B Division 100m record holder Shahrir Mohd Anuar aims for AYG sprint final
For a person who only joined track-and-field in primary school because no other Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) appealed to him, Shahrir Mohd Anuar has had great success.
For a person who only joined track-and-field in primary school because no other Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) appealed to him, Shahrir Mohd Anuar has had great success.
Joanna Chng of Raffles Institution and Chong Jia Yuan of Hwa Chong Institution replayed their 2008 100m final duel as the former powered home once again as the A division girls' 100m champion in a time of 12.51 seconds, making her the fastest school-girl in Singapore.
Records tumbled like dominoes on the first day of the finals of the 50th National Swimming Championship. A grand total of 12 records were broken, itself a record for the annual inter-school swimming championships.
Shahrir Anuar of Singapore Sports School set a new B Division boys' 100m record of 10.9 seconds while a rough baton pass in the B Division boys' race and disqualification in the C Division girls' race cost Sports School two gold medals in the 4X100m races.
T. Haarishankar of the Singapore Sports School made it two golds in as many events at the National Inter-School Track-and-Field Championships by winning the B division boys' 3000m in a time of 9 minutes 44.25 seconds.
Inez Leong of CHIJ St Nicholas' Girls School broke the B Division girls 100m Hurdles record set by Singapore Sports School's Noreen Herman last year. Inez's timing of 15.14 was 0.24 seconds faster than last year's 15.35s record, an eternity in the world of short distance running.
Soh Rui Yong of Raffles Institution capped off a red-letter season in which he has already made successful defences of his cross-country and 5000m titles by winning his maiden A Division boys' 3000m steeplechase title at the 50th National Inter-School Track-and-Field Championships.