Jonathan Wong (right) leading into the final straight. He finished 1st in 2:01.72min. Ray Koo (#18) followed him in 2nd, in a time of 2:03.07min. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 — Jonathan Wong of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) won the B Division 800m final in a personal best time of 2 minutes 1.72 seconds.
Zachary Devaraj of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) set the electronically-timed Championship record of 1:57.34min. C Veeramani, then of Bukit Batok Secondary, set a hand-timed record of 1:56.70 in 1994.
Jonathan also won a bronze in the B Division 400m final less than a day earlier. He now has a complete set of 800m medals after finishing third and second in 2010 and 2011 respectively.
There was drama at the end of the race when Abdul Tsaqif of Victoria School, who was neck and neck with Ray Khoo of Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary in a fight for second place, tripped and fell just before the finish line. Ray went on to finish second.
In the meantime, Dhashman Thangavelu of Regent Secondary had come from fifth to just pip Ariff Izzudin of ACS(I) for third place in 2:03.34 for his school’s first medal at the championships.
Ray also won his school’s first medal at the championships with his second-place finish of 2:03.07. Ray will also run in the B Division 1500m final on the final day of the championships.
Results
1st Jonathan Wong Shern Yang (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 2:01.72
2nd Koo Jian Hui, Ray (Ahmad Ibrahim Secondary) — 2:03.07
3rd Dhashman Thangavelu (Regent Secondary) — 2:03.34
4th Ariff Izzudin B Mohamad G (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 2:03.35
5th Abdul Tsaqif B Abdul Rahman F (Victoria School) — 2:05.45
6th Dai Nan Tian (Hwa Chong Institution) — 2:08.20
7th Nishan S/O Guna Sakaran (Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 2:08.47
8th Yong Zi Quan, David (Catholic High) — 2:08.48
9th Joel Ng Jo Wei (Hwa Chong Institution) — 2:10.51
10th Muhammad Norikqaf B Mohd R (Changkat Changi Secondary) — 2:13.23
11th Teo Kar Hui, Shawn (Raffles Institution) — 2:13.63
11th Abdul Riyaz (St Andrew’s Secondary) — 2:13.63
13th Gerald Soh (Chung Cheng High (Main)) — 2:14.17
14th Muhammad Idafi Bin Mohammed (Singapore Sports School) — 2:14.49
15th Justin Koh Yi Rong (Changkat Changi Secondary) — 2:14.62
S Murugananthan (Woodlands Secondary) — Withdrawal
Video © SAA. Used with permission.
Abdul Tsaqif B Abdul Rahman was running third heading into the final stretch but he tripped just before the finish line and Dhashman Thangavelu of Regent overtook him to finish 3rd in 2:03.34min. Ariff Izzudin (#126) finished 4th in 2:03.35min. Tsaqif eventually hauled himself across the finish line for 5th in 2:05.45. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
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