A two-and-a-half hours delay forced by lightning alert failed to derail Tan Tse Teng of Hwa Chong Institution as she leapt 11.25 metres on her final attempt to snatch the A Division girls' triple jump gold.
Last year, Elaine Quah of Raffles Institution (RI) pulled away early from the A Division Girls’ 2000m steeplechase field to clinch gold way ahead of her nearest competitor. In that race, Clarice Lau of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) finished third in 8:25.06. This year's race played out in almost exactly the same way, but with Clarice in Elaine's shoes this time, finishing over 30 seconds ahead of her nearest competitor in a timing of 8:04.28, a new personal best by over 20 seconds. The steeplechase saw its usual share of drama with many runners tripping at the water obstacle.
Raffles Institution's Nedunchezian Selvageethan emerged victorious to clinch his first ever gold medal in the A Division Boys' 800m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Against all odds, Anglo Chinese Junior College's Phoebe Tay overcomes illness to emerge victorious in the A Division Girls' 800m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Lim Yu Zhe of Nan Hua High School clinches his second individual gold medal of the season in the B Division Boys' 800m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Having accepted the loss of her 1500-metres championship two weeks ago, Cedar Girls' Kylie Tan was placing her hopes on topping the B Division Girls' 3000m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships. The Secondary 4 student bagged home a double gold for both events last year, and refused to settle on failure in defending her 1500m throne. This time, she decided to set aside her past failure.
Just three days before, she bagged home her first silver during the C Division Girls' 1500-metres final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships. In the 3000m final, Eryka Anna Kerner Pasupathy of Cedar Girls' Secondary then rose to the occasion to clinch her first individual gold medal with a winning timing of 13 minutes and 01.08 seconds.
"It doesn't matter who finished first or second. One-two finish is the best result for the team, and we will do anything to get it." In saying that, it is without a doubt that Hwa Chong Institution (HCI)'s Dai Hexuan held nothing but confidence as he and teammate Jacob Tan finished only four seconds apart during the C Division boys' 3000 metres final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships. While the duo were taking turns throughout the race to lead the pack, Jacob concluded the race first in a winning timing of 10 minutes and 29.47 seconds. Following close behind were Hexuan and Raffles Institution (RI)'s Jonathan Tan, with timings of 10:33.62 and 10:35.66 respectively.
