B Div 1500m: Carys Hor of Nanyang Girls’ wins gold in 5:19.25

Carys Hor crossing the finish line first in 5:24.33. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, April 4, 2012 — Carys Hor of Nanyang Girls’ High hit the finish line first in 5 minutes 19.25 seconds to win the B Division 1500m final at the 53rd National Schools Track and Field Championships.

Carys held off two Cedar Girls’ Secondary runners to win the gold. Tay Pei Ern was second in 5:22.23 while Lok Xin Ying was third in 5:24.53.

The Championship record is 4:56.61 set by Lin Cui Wen, then of Singapore Sports School, in 2006.

Sports School’s fastest runner on the day was Nicole Lum who finished fourth in 5:26.55. Yang Tian Tian, the other Sports School runner, was seventh in 5:30.96.

Cedar Girls’ had a third runner in the final, the most of any school. Edina Tan finished fifth in 5:28.44.

Results
1st Hor Kar Yin Carys (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 5:19.25
2nd Tay Pei Ern (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) — 5:22.23
3rd Lok Xin Ying (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) — 5:24.53
4th Nicole Lum An Qi (Singapore Sports School) — 5:26.55
5th Tan Yi-Qin Edina (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) — 5:28.44
6th Marianne Elizabeth John (Crescent Girls’ School) — 5:30.27
7th Yang Tian Tian (Singapore Sports School) — 5:30.96
8th Natalie Yu Chin Wen (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 5:31.82
9th Lin Yuxin Kathleen (Crescent Girls’ School) — 5:31.86
10th Mary-Lisa Zhi-Hui Chua (Raffles Girls’ School) — 5:32.24
11th Heather Hong (River Valley High) — 5:37.19
12th Ng Bei Lin (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) — 5:37.76
13th Nurul Nathasha Bte Azman (Bendemeer Secondary) — 5:40.10
14th Nur Razlynn Bte Raslan (Jurong Secondary) — 5:40.82
15th Dayna Ang Hui Shan (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) — 5:41.09
16th Ho Qian Wei Rachel (Nan Hua High) — 5:48.24