C Div Cross-Country: Keith Yong of Sports School fastest; RI defend team title

Bedok Reservoir, Wednesday, March 21, 2012 — Keith Yong of the Singapore Sports School finished in a time of 12 minutes 26.49 seconds to win the C Division category at the 53rd National Schools Cross Country Championships.

Keith is the first C Division champion from Sports School since T. Haarishankar in 2008.

Tan Chong Qi of Raffles Institution (RI) was second in 12:41.15 while Ryan Koh of Hwa Chong Institution was third in 12:59.25.

The three runners were the only ones who broke the 13-minute mark for the 3.6km course at Bedok Reservoir.

Ierhan Muhd Raushan (13:28.13) was the only other Sports School runner in the top 20 as RI, Catholic High, Hwa Chong Institution and Victoria School dominated the division to finish in that order.

Aside from Chong Qi’s second-place finish, RI also had Elisha Goh (6th), Aaron Chan (13th) and Ryan Ng (14th) in the top 20 and their 35 points were enough to successfully defend their C Division team title which they won for the first time in 2011.

Catholic High were second with 40 points with Chester Lee their best runner in a fifth-place, 13:06.14 finish. Isaiah Boh (8th), Colin Chee (12th) and Mark Lim (15th) also finished in the top 20 to ensure their team finished second. Catholic High did not finish in the top four in 2011.

HCI were third with 47 points. Besides Ryan Koh’s third-place finish, HCI had Shamus Lim (9th), Dylan Tan (11th) and Hu Hua Xin (24th) helped their school to wrap up the bronze. HCI finished second in 2011.

Rounding out the top four was Victoria School who had three out of their top four runners in the top 20. Mandip Rai (4th), Lim Chang Yu (7th), Brandon Tan (20th) and Robin Staes-polet (22nd) combined for 53 points, six behind HCI.

C Division Boys’ Results (Top 20)
1st Keith Yong Sheng Wei (#1313, Singapore Sports School) — 12:26.49
2nd Tan Chong Qi (#1265, Raffles Institution) — 12:41.15
3rd Ryan Koh Zhong Qi (#1135, Hwa Chong Institution) — 12:59.25
4th Mandip Rai (#1342, Victoria School) — 13:00.72
5th Lee Zhong Kian, Chester (#1087, Catholic High School) — 13:06.14
6th Elisha Goh Si Yuan (#1261, Raffles Institution) — 13:06.26
7th Lim Chang Yu (#1341, Victoria School) — 13:06.39
8th Isaiah Boh Yu-teng (#1086, Catholic High School) — 13:09.63
9th Shamus Lim Shi Hoe (#1136, Hwa Chong Institution) — 13:09.86
10th Paul Simmy (#1013, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 13:12.10
11th Dylan Tan Yong Jin (#1130, Hwa Chong Institution) — 13:12.28
12th Chee Rui Qin, Colin (#1082, Catholic High School) — 13:20.59
13th Aaron Chan Siang Joo (#1260, Raffles Institution) — 13:22.41
14th Ryan Ng Zin Rei (#1264, Raffles Institution) — 13:27.13
15th Lim Wan Hao, Mark Llewellyn (#1088, Catholic High School) — 13:27.83
16th Isaac Tan Wei Long (#1010, Anglo-Chinese School (Independent)) — 13:27.95
17th Ierhan Muhd Raushan (#1312, Singapore Sports School) — 13:28.13
18th Luqmanul Hakim B Othman Ahmad (#1023, Ibrahim Secondary School) — 13:38.97
19th Teng Jian Ling (#1103, Commonwealth Secondary School) — 13:39.51
20th Brandon Tan Zhiying (#1337, Victoria School) — 13:40.04

C Division Boys Team (Top 4)
1st Raffles Institution (35 points)
2nd Tan Chong Qi (#1265) — 12:41.15
6th Elisha Goh Si Yuan (#1261) — 13:06.26
13th Aaron Chan Siang Joo (#1260) — 13:22.41
14th Ryan Ng Zin Rei (#1264) — 13:27.13

2nd Catholic High School (40 points)
5th Lee Zhong Kian, Chester (#1087) — 13:06.14
8th Isaiah Boh Yu-teng (#1086) — 13:09.63
12th Chee Rui Qin, Colin (#1082) — 13:20.59
15th Lim Wan Hao, Mark Llewellyn (#1088) — 13:27.83

3rd Hwa Chong Institution (47 points)
3rd Ryan Koh Zhong Qi (#1135) — 12:59.25
9th Shamus Lim Shi Hoe (#1136) — 13:09.86
11th Dylan Tan Yong Jin (#1130) — 13:12.28
24th Hu Hua Xin (#1132) — 13:48.98

4th Victoria School (53 points)
4th Mandip Rai (#1342) — 13:00.72
7th Lim Chang Yu (#1341) — 13:06.39
20th Brandon Tan Zhiying (#1337) — 13:40.04
22nd Staes-polet Robin (#1343) — 13:45.92

Full Results — C Division Boys
Full Results — C Division Boys Team

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