Story by REDintern Edina Tan. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Samantha Seah of RGS clocked a timing of 17:06.3 to finish fifth. The RGS team took the women’s under-14 team title with 43 points. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
Bedok Reservoir, Saturday, February 20, 2016 — Raffles Girls’ School (RGS) clinched the women’s under-14 team title at the Wings Cross Country Championships by a comfortable margin.
Their top three runners finished in 5th, 7th, and 13th place and had 43 points, eight points ahead of second-placed Nan Hua. Nan Hua in turn edged out Jurong Secondary by a mere point.
Indira Patel of JS Athletics won the under-14 3.65km race with a time of 14 minutes 49.37 seconds. Elizabeth Liau was second in 15:53.68 while Caitlyn Yeo finished third in 16:49.17. Both girls are from CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School.
The race started off fast, with Elizabeth leading for a short stretch of the race before she was overtaken by Indira Patel, who led for the rest of the race and eventually won. There was no clear front pack, and most of the runners were scattered along the course of the 3.65 kilometre route.
When asked about the race, Elizabeth said, “It was a fun race. I was fortunately not boxed in as I started fast at the start. My aim for Nationals this year is to get first place.”
Her teammate Caitlyn, who finished third, added, “At the start I felt a little breathless, but after a while I settled down into a steady pace which I maintained throughout. I was a bit confused at the ending and started sprinting too early but managed to hold on till the end. I aim to do my best for this coming Nationals and get into the top five.”
This was the first race of the season for both the St Nicks girls.
Women U14 Results (Top 20)
Distance: 3.65km
1st Indira Patel (#14056, JS Athletics) — 14:49.37
2nd Elizabeth Liau Le Min (#14031, SNGS C1) — 15:53.68
3rd Caitlyn Yeo Kai Lin (#14030, SNGS C1) — 16:49.17
4th Sheena Tan (#14074, Nan Hua C Girls) — 17:06.0
5th Samantha Seah Man Eu (#14092, RGS U14 Girls) – 17:06.3
6th Shawna Tay Le Xuan (#14077, Nan Hua C Girls) — 17:09.75
7th Lim Zhi Xuan (#14093, RGS U14 Girls) – 17:17.6
8th Kang Ming Ying (#14061, JSS C Girls Team A) – 17:42.4
9th Goh Zhi Xuan (#14063, JSS C Girls Team A) – 17:43.3
10th Petrina Wong Jing Ting (#14062, JSS C Girls Team A) – 17:44.3
11th Chow Li Ting (#14045, Crescent Girls’ School C Div) – 17:52.4
12th Joy Tan Syin Yee (#14073, Nan Hua C Girls) – 17:52.4
13th Ang Li Hui (#14094, RGS U14 Girls) – 17:53.4
14th Jolene Tan Yong Xin (#14037, SNGS C2) – 17:55.2
15th Lui Jing Wen (#14001, Ahmad Ibrahim Team 1) – 18:01.4
16th Lee Yi Hui Jolin (#14055, GYSS Team 1) – 18:03.0
17th Kacy Tan (#14054, GYSS Team 1) – 18:03.3
18th Chauhan Harshita Singh (#14095, RGS U14 Girls) – 18:10.1
19th Germaine Chan (#14014, Cedar Girls C Div Team 1) – 18:11.8
20th Anissa Chan Xing Ning (#14048) – 18:12.2
Women U14 Team Results
1st RGS U14 Girls — 43 points
Samantha Seah (5th), Lim Zhi Xuan (7th), Ang Li Hui (13th), Chauhan Harshita Singh (18th)
2nd Nan Hua C-Girls — 51 points
Sheen Tan (4th), Shawna Tay (6th), Joy Tan (12th), Seah Rui Ting (29th)
3rd JSS C Girls Team A — 52 points
Kang Ming Yang (8th), Goh Zhi Xuan (9th), Petrina Wong (10th), Tan Si Xuan (25th)
The results have been changed to reflect the accurate results from the updated official Wings Cross Country results list. The previous results were from the prior results list which had errors as timings were based on mid-point split timings.
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