A Div Cross-Country: Belle Tan of ACJC fastest; HCI win 1st title since ’08 to break RI’s 3-year win streak
Belle Tan of ACJC was the fastest A Division runner while HCI won their first title since 2008 to break RI's three-year winning streak.
Belle Tan of ACJC was the fastest A Division runner while HCI won their first title since 2008 to break RI's three-year winning streak.
Karthic Harish Ragupathy, the 2011 B Division cross-country champion, opened his A Division account in style, demolishing the rest of the field and completing the 4.3km course in 13 minutes 9.14 seconds at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross Country Championship.
Cedar Girls' Secondary won their third B Division Cross-Country Championship team title in the last four years.
Heng Yu Jie of Catholic High hit the finish line in 13 minutes 39.23 seconds to win the B Division category at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross-Country Championships. He was followed closely by Marcus Ng of Victoria School who finished just over four seconds behind in 13:43.76.
Chloe Wang of Raffles Girls' School crossed the finish line in 14 minutes 35.10 seconds to win the C Division category at the 53rd Inter-School Cross Country Championships.
Looking around, I saw everybody in the pack happy with the status quo, with no one keen to make a move anytime soon. “Fine, I’ll do it then,” I told myself, and surged strongly past the two Gurkhas into the lead.
With 600 metres to go, I took a leap of faith, sprinting into the lead and pushing on hard. Karthic did not respond, and with the finish line in sight, I had a winning lead. The race was mine to lose.
Keith Yong of the Singapore Sports School finished in a time of 12 minutes 26.49 seconds to win the C Division category at the 53rd National Inter-School Cross Country Championships.