Victoria School (VS) made it two in two at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships, clinching the gold medal in both the C Division Boys' 100-metre Hurdles and B Division Boys' 110m Hurdles finals through Simon Azulay and Gabriel Lee respectively.
Singapore Sports School's (SSP) Olivia Sallit bagged the gold in the C Division Girls' 800 metre final, while Mervyn Ong of Nan Hua High School (NHHS) emerged victorious in the C Division Boys' final.
In likely their final time competing in the event for Singapore Sports School (SSP), Tyeisha Rene Misson Khoo and Irsyad B Mohammad Said made it a swansong to remember as they struck gold in their respective B Division 400-metre hurdles finals.
Hwa Chong Institution's Amanda Ashley Woo dominated from start to end to power home to gold in the A Division girls' 400-metre hurdles final, clocking a quick time of 1 minute and 5.96 seconds.
As Kampton Kam looked at the bar, which was set at 2.15 metres, he raised both his hands in the air and began clapping — urging his Victoria Junior College (VJC) supporters, seated behind him, to clap along. With the crowd clapping with him, Kampton then steadied himself. As he began his run-up, the rhythm of the clapping sped up alongside him almost as if to give an extra lift to the 18-year-old high jumper, who had already failed his first attempt at the record-breaking height. Kampton smoothly took off, with his eyes fixed firmly on the bar, he arched his body over the bar and as his legs cleanly floated above the bar, you can see his gritted teeth breaks into a smile of disbelief.
Lim Yu Zhe of Nan Hua High School clinches his second individual gold medal of the season in the B Division Boys' 800m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
Raffles Institution (RI) bagged both gold medals in the Boys' and Girls' 200 metre races through Marcus Tan and Grace Shani Anthony.
In Secondary One, she finished third in the C Division 200-metres final. In Secondary Two and Three, she improved to finish second. This time, Bernice Liew of Nanyang Girls' High School (NYGH) topped the B Division Girls' 200m final at the 60th National Schools Track and Field Championships with a winning time of 26.02 seconds. Following just a few strides behind is Thaarani D/O Sivakumar of Singapore Sports School and Choo Hui Xin of Cedar Girls' Secondary, who secured a spot on the podium with timings of 26.34 and 26.57 respectively.
