Singapore Sports School, Tuesday, April 24, 2012 — Swimming’s new sprint king, Darren Lim Fang Yue, of Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road), stamped his class in the 50 and 100 metres Boys’ C Division freestyle sprint events with emphatic wins at the 53rd National Schools’ Swimming Championships.

His record times of 24.40 seconds in the 50m freestyle and 54.11 in the 100m freestyle smashed the previous records of 25.25 and 55.23 respectively, held by Nicholas Ho Wei Ming of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent).

In fact, the 14 year-old’s time in the 50m was so fast that it would have won him the gold medal if he had swum in the B and A Division finals!

Incidentally, Darren’s time of 24.40 in the 50m freestyle was also a personal best, beating his own National Under-14 boys record of 24.44 set at the Singapore National Age Group Swim Championships last month.

His 100m time of 54.11 was just a shade off his Under-14 record of 54.05.

C Div Boys 50m Freestyle Results
1. Lim, Fang Yue Darren, Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 24.40 (Championship and National Under-14 record)
2. Chee, Ke Xun Darrian, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 25.91
3. Goetz, Marcus Ralph, Singapore Sports School 26.27
4. Lau, Bao Jie, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 27.31
5. Tan, Wei Jie Sean, Anglo Chinese School (Barker Road) 27.96
6. Leong, Yu Xuan Bryan, Catholic High School 28.20
7. Teh, Rui Sheng Timothy, Raffles Institution 28.26
8. Lai, Wei An Darrell, Anglo Chinese School (Independent) 28.39

C Div Boys 100m Freestyle Results
1. Lim Fang Yue Darren, Anglo-Chinese School (Barker Road) 54.11 (Championship record)
2. Tan Kuan Ee, Raffles Institution 55.90
3. Goetz, Marcus Ralph Singapore Sports School 57.44
4. Chee Ke Xun Darrian, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 58.05
5. Lee Jun Hong Melvin, Raffles Institution 59.56
6. Teh, Wei Jun Ryan Christopher, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) 1:02.06
7. Lee, Wei Zhi Jonathan, Raffles Institution 1:02.54
8. Tan, Yi An Brandon, Geylang Methodist Secondary 1:04.77