A Division Triple Jump: Yang Jieren of VJC wins gold

By Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 18, 2011 — Yang Jieren of Victoria Junior College jumped a distance of 13.38m to take gold in the A Division Boys’ Triple Jump event at the 52nd National Inter-School Track and Field Championships. This was an improvement from his attempt last year where he placed 6th after a jump of 12.86m.

Hwa Chong Institution’s Ang Jia Ming had a jump distance of 13.30m to give him the silver. Despite it being short of last year’s attempt at 13.43m, it was still enough to give him a credible position this year. Syafiq Poh B Shahabidin of Raffles Institution completed the trio with a jump distance of 13.30m, an improvement from his fourth place finish last year by 0.06m.

Results
1. Yang Jieren (VJC) – 13.38m
2. Ang Jia Ming (HCI) – 13.30m
3. Syafiq Poh B Shahabidin (RI) – 13.20m
4. Joel Tay Kai Liang (NJC) -13.10m
5. Wang Brian Ziqiong (ACS(I)) – 13.10m
6. Gan Jin Wei Shawn (ACJC) – 12.81m
7. Cheng Kei-Vin (RI) – 12.73m