By REDintern Alethia Tiang

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National hurdler Abdul Hakeem on his way to a win in the 110m Hurdles. (Photo 1 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

Bukit Gombak Stadium, Sunday, March 15, 2009 – A close race in the men’s 100m Hurdles (0.840m) saw Low Ziron of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) beat Ryan Kalmani of Singapore Sports School by just 0.01s. Ziron clocked 14.62s.

National hurdler Abdul Hakeem Abdul Halim won the 110m Hurdles event easily in a time of 14.88s, beating his nearest competitor by 1.5s. Abdul Hakeem rewrote the national record of 14.76s set by Osman Merican in 1966 with a 14.45s performance at the ASEAN University Games in KL in December 2008.

A thunderstorm just as the women’s 400m race was about to commence forced organisers to cancel more than half of the events and the meet will resume on Thursday, March 19th, 2009.

In the men’s 100m Hurdles (0.914m), Sean Toh of Victoria School blitzed the field in 14.24s, with the second-place runner 0.6s behind, an eternity in the world of sprinting.

In the women’s High Jump (SH 1.40m) event, Michelle Sng of UNA was untouchable, jumping a height of 1.65m, while the rest of the field failed to clear 1.6m.

In the men’s Javelin (600g>35m), Wong Chuen En of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) threw five meters further than runner-up James Chong of HCI with a 40.48m performance.

The Women and Men 400m for all race categories, Men 2,000m and 3,000m Steeple Chase, Women and Men 2,000m Walk, Women High Jump (SH:1.20m), Men Javelin 700g and 800g and Men Triple Jump have been postponed to Thursday, 19 March 2009, at Bukit Gombak Stadium from 8:30am onwards.

For full results of the completed events, visit the Singapore Athletics Association (SAA) website at www.singaporeathletics.org.sg.

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Sports School athletes leading the way to the finish. (Photo 2 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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A VJC hurdler pulling away from the rest. (Photo 3 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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Crossing the hurdle as fast as he can… (Photo 4 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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Narrowly scraping the hurdle… (Photo 5 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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Joel Wei (ACJC) pulling away from the rest of the hurdlers… (Photo 6 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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…while competing hurdlers fight for second place. (Photo 7 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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The huge black clouds starting rolling in as the day wore on… (Photo 8 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)

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…before the inevitable thunderstorm forced a stop to proceedings. (Photo 9 © Alethia Tiang/Red Sports)