C Div 80m Hurdles (Girls): Valencia Ho of Nanyang Girls’ High tops field in 12.53 seconds
This is the 13-year-old's debut at the National Inter-School Championships, and also her first title.
This is the 13-year-old's debut at the National Inter-School Championships, and also her first title.
HCI's Eric Yee (#570) bested his previous record of 48.79 metres, which was set last year.
Both Joseph Johnathan Zhao and Aw Jian Yang of Hwa Chong Institution clinched the silver and bronze respectively with a distance of 13.69 and 13.64 metres.
CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) topped their group with this win and will continue on to the semi-final, along with Singapore Sports School, who finished as runners-up of Group X.
On his final attempt and bid to defend his title, the Secondary 4 student at RI mustered his remaining strength to power the shot to a distance of 15.60 metres to top the field.
Cepheaus Chee (#146), Dylan Wong (#151) and Adlan Syaddad (#145) swept the podium for Singapore Sports School.
The North Zone champions had defeated River Valley 31–24 in an earlier match last Thursday.
The 16-year-old's finish was just 27 centimetres shy of his personal best, but it was a marked improvement from last year's event, where he finished in fourth place.