The Raffles Institution A Division girls finished with four runners in the top 10 to claim their third successive championship title, while Anglo-Chinese Junior College (ACJC) turned in a fine performance to edge out Victoria Junior College (VJC) to the silver medals by four points at the 52nd National Schools Cross Country Championships.
An injury to Raffles Institution's top runner Mok Ying Rong failed to derail their title ambitions in the A Division Girls competition of the National Inter-School Cross Country Championships.
The RI boys scored a team total of 30 points, beating Hwa Chong by three points to the championship. Victoria School came in third with 82 points.
As the school sports season heats up, one of the most anticipated national finals in our local sports scene lurks just around the corner. With less than a week to go before the championships, let us have a look at the potential title contenders in the girls competition, and the mouth-watering clashes that lie ahead.
As the school sports season heats up, one of the most anticipated national finals in our local sports scene lurks just around the corner. With less than a week to go before the championships, let us have a look at the potential title contenders in the boys competition, and the mouth-watering clashes that lie ahead.
Jeevanesh S/O Soundarajah of Hwa Chong Institution (HCI) survived a brave challenge over the final lap by Rafflesian Mahdi Marican to win the A Division Boys' 1500m title by 0.53 seconds at the 51st National Inter-School Track and Field Championships.
There cannot be a more dominant athlete on the school sports scene now than Zachary Ryan Devaraj. The Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) (ACSI) track star put up an inspired display of front-running, leading his B Division 1500m race from start to finish, and clocked a time of 4min 12.61 seconds to better the 11-year-old mark of 4:14.13, set by Kannan Poobalan of Victoria School (VS) in 1999.
Ng Chin Hui of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) and R. Avinash of Anglo-Chinese Junior College both turned in smooth performances to win the B and A Division 400m titles respectively on the sixth day of the National Schools Track and Field Championships.