Story by Teo Yun Teng/Red Sports. Photos by Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports.
Joey Lim (#260) of Cedar Girls’ takes home gold with a timing of 09:00.27, breaking the last record set by Dora Shoo in 2014. (Photo 1 © Chua Kai Yun/Red Sports)
Bishan Stadium, Monday, April 18, 2016 – Joey Lim of Cedar Girls’ Secondary broke the record when she clocked 9 minutes 0.27 seconds to win the C Division 1500m Walk at the 57th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
The previous record was 09:10.74 set by Dora Shoo Gek Peng in 2014.
Lee Pei En of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School was second in 09:14.31 while her teammate Jolene Tan was third in 09:27.41.
Jolene finished just 0.15 seconds ahead of Brigette Teo of Cedar Girls’.
Joey trailed behind teammate Brigette at the beginning, but she soon caught up and overtook her in the second round. From then on, Joey maintained her lead to finish the race in first place.
When asked about her feelings about the race, Joey said, “I felt that I pushed myself a lot. My timing was not really that good during training – my teammates were faster, so honestly I did not expect that I would take the win.”
Joey added, “Our training was filled with a lot of long intense walks most of the time. Despite so, our last training was tapered down so that we would not overwork ourselves before the final race.”
C Div 1500m Walk (Girls) Results (Top 10)
1st Lim Zu Er Joey (#260, Cedar Girls’) – 09:00.27
2nd Lee Pei En (#37, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 09:14.31
3rd Jolene Tan Yong Xin (#36, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 09:27.41
4th Brigette Teo (#247, Cedar Girls’) – 09:27.56
5th Jane Tan Hua Hui (#256, Cedar Girls’) – 10:22.21
6th Fion Lim Xuan Ning (#31, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’) – 10:27.99
7th Kirthigha Shanmuganantham (#219, Raffles Girls’ School) – 10:28.69
8th Tan Valerie (#298, Dunman High School) – 11:24.58
9th Saffron Salmah Yen Lim (#437, School Of Science and Techonology) – 11:57.25
10th Maya Elisha Bte Azrin Shah (#435, School Of Science and Technology) – 11:57.60
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