By Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports
Meagan in action during the A Division 100m butterfly final. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 — Meagan Lim of Anglo-Chinese Junior College clocked a time of 1 minute 2.57 seconds to win the girls’ A Division 100 metres butterfly final at the 54th National Schools Swimming Championships. It broke her own championship record of 1:03.01 set during the heats.
Meagan dominated the race and finished four and a half seconds ahead of silver medalist Annis Loy of Temasek Junior College.
Meagan commented: “I’m not very happy with the timing, but I’m happy with breaking my own record again, which was set during the heats.”
The 17-year-old, who made her Southeast Asian Games debut 17 months ago in Palembang, has a personal best of 1:02.18, set in March last year.
Annis clocked a time of 1:07.07 while Gayle Tan of Raffles Institution took home bronze with a time of 1:07.77.
Meagan also bagged gold in the 100m backstroke final, clocking a time of 1:06.03. It took place less than half an hour after the 100m butterfly final.
A Division Girls 100m Butterfly Results
1st Lim Shen Hui Meagan (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) — 1:02.57
2nd Loy Boon Yin Annis (Temasek Junior College) — 1:07.07
3rd Tan Su-Hui Gayle (Raffles Institution) — 1:07.77
4th Leow Li Wen (Raffles Institution) — 1:12.64
5th Tan Shi Qin Emelia (Temasek Junior College) — 1:15.95
6th Chua Yun Fang Thaddea (River Valley High School) — 1:20.23
7th Goh Koon Juak Deborah (Pioneer Junior College) — 1:25.49
8th Ng Min Min (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) — 1:28.39
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