B Div 800m: Carys Hor of Nanyang Girls’ wins gold in 2:30.03

Carys Hor (right) of Nanyang Girls’ striding to the finish line while Charlene Oh (left) of CHIJ tries her best to catch her. (Photo 1 © Les Tan/Red Sports)

Choa Chu Kang Stadium, Tuesday, April 10, 2012 — Carys Hor of Nanyang Girls’ High won the B Division 800m final in a time of 2 minutes, 30.03 seconds at the 53rd National Schools Track and Field Championships.

The championship record is 2:20.02, and it was set by Chua Khai Leng, then of Singapore Sports School, in 2006.

Charlene Oh of CHIJ Secondary (Toa Payoh) was second in 2:30.67 while Farhana Bte Md Thair of Singapore Sports School was third in 2:34.79.

Tay Pei Ern of Cedar Girls’ Secondary pulled out from the middle of the pack to take the lead at the 300m mark. With just over 200m to go, Carys made her move, drawing level and pulling past Pei Ern.

In the meantime, Charlene and Farhana were making their move as well, accelerating past Pei Erin with about 150m to go. Charlene, running on the outside, dropped Farhana heading into the final stretch. All eyes were now on Charlene to see if she could catch Carys.

There was no catching Carys though, who maintained her speed and lead all the way to the finish line.

Nicole Lum of Sports School had a last burst at the finish and almost overtook her teammate Farhana for third. Pei Ern was fifth in 2:36.03.

Results
1st Hor Kar Yin Carys (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 02:30.03
2nd Charlene Oh (CHIJ (Toa Payoh) — 02:30.67
3rd Farhana Bte Md Thair (Singapore Sports School) — 02:34.79
4th Nicole Lum An Qi (Singapore Sports School) — 02:34.82
5th Tay Pei Ern (Cedar Girls’) — 02:36.03
6th Natalie Yu Chin Wen (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 02:36.77
7th Tan Yi-Qin Edina (Cedar Girls’) — 02:36.90
8th Lin Yuxin Kathleen (Crescent Girls’) — 02:38.46
9th Zheng Yanying (Cedar Girls’) — 02:40.06
10th Ng Bei Lin (St Nicholas Girl’s) — 02:40.08
11th Nurul Nathasha Bte Azman (Bendemeer) — 02:42.97
12th Lim Jia Jun (St Nicholas Girls’) 02:43.79
13th Tee Jia Xin (Dunman High) — 02:44.29
14th Dayna Ang Hui Shan (St Nicholas Girl’s) — 02:44.89
15th Tan Chek Jen, Abigail (Nanyang Girls’ High) — 02:48.62
16th Lian Li Yan (Singapore Sports School) — 02:48.63