Melissa Wu leapt a distance of 4.94m for a bronze medal in the long jump while Sean Lim followed up soon after with a bronze medal of his own with a 4.30m effort in the boys' pole vault.
Jared Lim Jun Ting from the Singapore Sports School, who turns 16 on June 24, has been the subject of criticism from some quarters lately after a fellow competitor's father complained about his selection in the 400m for the Asian Youth Games squad when his son had beaten Jared in some key races.
Sports School athlete Liang Wei, who turned 16 on January 18th, is representing Singapore at the Asian Youth Games in the 100m. She is the B Division girls' 100m champion and her personal best is a 12.50s from the 3rd All-Comers meet in March this year.
Middle-distance runner Zachary Ryan Devaraj earned himself a ticket to the upcoming Asian Youth Games after beating older opponents in races this year.
Triple jumper Nurshaishireen Binte Mohamad Rahim, 16, will get a chance to step out of the shadows and onto a bigger stage in the upcoming Asian Youth Games.
For a person who only joined track-and-field in primary school because no other Co-Curricular Activity (CCA) appealed to him, Shahrir Mohd Anuar has had great success.
Amidst the selection controversy over whether Jared Lim or Ng Chin Hui is the best 400m runner in Singapore, 16-year-old Avinash R. of Seng Kang Secondary, who was initially named to run the 400m, got forgotten.
Joanna Chng of Raffles Institution and Chong Jia Yuan of Hwa Chong Institution replayed their 2008 100m final duel as the former powered home once again as the A division girls' 100m champion in a time of 12.51 seconds, making her the fastest school-girl in Singapore.