Inez Leong Sets New Record in B Division Girls' 100m Hurdles Final
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 20, 2009 - 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.
The gold medal was the first for the runner and her school in this year's championships and puts CHIJ St Nicholas one point behind B Division leaders, Cedar Girls' Secondary School.
In the heats held last Friday morning, Inez was recorded third fastest in lane 3, with last year's C Division record breaker, Goh Wei Ning from the Singapore Sports School, first in lane 4. Sarah Lee from Nanyang Girls' High was the second fastest in lane 5.
Today, Wei Ning followed after Inez for the silver medal with a time of 15.21s, bettering last year's record as well, while Sarah Lee achieved the bronze medal with a time of 15.42s.
Inez will be taking part in the 400m Hurdles final tomorrow. Last year, she finished second with a time of 1min 8.01sec behind T. Priyah from the Singapore Sports School who broke the record with 1min 3.86sec. This year, she will be facing Priyah once more in her final year of racing for CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' and it will definitely be an exciting race to watch to see if she can dethrone defending champion Priyah.
In the C Division girls' 80m Hurdles, Jannah Wong from CHIJ Katong Convent came in first with a time of 12.85sec, followed by Meaghan Chan from Cedar Girls' in 13.40sec. In third place, Pan Shi Yu from the Singapore Sports School finished the race with a time of 13.51 seconds.
In the A Division girls 100m Hurdles, last year's runner-up Amanda Quey from Raffles Institution came in first with a time of 15.72sec, followed by last year's second runner-up Situ Nurhanis from Victoria Junior College with 15.92sec. Kelly Tan from Hwa Chong Institution finished third with 16.69sec.
Singapore Sports School C Division boys' hurdlers, Ryan Kalmani and Linus Chong, achieved a 1-2 finish in the C Division Boys' 100m Hurdles event today, earning two medals for their school. Fabian Lew from Catholic High took the bronze.
Seah Toh from Victoria School, last year's C Division 100m Hurdles champion, added the B Division boys' 100m Hurdles title to his collection, beating runner-up Edwin Tay of St Joseph Institution by 0.5sec. Temasek Secondary's Khairyll Amri B Tumadi finished third with a time of 14.50sec.
In the final A Division hurdles event of the day, defending 110m hurdles champion Joel Wei from Anglo-Chinese Junior College stormed the track once again to clinch the gold with a time of 15.21sec. Raffles Institution's Ng Jun Wei gained the silver while Steven Lim from Victoria Junior College took the bronze, with two of his teammates following close behind to take the fourth and fifth positions.
Inez Leong of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School broke the B Division girls 100m Hurdles record with a timing of 15.14 seconds, 0.24 seconds off the previous record.
Jannah Wong of Katong convent closing her eyes in relief as she crosses the finish line in first place.
Amanda Quey of Raffles Institution is neck and neck with Siti Nurhanis of Victoria JC but manages to get first place.
Ryan Kalmani powers ahead of Muhammad Asmin and Muhammad Haziq.
Sean Toh is followed closely by Edwin Tay of SJI.
Joel Wei of ACJC has a lead over the rest.
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