By Les Tan/Red Sports

The recently 50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships over 2,300 student athletes from 89 schools take part.

Here’s part 3 of a picture story of that event.

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Benefits of being in track and field – free Milo. The announcement that the Milo truck has arrived is always greeted by the loudest cheers. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Janice Tandiokusuma (in green) of Zhonghua Primary won the 100m A-Girls gold in 14.16s, beating out Zhang Jia Min (left) of Pioneer Primary who clocked 14.79sec. Lim Chin Chin (right) of Fuhua Primary was third in 15.20sec. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Paul Kunchu of Bukit Timah Primary steps into his opponent’s lane but the infringement isn’t spotted and he goes on to win gold in 13.06sec. It was a close finish, with Muhammad Lutfi Syqfiq of Greenwood Primary second in 13.23sec while Aryobimo Wibowoputro of Zhonghua Primary was third in 13.41sec. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Au Yee Sin (in yellow) of Fairfield Methodist Primary edges out Zheng Yanlei (left) of Canberra Primary and Hilda Tang of Ai Tong Primary for the gold in the 100m B-Girls final. Yee Sin clocked 13.86sec while Yanlei was second in 14.06sec. Hilda managed 14.22sec. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Jeremy Toh (in yellow) of ACS(J) won the 100m B-Boys sprint in 12.40sec. Kennard Chin (in white) of SJI(JR) was third in 12.92sec… (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

… while Jonathan Lew of Nanyang Primary finished second in 12.66sec. Richmond Sugita Tadayoshi (partially hidden) of Jurong West Primary was fourth in 13.18sec. (Photo 6 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Edwin Tan (#13) of Canberra Primary beats Thomas Lim of ACS in a photo finish. Edwin crossed the line in 14.04sec while Thomas clocked 14.28sec. (Photo 7 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

The Temasek Primary track and field team lend their voices of support to their teammates on the track. (Photo 8 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Damien Kee of SJI(JR) surging home in first place to win in 1min 44.75sec. Rahul Jayaprabha (in orange) of Temasek Primary finished second (1:45.57) while Khoo Jun Hao (in blue) of Lianhua Primary was third (1:45.94). (Photo 9 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Muhammad Ali Safiuddin of Greenwood Primary is exhausted at the end of the same race… (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

… while fellow competitor Muhammad Danial Lim of St Stephen’s School is a little forlorn after finishing 13th. (Photo 11 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Gary Wee (#38, dark blue) of Greenwood Primary leading the pack in the 600m C-Boys race. He held off the pack to win in a new record time of 1min 49.04sec. The old record was 1min 51.24sec set by Rahul Jayaprabha of Temasek Primary in 2008. (Photo 12 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Nur Maisara Bte Razlee (#37) of Greenwood Primary set a new record of 1min 51.79sec to win gold in the 600m C-Girls event. Runner-up Chloe Wang (partially hidden) of MGS also broke the old record with her time of 1min 53.37sec. The old record was 1min 53.73sec set by Carys Hor on Nanyang Primary in 2008. (Photo 13 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Anchor runner Taing Pao Chou of Balestier Hill Primary looks like she’s walking on air as she heads to the finish. Her team won the A-Girls 4x100m relay in 58.82sec. (Photo 14 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

50th Inter-Primary Track and Field Championships

Gongshang Primary won the 4x100m C-Girls relay in 57.34sec to edge out Nanyang Primary (left) who finished second in 57.91sec. Temasek Primary (in orange) were third in 58.85sec. (Photo 15 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

N.B. If you recognise the runner, please let us know his or her name in the comments section and we’ll update the captions. Thanks.

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