Clara Lim of RGS rose above her competition to snatch the B Div girls' 100m gold in 12.49s (-0.1m/s), slashing one hundredth of a second off her personal best and dipping just 0.04s ahead of nearest challenger Teh Ying Shan of Chung Cheng High (Yishun). In a historic first for the girls' 100m across all divisions, all eight finalists went under the 13s barrier.
The 59th National School Swimming Championships 2018 concluded with ACS(I) bagging their fifth consecutive grand slam, with a clean sweep of the boys’ A, B and C Division titles.
Methodist Girls’ School sealed third place in the National B Division Netball Championship with a 31-25 victory over Raffles Girls’ School.
CHIJ (Toa Payoh) and Singapore Sports School will contest the national championship game for the second year running after both teams came through their respective semi-finals in differing fashion.
Jeovanne Canace Poernomo and Shirina Mulani’s victory against MGS’ Natasha Loh and Emma Collins in the second doubles match clinched the title.
Tay, who is debuting in her first National Inter-School Championships, covered the 3000m race in 11 minutes and 58.99 seconds, making her the only athlete in the field to finish with a sub 12 minute run.
MGS advanced to the second round with the win, while TKSS bowed out of the competition after finishing third in Group B with a 1–2 win-loss record.
Grace Poong and Mirielle Teo sparked MGS's second half 17–4 offensive spurt.
