To Addeen Idzni, injury always comes at the wrong time. But she made sure to overcome it to reclaim her 800 metre throne in her final A Division girls' event at the National Schools Track and Field Championship.
Singapore Sports School's Tia Louise Rozario won her sixth sprint hurdles title in 15.17 seconds and became the first athlete to dominate the hurdles crown since Jannah Wong did so from 2009-2014.
Right off the gun, it was clear that Singapore Sports School's Chong Wei Guan was the victor, as he finished ahead of the A Division boys' 110 metres hurdles field in a blistering 14.13 seconds to clinch his second straight title.
Elizabeth ran 12.41 seconds, clocked with a tailwind of 0.1 metre/second to break Lim Joo Lee's C division hand-timed 12.6s record that was set in 1993. Teammate Bernice Liew claimed the silver in a personal best 12.72s. Both girls later combined to help Nanyang Girls' High School to gold in the 4 by 100 metres relay.
Nanyang Girls' all-star C Division relay teams were anchored by 80m hurdles-100m double gold medallist Elizabeth-Ann Tan and 800m-1500m champion Wu Shu Han. The girls clocked 50.04 seconds in the 400m relay -- their best this season -- and 4 minutes 15.68 seconds in the 1600m relay to claim two gold medals to add to the five individual ones the school earned previously.
Only in sixth position on the second leg, Addeen Idzni pulled one position ahead for SSP, before Celeste Goh destroyed the competition on the third leg, going from fifth to second. Anchor runner Ismi Zakiah then powered SSP home to gold in 4:12.23. Only 0.9 seconds separated the top three of SSP, HCI and RI.
RI's winning time of 49.60s is just 0.2 seconds shy of the championship record in the event. Sports School finished second in 50.03s, with HCI third in 51.24s.
Shahmee clocked 11.04s against a headwind of 1.3m/s, while Joshua finished second in 11.13s.
