Kang Yee Cher, 11, of Fuhua Primary, wins his 100m B-Boys final in 11.86. Yee Cher had set the meet record of 11.77 in the semi-finals. The American record for his age group (midget) is 11.64. Given his timing, Yee Cher would have won a silver medal in the C Division 100m final against lower secondary runners. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, April 28, 2010 – The inter-primary track and field scene has seen an 18% drop in the number of student athletes taking part over two years.
In 2008, 2,536 student athletes from 97 schools took part in the 49th edition of the championships. This year, just over 2,000 students from 84 schools took to the track and field of Choa Chua Kang Stadium. There were over 2,300 student athletes from 89 schools in 2009. The number of students and schools taking part were announced publicly during the prize giving ceremony at the end of the meet.
For the first time, a 60m Hurdles event was introduced to replace the 80m Hurdles to provide a less intimidating start to hurdling for primary school student athletes aged 10 years and under in the D-Girls and D-Boys categories. The height of the hurdle was also reduced by 8cm to 60cm.
Sprint sensation Kang Yee Cher, 11, of Fuhua Primary, again lit up the championships with his record-breaking runs in the sprints. Yee Cher, if he had run in the C Division with lower secondary boys, would have placed second with his 100m timing of 11.86s.
Yee Cher again picked up the Joe David Trophy, given to the athlete who wins the most gold medals and breaks the most records. Yee Cher broke the 100m records twice and the 200m record once in the B-Boys category.
Yee Cher is hoping to enter the Singapore Sports School for his secondary studies.
Yee Cher also broke the meet record in the B-Boys 200m heats, setting a new one with a 24.81 timing and then equalling it in the final. (Photo 2 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Joshua Lim of ACS(P) expresses joy at winning the D-Boys 100m final in a time of 14.09. “I didn’t expect to win!” said Joshua, who also picked up the 200m gold in 30.28. (Photo 3 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Sarah Tan of Red Swastika (#159) has pain etched all over her face as she fights off the challenge of Dilys Hor of Nanyang Primary (#218) in the B-Girls 600m final. Sarah eventually finished third in 1:53.84 while Dilys was fourth. (Photo 4 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Lyzette Yeboah Kyeremeh of Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary anchoring her team to the gold in the D-Girls 4x100m relay final in a time of 1:02.98. (Photo 5 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Dhanya Ranganayaki (#22) of Canberra Primary hands over the baton over to her third runner in the C-Girls 4x100m relay final. Canberra finished in seventh in a time 1:00.97s. The race was won by Sembawang Primary in 57.97. (Photo 6 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Shabeer Ahamed of Cedar Primary gets a helping hand with his laces from a track official before the start of his D-Boys 200m heats. (Photo 7 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Nur Muhammad Luqman B Noor (left) of Yio Chu Kang Primary and Ethan Sum of ACS(P) look like a synchronised pair at the start of their 200m D-Boys heats. (Photo 8 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Wong Su Mae of Bukit Timah Primary gets airborne in her B-Girls long jump event. She won the gold with a 4.42m effort. (Photo 9 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Chng Lee-Anne of Nanyang Primary looks like she’s checking out her shoes in her B-Girls High Jump event. Lee-Anne finished fifth with a 1.27m jump. (Photo 10 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
A Seng Kang Primary runner break down after the race. She was the first to receive the baton in the 4x300m race but crossed too early into Lane 1, causing her team an automatic disqualification. The second runner for Pei Hwa Presbyterian Primary followed along, ran out of her lane, then changed her mind when she realised it was a mistake. By then it was too late. Her team were also disqualified and she too dissolved into tears. (Photo 11 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
Runners prepare for the start of their hurdles event. (Photo 12 © Les Tan/Red Sports)
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Really like photo 12!