Update by Colin Tung/Red Sports

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Sean Lim donning the colours of Singapore last year at the Asian Youth Games where he vaulted 4.30m to earn the bronze medal. (Photo 1 © Lai Jun Wei/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Monday, April 5, 2010 – After Eugenia Tan and Shanti Pereira opened the 51st National Inter-School Track-and-Field Championships last Thursday with record-breaking runs in the C Division Girls’ 200m heats, a trio of boys continued to refute talk that there is a shortage of track-and-field talent when they soared to a new A Division Boys’ pole vault record of 4.40 metres.

Though the three – Hwa Chong Institution’s Benjamin Ng and Sean Lim and Raffles Institution’s Jacob Yao – posted the same height, Benjamin was awarded first position on count-back while Jacob and Sean, who was Singapore’s representative at the 2009 Asian Youth Games, had to settle for silver and bronze respectively. The previous record stood at 4.31m and was achieved by Chua Wei Da of Hwa Chong Institution in 2006.

Sean Lim is the AYG bronze medallist and the national under-20 record holder for the pole-vault with his mark of 4.61m.

The A Division Boys’ 5000m final, that also took place today, saw Raffles Institution’s Kevin Goh upstage teammate and newly-crowned A Boys’ cross-country champion Lim Zhi Ming to take the win in 16 minutes 50.52 seconds.

Kevin’s eight-second win over Zhi Ming must be sweet joy after his disappointing fifth position at the inter-school cross-country championships where he had expected to finish in the top-three. Hwa Chong Institution’s Oon Shui Kun finished a commendable third position in a time of 17:03.78.

The second day of competition also saw finals in the B Division Girls’ shot put, A Division Girls’ discus, C Division Boys’ high jump, B Division Boys’ discus, C Division Boys’ shot put and A Division Girls’ triple jump.

Javelin A Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Kok Wai Leong (Raffles Institution, 1970) – 58.08m]

1st Justin Lee (Hwa Chong Institution) – 57.96m
2nd Tan Zhi Hao (Hwa Chong Institution) – 55.45m
3rd Neo Liang Tiong (Hwa Chong Institution) – 52.65m

Long Jump A Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Wang Kan (Raffles Junior College, 2006) – 7.07m]

1st Joel Tay (National Junior College) – 6.40m
2nd Syafiq Poh B Shahabidin (Raffles Institution) – 6.33m
3rd Aaron Chen (Catholic Junior College) – 6.27m

Long Jump B Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Tan Lin Keat (The Chinese High School, 1995) – 6.79m]

1st Shashi Kumar Hazra (St Joseph’s Institution) – 6.61m
2nd Darren Koh Chee Yung [Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)] – 6.30m
3rd Lemuel Low (Raffles Institution) – 6.17m

Long Jump B Division Girls’ Results
[Record: Chua Eng Mui (Chung Hwa Girls’ School, 1980) – 5.33m]

1st Nicole Chan (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 4.95m
2nd Tay Jing Ying (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 4.86m
3rd Chan Ee Lin (Chung Cheng High) – 4.81m

Javelin C Division Girls’ Results
[Record: Chou She Min (Nanyang Girls’ High, 2001) – 32.12m]

1st Vanessa Pang (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 24.76m
2nd Melissa Lim (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 23.07m
3rd Maya Shanmugaratnam (Nanyang Girls’ High) – 23.03m

Long Jump C Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Syafiq Poh Bin Shahabidin (Raffles Institution, 2007) – 6.40m]

1st Benjamin Ong (Singapore Sports School) – 5.64m
2nd Loo Jun Mun (Hwa Chong Institution) – 5.51m
3rd Marcus Lau (Hwa Chong Institution) – 5.35m

Pole Vault A Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Chua Wei Da (Hwa Chong Institution, 2006) – 4.31m]

1st Benjamin Ng (Hwa Chong Institution) – 4.40m (New Record)
2nd Jacob Yao (Raffles Institution) – 4.40m (New Record)
3rd Sean Lim (Hwa Chong Institution) – 4.40m (New Record)

Shot Put B Division Girls’ Results
[Record: Wan Lay Chi (Teck Whye Secondary, 2004) – 12.56m]

1st Chan Zhi Xuan (Cedar Girls’ Secondary) – 10.05m
2nd Thio Jia En (St Nicholas Girls’) – 9.41m
3rd – Annabel See (St Nicholas Girls’) – 8.99m

Discus A Division Girls’ Results
[Record: Asha Mane (Yusof Ishak Secondary, 1972) – 35.48m]

1st Hannah Lee (Victoria Junior College) – 32.80m
2nd Ling Pei Lih (Hwa Chong Institution) – 31.13m
3rd Ethel Chua (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) – 27.67m

5000m A Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Darshananth S/O Jayaraman (Innova Junior College, 2006) – 15:40.58]

1st Kevin Goh (Raffles Institution) – 16:50.52
2nd Lim Zhi Ming (Raffles Institution) – 16:58.34
3rd Oon Shui Kun (Hwa Chong Institution) – 17:03.78

High Jump C Division Boys’ Results
[Record: Wayne Yap (Hwa Chong Institution, 2006) – 1.82m]

1st Joshua Hia (Hwa Chong Institution) – 1.67m
2nd Samuel Chin (Raffles Institution) – 1.64m
3rd Hum Qing Ze (Chwa Chong Institution) – 1.61m

51st National Inter-School Track and Field Championships Results
Thursday, April 1st – Session 1 Results
Thursday, April 1st – Session 2 Results
Monday, April 5th – Session 3 Results
Monday, April 5th – Session 4 Results