100m sprint finals – a picture story
Five different schools won the six 100m sprint golds on offer across the various divisions at the 51st National Inter-School Track and Field Championships.
Shanti Pereira leads Sports School to track and field C Division girls’ team title
The Singapore Sports School entered the last day of the 51st National Inter-School Track and Field Championships in fourth place, 27 points behind leaders Cedar Girls' Secondary but magnificent performances by their sprinters on the day enabled them to overhaul that deficit to emerge champions in the girls' C Division.
Three of four South Zone schools top their groups in National C Division Netball
Three South Zone schools, together with Singapore Sports School, finished top of their respective groups in the first round of the National C Division Netball Championship.
Ng Chin Hui and R. Avinash win respective divisional 400m races but miss out on championship records
Ng Chin Hui of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and R. Avinash of Anglo-Chinese Junior College both turned in smooth performances to win the B and A Division 400m titles respectively on the sixth day of the National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Sakinah Muslimah topples four-year-old girls’ C Division Triple Jump record
Sakinah Muslimah Bte Johar of Singapore Sports School registered a new Girls' C Division Triple Jump record with a distance of 11.32 metres at the 51st National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
Favourites find differing fortunes in girls’ hurdles at inter-school track and field
Inez Leong, Goh Wei Ning and Jannah Wong left the Schools Track and Field championships with new championship records in the girls' A, B Division 100 metres and C Division 80 metres hurdles races, but only Wei Ning finished without a gold medal.
Sean Toh betters YOG benchmark in Boys’ B Division 110 metres hurdles
Victoria School’s Sean Toh became the first athlete to better the Youth Olympic Games (YOG) benchmark set by the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA) when he won the Boys’ B Division 110 metres hurdles in 13.98 seconds at the 51st National Schools Track And Field Championships.
Sports School, RGS, CHIJ and St Margaret’s top first round groups in B Division netball
Singapore Sports School, Raffles Girls’ School (RGS), CHIJ (Toa Payoh) and St. Margaret's Secondary all finished top of their respective groups after the first round of the B Division Netball Championship as they recorded victories on the final day of group action.