B Div High Jump: Valerie Cheong of Cedar Girls’ wins with 1.60m leap

Valerie Cheong of Cedar Girls’ won gold with a 1.60m clearance. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Friday, April 5, 2013 — Valerie Cheong of Cedar Girls’ Secondary won the B Division high jump with a leap of 1.60 metres at the 54th National Schools Track and Field Championships.

The B Division record is 1.64m and was set by Michelle Sng Suat Li, then of Singapore Chinese Girls’ School, in 2003.

Two Nanyang Girls’ High student-athletes followed her onto the podium. Lim Ping cleared 1.54m while her teammate Kon Pei Ying managed 1.50m.

N.B. We did not manage to get a photo of either Valerie Cheong or Lim Ping in action.

B Division Girls’ High Jump Results
1st Cheong May Chi, Valerie (Cedar Girls’, #135) — 1.60m
2nd Lim Ping (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’, #375) – 1.54
3rd Kon Pei Ying (Nanyang Girls’, #372) — 1.50
4th Siew Lei (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’, #44) – 1.48
5th Fatin Nabihah Bte Ridzwan (Cedar Girls’, #137) — 1.43
6th Samantha Cheung (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’, #42) – 1.43
7th Hoong Yan (Dunman High, #260) – 1.35
8th Shona Yap Woon Hwee (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’, #43) – 1.35
9th Masidayu Bte Abdul Aziz (Sports School, #87) – 1.35
10th Ong Huan Yun, Jordan (Nanyang Girls’, #381) – 1.35
11th Rachel Lim Fang Yu (Cedar Girls’, #154) – 1.35
12th Ang Wei Lu (Sports School, #78) — 1.30
Ng Hui Si Megan (Dunman High, #266) — DNQ
Tan Yen Rong Astoria Isabel (Dunman High, #272) – DNQ
Chloe Goh Hui En (CHIJ Toa Payoh, #105) – DNQ
Azura Safitri (Jurong, #336) – DNQ