Raffles Institution's Ho Zhe Xi quite literally gave it all he had, throwing himself forward at the finish line when he wasn't sure he was going to catch Hwa Chong Institution's Or Yong Hur in the 400m race at the 58th National Schools Track and Field Championships. As it turned out, he's done just enough.
In a repeat of last month's cross country nationals, Armand Dhilawala Mohan outran Hwa Chong Institution's Joshua Rajendran and St Andrew's Secondary's Jarrell Lim into second and third, respectively.
Phoebe Kee posted a personal best 11:05.00, finishing the 3000m race almost a full 10 seconds ahead of Raffles Institution's Toh Ting Xuan who ran 11:15.37 and Elaine Quah's 11:20.11.
Hussein ran 16:25.57 to claim gold, while teammate Timothy Liau ran 16:56.53 for silver.
Jazebel Koh led a Hwa Chong Institution 1-2 in the A girls' high jump competition at the 58th National Schools Track and Field Championship, posting a personal best on her way to a third-straight divisional title in as many years.
Wei Yu jumped 6.69m to clinch the gold, edging out Lin Yu En of Meridian JC by the narrowest of margins.
Tia surpassed the championship record of 5.43m, but fell short of her National U-18 mark of 5.86m.
Ong came home first in a time of 15 minutes 31.69 seconds to win his first ever IVP gold.
