Story by Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports. Photos by Lim Yong Teck and Clara Yuan/Red Sports

B Division girls' 400m

Amirah Aljunied (#117) of CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) in action. She clinched her first B Division girls’ 400m title in 60 seconds flat. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)

Bukit Gombak Stadium, Thursday, April 16, 2015 — In just 60 seconds, Amirah Aljunied (#117) of CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) topped the field to clinch her first B Division girls’ 400m title at the 56th National Inter-School Track and Field Championships.

The Secondary 4 student’s result is an improvement on her second-placed finish in last year’s edition, where she clocked a timing of 1:01.26.

“I’m very very happy,” said Aljunied. “I didn’t really expect it, because there were many other really strong competitors, and I’m just really happy that I came in first.”

“My coach focused a lot on my training this year and I trained a lot more,” she added.

Her finish, however, was just 0.2 seconds shy of her personal best of 59.80 seconds, which was set during the semi-final.

Singapore Sports School’s Celeste Goh (#92) took home the silver medal in 1:00.82, while Aljunied’s teammate, Pebbles Lee (#125), bagged the bronze medal with a timing of 1:02.96.

The B Division girls’ 400m record is 57.11s and it was set by Singapore Sports School alumna, T Piriyah, in 2008.

B Division Girls’ 400m Results
1st: Amirah Aljunied [#117, CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)] – 60.00s
2nd: Celeste Goh Jia Rui (#92, Singapore Sports School) – 1:00.82
3rd: Lee Wern Pebbles [#125, CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh)] – 1:02.96
4th: Audrey Sarah Tan (#25, CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’) – 1:02.99
5th: Alicia Lau (#3, Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary) – 1:04.68
6th: Clenyce Tan Zi Xin (#207, Raffles Girls’) – 1:04.73
7th: Nadiah Nasuhah Bte Hassan (#259, Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 1:04.77
8th: Lim Lee Lin, Anastasia (#95, Singapore Sports School) – 1:05.99

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