Story by REDintern Ellis Yap. Photos by Clara Yuan/Red Sports
Ow Yong Wei Bin (#274) of Hwa Chong Institution in action during the A Division boys’ 400 metres hurdles race. (Photo 1 © Clara Yuan/Red Sports)
Bukit Gombak Stadium, Monday, April 20, 2015 — Ow Yeong Wei Bin (#274) of Hwa Chong Institution came in first place in the A Division boys’ 400m hurdles at the 56th National Inter-School Track and Field Championships with a timing of 55.54 seconds.
Wei Bin’s last burst in the final 10 metres of the race put him ahead of Raffles Institution’s Kelvin Quek (#152), who finished just 1.30 seconds behind.
“I feel quite heartened that I actually won because I had a strong competitor in Calvin. I was very nervous before the start of the race because I knew it was going to be a close fight between Calvin and I,” said Wei Bin.
The bronze medal went to Jared Chang (#197) of Victoria Junior College with a timing of 58.27 seconds.
The meet record is held by Wei Bin’s elder brother, Ow Yeong Yu Xiang, who has since graduated from Hwa Chong Institution. Yu Xiang set the record of 54.56 seconds in 2013.
A Division Boys’ 400m hurdles Result
1st Ow Yeong Wei Bin (#274,Hwa Chong Institution) – 00:55.54
2nd Quek Jun Jie Calvin (#152, Raffles Institution) – 00:56.84
3rd Jared Chang Joo Xyang (#197, Victoria Junior College) – 00:58.27
4th Jack Tan Jie En (#258, Hwa Chong Institution) – 00:58.84
5th Damien Kee Wei Hao (#135, Raffles Institution) – 00:59.02
6th Lim Wei Han, Daniel (#72, ACS Independent) – 01:00.60
7th Dymtryk Sng Wei Jun (#253, Hwa Chong Institution) – 01:00.75
8th Muhammad Adnan Hakim B Samri (#43, Singapore Sports School) – 01:01.13
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Calvin**** Quek
Hi Si Yi, thanks for clarifying. We have made the amendments. 🙂