Story by Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports. Photos by Lim Yong Teck and Clara Yuan/Red Sports
HCI’s Karin Wong (#208) clinched the girls’ A Division 3000m walk gold medal with a timing of 18 minutes 39.49 seconds. (Photo 1 © Lim Yong Teck/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 14, 2014 — Karin Wong of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) clinched the girls’ A Division 3000m walk gold medal with a timing of 18 minutes 39.49 seconds at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
Chloe Leong and Natalie Tan completed the podium for HCI, coming in second and third in 18:41.37 and 18:51.03 respectively.
This is the first A Division 3000m walk gold medal for the HCI student. “It feels good because all the hard work paid off. It is quite unreal and surprising actually. I want to thank all my teammates, especially Chloe and Natalie. We walk together all the time and they are very encouraging,” commented Karin.
The A Division 3000m walk record is 17:53.37 and it was set last year by HCI alumna, Tin Shu Min.
The top-three sweep by Hwa Chong enabled them to considerably increase their lead over Victoria Junior College in the divisional title. HCI now take an 11-point lead into the final day of events, which features the 100m, 800m, 4x100m and 4x400m relays for the A division girls.
A Div 3000m Walk (Girls) Results (Top 10)
1st Karin Wong Kam Chi (#208, Hwa Chong Institution) – 18:39.49
2nd Chloe Leong Wan Ting (#201, Hwa Chong Institution) – 18:41.37
3rd Natalie Tan Rei Hsi (#218, Hwa Chong Institution) – 18:51.03
4th Kok Min Ai (#104, Raffles Institution) – 18:58.45
5th Tay Min Hui Jolene (#90, National Junior College) – 20:00.30
6th Park Sarah Dong Sook (#169, Victoria Junior College) – 20:07.70
7th Siew Yu Hui Cheryl (#75, Catholic Junior College) – 20:15.26
8th Lim Huizhen (#85, National Junior College) – 20:16.23
9th Leong Hwee Ting Jazell (#109, Raffles Institution) – 20:19.36
10th Lim Qing Hui Keziah (#153, Victoria Junior College) – 20:24.93
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