Saturday, May 24, 2008
2:43 PM
And the Champion School of ISG Track and Field 08/09 is.......... SBM!
They were declared the Champion School after Akid Chong won the 4th event of the day, Men Javelin. This gives the SBM team a commanding lead of 145 points, mathematically impossible for their nearest challenger SCL/SHS team to beat.
The first two events of the day saw the crowning of NYP Fastest Men and Women. In the Men 100m, Abdul Rahman of SIT retained his title as "NYP Fastest Men" when he beat second place, Si Hao by more than half a second. In the Women's category, Jia Rui of SBM recovered from a disappointing 200m ending to win the 100m race. This time it was another "dramatic finish" that saw Jia Rui edging out her rival, SEG's Jasmine Guo for the Gold.
In the Javelin area, it was once again the "Wan Lay Chi" show as she grabbed her third gold and at the same time smashing the third school record. SHS's Jasmine Teo, defending champion of all three throws event could only settle for three silvers this year. In the Men Javelin, Freshmen Jobin Jose of SEG tried to put on a fight but it was Akid Chong who won it all, breaking his PB, winning his second Gold and retaining the Challenge Trophy for SBM.
In the Triple Jump pit, we saw ACS(I) alumni Abu Hanifah (SHS) and Foo Yong Kun (SBM) battling each other but it was the triple/long jump specialist Abu Hanifah who triumph after 6 jumps. Basil Chai of SBM was third.
Shifting to the long distance battle, we heard from record holder and defending champion Marcus Ong that he will not compete in the 1500m race. Thus leaving the race wide open for the likes of Nazri, Jerome and Philip to battle for gold. The trio started the race well but with 2 laps to go, race leader Nazri eventually succumbed to pressure and made a mistake. Philip "Kenyan" R eventually won and lead the SBM to a top 4 finish. In the Women's race, SIT's Hui Qin dominated and won the race but missed the school record by 2 seconds.
Back to the Jump pit, Lim Woon Ching (SCL) who finished 6th in 100m, won the women's category with her final jump of the day. Defending champion, Pei Gin of SHS could only finish third this time. In the Men Long Jump, Abu Hanifah of SHS won his second gold of the day by finishing 3cm ahead of silver medalist, Loh Chao Hong of SEG. Foo Yong Kun completed the long jump podium with a bronze, thus winning a medal of each colour (High Jump gold, Triple Jump silver and Long Jump bronze).
The postponed race of Women 400m final was once again the battle between SBM's Jia Rui and SEG's Jasmine Guo. The duo fight right from the start pushing each other to the limit but ultimately it was down to yet another "dramatic finish". This time is was SEG's Jasmine who closed down and finally overtook SBM's Jia Rui at the finish, winning gold in her last ISG individual race. Ironically, it was the 100m/200m Jasmine who won the 400m race and 200m/400m Jia Rui who won the 100m race..
In the first ever Inter-CCA 4x100m relay, it was the NYP Ultimate who grabbed Gold in this event while NYP Watersports and SEG Club win silver and bronze respectively.
The Alumni returned for the Men's relay. However, the baton exchange failure between the 2nd and 3rd leg allow the SBM team to open up the lead to up to 20m. National athlete, Muthukumaran tried to close down on freshman Haider but only managed to close down 15m. SBM eventually won the relay but is still short of the record by 0.7s.
The Women 4x100 relay is a one sided affair as the SBM team consisting of Jia Rui, Genevieve, Chor Hoon and Lay Chi led from start to finish to win gold. After this win, freshman Lay Chi had now won 4 Golds, 3 Records within 2 Days in 1 Meet.
The final event of the meet, the Men 4x400m relay is once again a battle between the Alumni and SBM. This time round it was the Alumni who triumphed, leading from the 1st leg to the anchor leg. Though losing to the Alumni, the SBM team unknowingly pushed themselves beyond the limit and therefore breaking the School's 4x400m record for the 2nd time in 2 years.
At the end of the meet, SBM won with a staggering 402 points while SCL/SHS were the "Best of the Rest" beating SEG with 159 to 142 points. SDN/SIDM/SIT is fourth.