B Division 100m Hurdles: Jannah Wong of Katong Convent breaks record twice to win gold

By Les Tan/Red Sports

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Jannah Wong showing her excellent technique on the way to the gold and record. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Wednesday, April 20, 2011 — Jannah Wong of CHIJ Katong Convent broke her own record on her way to gold in the B Division 100m Hurdles when she clocked 14.85 seconds.

Running essentially against herself, Jannah broke the time of 14.92s she had set during the morning heats. Before today, her personal best was a hand-timed 14.8s at the Singapore Athletic Association Track and Field Series 3 meet.

“I was confident of beating the record,” said Jannah, whose parents were watching in the stands. “I just went all out to try and make a better timing. I was a bit nervous.”

The national under-17 record is 14.78 set by Goh Wei Ning in last year’s Youth Olympic Games Asian Area Qualification meet. Wei Ning also ran a hand-timed 14.2s at the SAA Series 3 meet.

Jannah also qualified third best for the 400m Hurdles final slated for Monday, April 25th.

When asked which was her favourite race, she said: “Of course the 100m Hurdles! The 400m Hurdles is very tiring!”

Postscript: Jannah finished second in the 400m Hurdles final. She was leading until she clipped the second last hurdle, allowing Magdalene Ho of Nanyang Girls’ High to overtake her and win in 1:06.83s. Jannah finished second in 1:08.12s. The record of 1:03.86s for the 400m Hurdles was set by T Piriyah of Singapore Sports School in 2008.

100m Hurdles (B-Girls)
position/name/school/lane number/timing

1st Jannah Wong Min (CHIJ Katong Convent; 4) — 00:14.85 New Rec
2nd Jessica Tan Shu En (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 5) — 00:15.86
3rd Jermaine Liang (Singapore Sports School; 3) — 00:16.02
4th Natalie Tan Hui Min (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 6) — 00:16.38
5th Pan Shi Yu (Singapore Sports School; 2) — 00:16.43
6th Magdalene Ho Yan Yoong (Nanyang Girls’ High; 7) — 00:16.52
7th Diana Basil Heng Li Jiao (Cedar Girls’; 1) — 00:17.46
8th Lee Shi Qing (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 8 ) — 00:17.61

400m Hurdles (B-Girls)
1st Magdalene Ho Yan Yoong (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 4) — 01:06.83
2nd Jannah Wong Min (CHIJ Katong Convent; 3) — 01:08.12
3rd Jessica Tan Shu En (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 2) — 01:08.46
4th Nabilah Bte Abdul Latiff (Singapore Sports School; 5) — 01:08.77
5th Windy Tay Si Min (CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’; 6) 01:09.20
6th Chan Wan Ting, Shannon (Cedar Girls’; 7) — 01:11.55
7th Brittanie Rei Bartlett (Singapore Sports School; 1) — 01:11.82
8th Jayne Ng (Dunman High; 8 ) — 01:14.42