Swimming, Running And Jumping To New Heights In Khon Kaen

22nd Thailand Sports School Games

30 swimmers, 35 trackers, 72 medals, 36 Personal Best times and 2 Meet Records summed up the 22nd Thailand Sports School Games held in Khon Kaen, Thailand, from 29 July to 7 August 2019. The swimmers had arrived first at the competition on 29 July. Over two days of intense competition amongst seven sports schools, Singapore Sports School Swimming Academy was awarded the Overall Champions and Best Girls Team Overall titles. Elyza Melinda Mak and Candice Ang Ruo Han were named the Girls U14 and Girls U16 Most Valuable Players, respectively for achieving 3 golds and 1 Meet Record each. To sweeten the pot, Elyza broke her own Personal Best time to rewrite the Meet Record and Candice won her final gold medal on her birthday.

Swimming coaches Mylene Ong and Fang Haijiao also received the Excellent Coaching Award. Altogether, the Swimming Academy won 18 gold, 14 silver and 18 bronze medals, and made 30 Personal Best times.

It was not all about sport for the swimmers who had the opportunity to visit the Natural History Museum of Khon Kaen after their competitions ended. The student-athletes were intrigued by the biology, geography and anthropology of Khon Kaen such as the display of dinosaur bones.

The Track and Field Academy arrived to join the swimmers on 31 July at the Sports School Games in Khon Kaen. Singapore Sports School's student-athletes won two golds, one silver and three bronzes on 2 August 2019, the opening day of the track and field competition.

The second day of the track and field competition was a day for Singapore Sports School’s jumpers who braved the elements and strong competition to take home two silver and, one bronze medals and 2 personal best by Ezra Nur Iman Zainal, Bhavika Chandru and Andrew George Medina.

The limelight turned to “iron man” Raeshon Loo Wei Ming on 5 August who defeated mental and physical fatigue, as well as 11 other Thai competitors, to emerge champion in the Boys U18 Octathlon. Nur Syarin Zahari and Samantha Theresa Ortega had also clinched a silver medal in the 200m sprint event for Boys U18 and Girls U14 respectively, while hurdler Rachel Chin Hui Ya clinched the silver medal in the Girls U18 100m Hurdles. Samantha’s time of 26.46s, a new Personal Best, bettered the previous Meet Record.

The Track and Field Academy finished strong on the last day of the competition on 6 August. The U14 Boys rose to the challenge and clinched the 4x400m Relay gold, while the U14 Girls and U18 Boys took bronze medals in the same event. At the Boys U18 Long Jump and U14 Pentathlon, Muhammad Hazim Ismail and Kyan Chong Jun Xiang repectively clinched silver medals. Hazim's distance of 6.69m is also a Personal Best.

The Track and Field Academy clinched 6 gold, 8 silver and 8 bronze medals over the five days of competition. The boys’ team was also named Overall Boys champion for their strong performance in the U14, U16 and U18 age-groups.

Results

Swimming

DAY 1

Boys 13 & 14 50m Free

2nd - Jarrett Liew Yao Rong (26.56)

Girls 13 & 14 200m IM

1st - Carol Rachmadi (2.37.39)

2nd - Lim Wan Ting (2.39.76)

Boys 13 & 14 50m Back

3rd - Sergio Tan Jon En (33.1)

Girls 13 & 14 50m Back

1st - Trina Ling Sze Yi (34.25)

Girls 15 & 16 50m Back

2nd - Beatrice Lee (34.24)

Girls 17 & 18 50m Back

1st - Vanessa Ong (33.06)

3rd - Ervina Lim Qianhui (33.66)

Boys 13 & 14 200m Breast

1st - Sage Tan (2.40.05)

2nd - Jerrell Liew Yao Teng (2.45.84)

Girls 13 & 14 200m Breast

1st - Elyza Mak (2.59.48)

Boys 13 & 14 200m Free

2nd -Sage Tan (2.11.05)

3rd - Brandon Yap Yan Xi (2.12.97)

Boys 15 & 16 200m Free

2nd - Jerald Lium (2.04.95)

Girls 13 & 14 200m Free

1st - Stephanie Clarissa Kwa (2.16.87)

3rd - Trinity Alcantara Goh (2.24.19)

Girls 15 & 16 200m Free

1st - Candice Ang Ruo Han (2.20.17)

Girls 13 & 14 50m Fly

2nd - Stephanie Clarissa Kwa (30.63)

Girls 15 & 16 50m Fly

2nd - Crystal Leong Jingping (30.38)

Girls 17 & 18 50m Fly

3rd - Vanessa Ong (29.97)

Boys 13 & 14 50m Fly

3rd - Jarrett Liew Yao Rong (27.79)

Girls 13 & 14 100m Back

1st - Kwok Sin Yu (1.11.9)

2nd - Trina Ling Sze Yi (1.14.98)

