By Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports, Tan Jon Han/Red Sports, Vanessa Lim/Red Sports and Marvin Lowe/Red Sports
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, April 13-27, 2011 — The 52nd National Inter-School Track and Field Championships were held from April 13-27. 2,488 athletes from 99 schools took part.
The Red Crew have put together a picture story of as many events as possible in tribute to all who have put in the time and effort to train for the championships.
Enjoy.
Eugenia Tan from the Singapore Sports School approaching her anchor runner in the B Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-finals. They clocked 49.64 seconds, the fastest time of the round, and improved it to 48.22 in the final en route to gold. It was a new championship record, breaking the previous mark of 48.78 set by their school seniors in 2006. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Inez Leong of Raffles Institution competes in the A Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-finals. RI clocked a time of 52.02 seconds, the second fastest time of the round. They placed second in the final with a time of 51.46s. Hwa Chong Institution took the gold in 49.44s. (Photo 2 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Guangyang Secondary anchor runner Rachel Lee contemplates the start of the B Division Girls’ 4x100m relay semi-final race. They clocked a time of 56.37 seconds for 12th place overall, and failed to make the final. (Photo 3 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Tan Xin Ying of Victoria Junior College competes in the A Division Girls’ javelin. She threw a distance of 26.37 metres for sixth place. (Photo 4 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Eunice Er of Hwa Chong Institution lets loose the javelin. She placed fifth with a best throw of 26.63m. (Photo 5 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Cedar Girls’ Secondary School’s Tay Pei Ern flashes a sign to her friend on the sidelines as she competes in the B Division Girls’ 1500m heats. She was third fastest with a time of 5 minutes 35.17 seconds, but only placed 11th in the final though she improved her time to 5:31.26. (Photo 6 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Runners in the third heat of the B Division Girls’ 1500m race watch on as runners from the second heat pass them. (Photo 7 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Ranjitha Raja of Juying Secondary running in a race of her own after building a huge lead over her fellow competitors in the B Division Girls’ 1500m heats. The Youth Olympic Games representative won the gold handily, clocking a time of 4:58.29, which was just off her personal best of 4:57.62. (Photo 8 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Runners in the B Division Girls’ 400m heats round the bend. (Photo 9 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
Melinda Chan of Raffles Institution ‘summoning’ up a wall of water in the A Division Girls’ 2000m steeplechase. The event made its debut in the girls’ competition and Melinda’s teammate Wan Zahrah Bte Ahmad Alif Lim took the inaugural gold medal in a time of 8:06.58. Melinda clocked 8:49.76 for sixth place. (Photo 10 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)
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Thanks for all the corrections.
Jannah Wong from CHIJ KATONG CONVENT, not TANJONG KATONG. Thanks.
Photo 31 should be changed to “Calvin Quek from Victoria School and Ow Yeong Yu Xiang from Hwa Chong Institution competing in the B Division Boys’ 400m hurdles. Calvin eventually finished in third place while Yu Xiang finished in second.”
Photo 67 the girl is Lim Si Yi