m-jump, with a tailwind of 1.0 metres per second, is a new personal best. It is a huge improvement on his previous wind-legal PB of 13.21m set last month.
Dylan also finished second in the long jump on April 8th.
B Division Triple Jump (Boys) Results (Top 10)
1st Dylan Wong U Fai (#115, Singapore Sports School) – 14.27m
2nd Joseph Jonathan Zhao Zhiwei (#537, Hwa Chong Institution) – 13.64m
3rd Lee Wen Jian, Justin (#293, Raffles Institution) – 13.62m
4th Adlan Syaddad B Mohamad Yani (#112, Singapore Sports School) – 13.02m
5th Ong Jingheng, Travis (#546, Hwa Chong Institution) – 12.93m
6th Toh Wei Yu (#308, Raffles Institution) – 12.66m
7th Keith Wong Jen Hin (#338, St. Joseph’s Institution) – 12.48m
8th Teo Wei Xin, Charles (#307, Raffles Institution) – 12.44m
9th Muhammad Nurhan Akid B Hadely (#17, Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary) – 12.41m
10th Matthias Clove Lee Yao-Wen (#211, Catholic High) – 12.31m
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