By Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports
RI’s Jannah Wong (#124) bagged the girls’ A Division 100m hurdles gold medal with a timing of 14.91 seconds. Teammate Laura Tan (#105, left) finished second in 16.17s, while Natalie Tan (#185) of ACJC took home the bronze medal in 16.69s. (Photo © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Tuesday, April 8, 2014 — Jannah Wong of Raffles Institution (RI) clocked a time of 14.91 seconds to bag the girls’ A Division 100m hurdles gold medal at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
In the morning heats, Jannah set a new meet, national junior and under-19 record of 14.69 seconds. It was a new personal best by over 0.4 seconds and bettered the A Division record of 15.03s set in 2010 by RI alumna, Inez Leong. It also lowered Dipna Lim Prasad’s junior and under-19 record of 14.72s set in October 2009 at the Malaysia Open.
The RI student, who completed a six-for-six sweep of sprint hurdle titles at the national schools championships since 2009, commented, “I feel very happy. I did not expect myself to do that well.”
Jannah still holds the national youth record, but saw her B and C Division meet records, as well as her national under-15 mark, broken in the heats by Singapore Sports School athletes, Nur Izlyn and Tia Louise Rozario.
“It is quite nice to see people improving. Records are meant to be broken,” laughed Jannah.
Teammate Laura Tan clinched silver with a timing of 16.17s, while Natalie Tan of Anglo-Chinese Junior College finished third in 16.69s.
The only other female athletes in the last 26 years to win six straight gold medals in the same event are Chan Zhi Xuan (Discus, 2007 to 2012) and Rahmah Begum (1500m, 1995 to 2000).
A Div 100m Hurdles (Girls) Results
1st Jannah Wong Min (#124, Raffles Institution) – 14.91s
2nd Laura Tan Ling Ying (#105, Raffles Institution) – 16.17s
3rd Natalie Tan Hui Min (#185, Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 16.69s
4th Janine Foo Shu Yin (#206, Hwa Chong Institution) – 16.77s
5th Liang Cui Han Jermaine (#110, Raffles Institution) – 17.31s
6th Lim Ying Hwee Nicole (#154, Victoria Junior College) – 17.37s
7th Jayne Lim (#152, Victoria Junior College) – 17.83s
8th Teo Yu Mei Chloe (#195, Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 18.36s
Video © SAA. Used with permission.
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