Friday, May 16, 2008
1:24 AM
At the end of day 1, SBM led the School Challenge Trophy with a crushing 180 points while their nearest competitor, SCL/SHS could only managed 69 points.. This incredible feat was possible because of the support of the Sport and Wellness contingent who contributed 130 points..
ISG Track and Field 08/09 started off with the fastest competition of the year, the Men 100m.. The first heat saw Second year Cheng Huan of SCL qualify alongside Final year Nigel D'Cotta and First year Haider.. The next heat also known as the "Group of Death" featured defending champion, Rahman as well as few NYP sprinters in it.. In the end, Rahman won the heat easily followed by Si Hao while Daryl of SBM qualified as the second of the two "Best Time" slot.. The final heat saw freshman Kenneth winning while Mark of SEG grab the second automatic qualifying place..
Starting Lane of 100m Men Final1 darylONG (SBM)
2 muhammadHAIDER (SBM)
3 changCHENGHUAN (SCL)
4 abdulRahman (SIT)
5 tanSIHAO (SBM)
6 d'cottaNIGEL (SEG)
7 kennethFOO (SBM)
8 markCHEN (SEG)
In the Women 100m heats, there were no surprises when Jia Rui and Jasmine won their respective heats easily.. Only one-tenth of a second separates both of them so who will win the title of "Fastest Women in NYP"?
Starting Lane of 100m Women Final1 limWOONCHING (SCL)
2 justinaCHAN (SBM)
3 tanJIAHUI (SBM)
4 jasmineGUO (SEG)
5 chuaJIARUI (SBM)
6 tanCHORHOON (SBM)
7 huangWANZHEN (SEG)
8 samathaTEO (SEG)
Switching to the High Jump area, we saw SBM collecting 5 of the 6 medals available.. Kun of SBM added the ISG 08/09 Gold to his National Schools 2007 Silver.. While 100m finalist, Cheng Huan improved from a 07/08 Bronze to a 08/09 Silver.. In the Women final, we saw twin sisters Yi Hern and Yi Xuen winning Gold and Silver respectively with Justina Chan completing the SBM medal haul..
In the Discus finals, SBM grabbed both the Men and Women Golds while SHS took both silvers.. The Men final was a close fight between Akid (SBM) and Jing Hao (SHS) where Akid eventually won.. However the Women final was one sided affair as freshman Lay Chi smashed the school record with a whooping 42.84m (the previous record is 25.42m).. Jasmine Teo of SHS is in distant second..
The 200m Men final saw defending champion, Rahman cruised to an easy victory while Si Hao came in second and freshman Zheng Hao in third.. In the Women final we saw Jasmine defended her title dramatically.. The two favourites, Jia Rui and Jasmine, ran the curve and raced down the home stretch neck to neck.. With the Gold medal only 5 meters away, Jia Rui's fatigue legs finally gave in as she lost her balance and fell.. Once again like the previous ISG, we saw medics in action at the opening day..
In the middle distance action, we saw Marcus defended his 800m title easily with seven freshmen rounding up the top 8.. Freshman Hui Qin of SIT won the Women final convincingly..
Moving into Shot Put action, the Men final was once again the Akid-Jinghao show but it was Jinghao who won this time round.. The Women final was another recording breaking performance by Lay Chi.. She once again crushed the record and bring home her second Gold of the evening.. If she wins and breaks next week's Javelin record, she will be the very first person in NYP history to do it in their very first attempt..
The final women event of the evening, Women 3000m final saw Hui Qin breaking the school record by one full second.. By winning her second gold of the evening, Hui Qin is still in the race to win the Individual Champion title..
In the final event of the evening, we saw SBM finishing the day strongly, grabbing the top 4 positions in the 400m final..
At the last count, we see 6 titles being defended and 5 finals won by freshmen..
ISG Track and Field will return this friday, 5.30pm where the 5000m Men Final will be held..