Story by Zachary Foo/Red Sports. Photos by Laura Lee/Red Sports
Hannah Quek of RGS set a new meet record of 1:06.23 to clinch first place in the girls’ C Division 100m Backstroke event. (Photo 1 © Laura Lee/Red Sports)
Singapore Sports School, Wednesday, April 23, 2014 — Hannah Quek of Raffles Girls’ School set a new meet record in the girls’ C Division 100m backstroke with a time of 1 minute 6.23 seconds at the 55th National Schools Swimming Championships.
The previous record was held by Shana Lim, then of Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ School. She clocked a time of 1 minute 06.31 seconds in 2007 to set the mark.
Jamie Koo of Raffles Girls’ came in second in a time of 1 minute 09.66 seconds, while Carolyn Koh of Nanyang Girls’ High School rounded up the podium with a time of 1:13.81.
Hannah, who also won the 50m backstroke title, said, “It was a surprise that I actually broke it because I was not expecting it. I am quite happy with getting golds over both distances as I think I only had a bronze last year. I want to thank all the Swimfast coaches for helping me.”
It is a new personal best for Hannah, and places her as the second fastest female Singaporean swimmer in this event this year, behind Tan Jing-E’s 1:05.76.
C Division Girls 100m Backstroke Results
1st Quek Jia Hui Hannah (Raffles Girls’ School) — 1:06.23
2nd Koo Ya Zhen Jamie (Raffles Girls’ School) — 1:09.66
3rd Koh Hui Xin Carolyn (Nanyang Girls’ High School) — 1:13.81
4th Goh Xuan Xuan Regine (Singapore Sports School) — 1:14.01
5th Ong Zoey (Nanyang Girls’ High School) — 1:14.25
6th Lim Seok Koon Stacey (Raffles Girls’ School) — 1:15.11
7th Tan Siying Shae-Lynn (Singapore Chinese Girls’ School) — 1:16.02
8th Pek Meng Yee (CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School) — 1:18.24
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