National Junior College (NJC) accumulated a total of 77 points to smash Hwa Chong Institution’s (HCI) hopes of attaining a decade-long streak as the A boys’ champion in this year’s National Schools Canoeing Championship.
To Addeen Idzni, injury always comes at the wrong time. But she made sure to overcome it to reclaim her 800 metre throne in her final A Division girls' event at the National Schools Track and Field Championship.
His 56.56s result is an improvement compared to his 58.77s third-place finish a year ago.
Neck-and-neck in the final 10 metres, Thiruben's sprint garnered enough momentum to propel him ahead of Singapore Sports School's Raushan, edging the latter out to the gold medal by a mere four hundredths of a second.
The win gives TKGS a 5-0 win-loss record. A final group win over Bedok South Sec will ensure they proceed to second round as champions of Group C.
Er Wen Han of Hwa Chong Institution clocked a personal best time of 10:09.31 to win the C Division Boys' 3000m at the 55th National Inter-School Track & Field Championships.
Wen Han clocked his personal best of 12:16.5 to lead the boys, while Elaine finished ahead of the girls with her personal best of 14:55.5.
Muhammad Syazani Bin Abdul Wahid of Singapore Sports School edged out Timothy Ong of Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) by 0.1s to win the B Division 100m final in 11.18 seconds at the 54th National Schools Track and Field Championships.
