By Lee Jian Wei/Red Sports
Lynette Lim (#131) of Victoria Junior College in action. She clinched the gold medal and broke the 24-year-old record with a distance of 5.43m. (Photo 1 © Lee Jian Wei/Red Sports)
Bukit Gombak Stadium, Friday, April 17, 2015 — Lynette Lim (#131) of Victoria Junior College jumped a distance of 5.43 metres to defend her A Division girls’ long jump title and at the same time, set a new meet record at the 56th National Inter-School Track and Field Championships.
“I’m very happy after all the years of training,” said Lynette, who turns 18 on November 15. “I thought I couldn’t improve in long jump after last year, but eventually, I did improve by quite a lot.”
She added, “I would like to thank my coach and teachers in charge for helping my manage my injuries, parents and friends for supporting me throughout this entire season.”
Lynette broke the previous record of 5.40m, set in 1991 by VJC alumna Lynette Chen, on her fourth attempt of the competition.
“Records are meant to be broken and that’s the way it should be,” said the older Lynette, 42, who was present to watch the record-breaking feat. “We’ve got quite a number of good jumpers coming up, so it should be quite exciting in the next few years.”
“I’m obviously biased towards the school, so if there was anybody, I would be rooting for any of the VJC jumpers. And this is actually very meaningful to me, to be around, when the record is broken. It’s a special moment for me,” she added.
Vivian Ho (#14) of Singapore Sports School took home the silver medal with a distance of 5.14m and the bronze medal went to Bernadette Taim (#174) of Hwa Chong Institution with a 4.96m attempt.
A Division Girls’ Long Jump Results
1st: Lynette Lim Enxuan (#131, Victoria Junior College) – 5.43m
2nd: Ho Mei En, Vivian (#14, Singapore Sports School) – 5.14m
3rd: Bernadette Cherianne Taim (#174, Hwa Chong Institution) – 4.96m
4th: Tan Wan Yun (#204, Hwa Chong Institution) – 4.94m
5th: Lim Ying Hwee, Nicole (#128, Victoria Junior College) – 4.87m
6th: Oh Ern Ning, Lydia (#95, Raffles Institution) – 4.53m
7th: Rebekah Seow Wei En [#33, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)] – 4.39m
8th: Lim Ping (#191, Hwa Chong Institution) – 4.31m
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