Story by Iman Hashim/Red Sports. Photos by Les Tan and Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports.
Pan Xin-Min (#207, HCI) won gold in 1:01.52. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Bishan Stadium, Thursday, April 21, 2016 — Pan Xin-Min of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) clocked 1 minute 1.52 seconds to snatch the A Division Girls’ 400 metres gold at the 57th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Celeste Goh (1:01.72) of Singapore Sports School and Sharon Tan (1:03.73) of National Junior College finished in second and third respectively.
Celeste had a good start and maintained her lead for most of the race, before Xin-Min’s strong finish on the home stretch saw her overtaken 10m before the finish.
Xin-Min’s winning timing was short of her personal best of 1:01.32, clocked two years ago when she finished third in the B Division, while representing Nanyang Girls’ High School.
This was Xin-Min’s first ever National Schools 400m gold, after she finished third in the A Division last year with a 1:02.58 timing.
On her victory, she said, “”I’m very happy, I would like to thank my coach, Mr Lee Cheng Wei and my teammates. I think everyone ran well. I wanted to do my parents, my coaches and friends proud. For now, I would just do my best for my upcoming races.”
Xin-Min’s next race is the 400m hurdles final which she qualified for as the second-fastest overall in the heats. The final will take place on Monday, April 25.
A Division Girls’ 400m – Top 8
1st Pan Xin-Min (#207, Hwa Chong Institution) — 1:01.52
2nd Celeste Goh Jia Rui (#10, Singapore Sports School) — 1:01.72
3rd Sharon Tan Hwee Ling (#61, National JC) — 1:03.73
4th Audrey Sarah Tan (#187, Hwa Chong Institution) — 1:04.11
5th Pebbles Lee Wern (#56, National JC) — 1:04.39
6th Claudia Sng Jia Xin (#194, Hwa Chong Institution) — 1:04.72
7th Alysee Goh Shin Ying (#68, Raffles Institution) — 1:05.18
8th Maxine Mak Kexuan (#178, Anglo-Chinese JC) — 1:05.93
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