Girls 15 & 16 100m Back

1st - Candice Ang Ruo Han (1.13.46)

3rd - Beatrice Lee (1.16.8)

Boys 13 & 14 100m Back

2nd -Sergio Tan Jon En (1.10.92)

3rd - Leroy Lock (1.11.40)

Boys 15 & 16 100m Back

3rd - Jerald Lium (1.06.91)

DAY 2

Girls 13 & 14 50m Free

2nd - Kwok Sin Yu (28.57)

3rd - Susastra Janel (29.19)

Girls 15 & 16 50m Free

3rd - Beatrice Lee (30.88)

Girls 17 & 18 50m Free

3rd - Ervina Lim Qianhui (29.27)

Boys 15 & 16 200m Back

2nd - Tyler Chan Jie (2.28.60)

Boys 13 & 14 100m Fly

3rd - Jarrett Liew Yao Rong (1.03.28)

Girls 13 & 14 100m Fly

1st - Stephanie Clarissa Kwa (1.08.22)

Girls 15 & 16 100m Fly

1st - Crystal Leong Jingping (1.06.95)

Girls 13 & 14 100m Breast

1st - Elyza Mak (1.21.21)

2nd - Carol Rachmadi (1.24.68)

Girls 15 & 16 100m Breast

1st -Megan Cho Jit (1.22.59)

2nd - Megan Loh (1.24.49)

Boys 13 & 14 100m Breast

3rd - Quentin Tan Guan Ting (1.14.59)

Girls 13 & 14 100m Free

3rd -  Lim Wan Ting (01.04.57)

Girls 15 & 16 100m Free

1st - Crystal Leong Jingping (1.03.02)

Girls 17 & 18 100m Free

3rd -  Ervina Lim Qianhui (1.04.32)

Boys 13 & 14 100m Free

2nd - Leroy Lock (58.54)

Boys 15 & 16 100m Free

3rd - Kim Yong Zen An (56.86)

Girls 13 & 14 50m Breast

1st - Elyza Mak (37.4)

3rd - Susastra Janel (39.19)

Girls 15 & 16 50m Breast

1st -Megan Cho Jit (37.36)

Boys 15 & 16 400m Free

1st - Jerald Lium (4.22.23)

Girls 15 & 16 400m Free

1st - Candice Ang Ruo Han (4.51.95)

Track and Field

DAY 1

Boys U18 100m

1st - Reuben Rainer Lee Siong En (10.65s)

Girls U16 Long Jump

1st - Bhavika Chandru (5.28m)

Boys U18 High Jump

3rd - Andrew George Medina (1.85m)

Boys U14 100m

3rd - Huang Wei Jun (11.77s)

Girls U14 100m

3rd - Samantha Theresa Ortega (12.84s)

Girls U18 100m

3rd - Raine Oh Shuqin (12.70s)

DAY 2

Boys U14 High Jump

2nd - Ezra Nur Iman Zainal (1.61m; Personal Best)

Girls U16 Triple Jump

2nd - Bhavika Chandru (11.32m)

Boys U18 Triple Jump

2nd - Andrew George Medina (14.62m; Personal Best)

DAY 3

Boys U14 4x100m Relay

1st - Huang Wei Jun, Lim Yong Qi, Mohamad Afzal Mohamad Zin, Zach Chia Chin See (44.87s; Personal Best)

Boys U18 4x100m Relay

1st - Muhammad Hazim Ismail, Mohamed Haziq Mohamed Yazli, Nur Syarin Zahari, Reuben Rainer Lee Siong En (42.14s; Personal Best)

Girls U16 400m Hurdles

3rd - Tyeisha Rene Misson Khoo (66.05s)

Girls U16 4x100m Relay

3rd - Bhavika Chandru, Tharaani d/o Sivakumar, Tyeisha Rene Misson Khoo, Zann Oh Shuyu (49.19s; Personal Best)

Day 4

Boys U18 Octathlon

1st - Raeshon Loo Wei Ming

Boys U18 200m Sprint

2nd - Nur Syarin Zahari

Girls U14 200m Sprint

2nd - Samantha Theresa Ortega (26.46s; Personal Best)

Girls U18 100m Hurdles

2nd - Rachel Chin Hui Ya

DAY 5

Boys U14 4x400m Relay

1st - Edsel Poh, Huang Weijun, Liau Fong Jun, Zach Chia Chin See

Boys U14 Pentathlon

2nd - Kyan Chong Jun Xiang

Boys U18 Long Jump

2nd - Muhammad Hazim Ismail

Girls U14 4x400m Relay

3rd - Janelle Lum Wai Yan, Nikita Mae Jing-Yu Meyers, Olivia Sallit, Samantha Theresa Ortega

Boys U18 4x400m Relay

3rd - Brandon Norton, Mohamed Haziq Mohamed Yazli, Reuben Rainer Lee Siong En, Samel Sahil Chetan