Friday, 29 March 2013
MSSM AKUATIK 'DREAM TEAM TO ASG VIETNAM'
Kontinjen Akuatik MSSNegeri telah menghantar atlet terjun , polo air dan renang ke Kejohanan Akuatik MSSM dari 24 Mac hingga 29 Mac 2013 di Pusat Akuatik Shah Alam untuk memperjuangkan kejuaraan negeri masing-masing. Negeri gergasi akuatik seperti Selangor (42 emas), Sarawak (21emas), Kuala Lumpur (15 emas), Sabah (14 emas), Johor (4 emas), Kedah, P.Pinang, Melaka dan N. Sembilan memungut 1 emas.
Dari seramai 670 atlet renang, 77 atlet polo air dan 48 atlet terjun yang telah menyertai kejohanan ini, seramai 36 atlet renang akan dipilih oleh Jawatankuasa Akuatik ASG untuk mewakili MSSM ke Asean School Games 2013.
Untuk kejohanan ini sebanyak 12 rekod baru telah dicipta seperti lampiran:
Terima kasih dan tahniah kepada semua yang menang dan yang tidak berjaya, berusaha lagi pada kejohanan yang akan datang.
Sekian.
Kejohanan tamat jam 5.38. Tarikh : 29 Mac 2013
Dari seramai 670 atlet renang, 77 atlet polo air dan 48 atlet terjun yang telah menyertai kejohanan ini, seramai 36 atlet renang akan dipilih oleh Jawatankuasa Akuatik ASG untuk mewakili MSSM ke Asean School Games 2013.
Untuk kejohanan ini sebanyak 12 rekod baru telah dicipta seperti lampiran:
Terima kasih dan tahniah kepada semua yang menang dan yang tidak berjaya, berusaha lagi pada kejohanan yang akan datang.
Sekian.
Kejohanan tamat jam 5.38. Tarikh : 29 Mac 2013
SWIMMING: Selangor Rule The Pool
All smiles from the Selangor Under-12 and Under-16 teams who set records in the 4x50m and 4x100m medley relay events respectively. |
HAVING clinched their first overall title in more than a decade at the Pahang Malaysia Games last year, Selangor's future in the sport looks set to remain bright after their girls Under-12 and Under-16 relay teams set records in the Malaysian Schools Sports Council swimming championships yesterday.
The Under-12 quartet of Rosalind Pang, Liew Chern Xin, Shannen Kay Chan and Ho Jia Ern shaved over a second off the record of two minutes 17.81 seconds set by Sarawak in 2001 en route to clinching the 4x50m medley relay event gold.
Selangor won in 2:15.84s with Federal Territories (Karla Lim, Christy Teh, Anjali Lim, Pun Pei Jin) finishing second in 2:24.15s. Third were Sabah (Michelle Yong, Jenny Ngo, Ilyani Muhamad, Cheng Ka Man) who clocked 2:26.56s.
The gold in the event was the eighth Rosalind has won at the championships thus far.
The Under-16 team of Yap Siew Hui, Nadia Redza, Asmalia Filzati and Kimberly Ong took the 4x100m medley gold in 4:35.98s to erase the old mark of 4:40.06s set by Sabah in 2004.
FT's Tan Ro Ying, Koh Jia Yi, Cindy Tai and Zoe Bowden clinched silver in 4:40.24s while Penang (Ruth Chuah, Gan Xin Jie, Andrena Soon, Elynn Tan Yilin) had to settle for bronze on 4:49.50s.
Selangor team manager B.H Chin said her charges' exploits in the relay events are a healthy sign for the future of the sport in the state.
"To be honest, we had expected to win both events after comparing our swimmers' times to that of our competitors," said Chin.
"However, we did not expect to set record times and to do so is a great achievement for all the girls who have worked very hard."
With only 12 gold medals on offer on the final day today, Selangor -- whose athletes are coached by former national swimmers Mark and Marilyn Chua -- are now officially overall winners of the swimming competition with an unassailable 33 gold, 29 silver and 14 bronze haul. Sarawak (15-16-18) are second while FT are in third place with 13 gold, 11 silver and eight bronze.
Meanwhile, a fatigued Tia'Faang Der (Johor) did well to rewrite the boys' Under-18 400m individual medley record when he won the event in 4:44.73s to erase the old mark of 4:46.30s set by Selangor's Kevin Lim in 2009.
Second was Sarawak's Alex Tiong (4:52.56s) while Malacca's Foong Wei Yao clinched bronze with 4:57.37s.
Despite the victory, Faang Der -- whose personal best in the event is 4:40.40s -- felt he could have lowered the record even more.
"I felt quite tired after three days of hard swimming here," said the SMK Desa Skudai student.
Sarawak's Welson Sim missed out on a clean sweep of the boys' Under-18 individual freestyle events when he finished fifth in the 50m freestyle.
Penang's Alwyn Tan took gold in 24.64s while Selangor's Benny Ng finished second (24.76s). Perak's Wong Jie clocked 25.05s for the bronze.
In diving, Megan Elizabeth Teoh of Selangor -- who on Tuesday took the 1m springboard gold -- clinched the girls' Under-12 3m springboard title to complete a clean sweep in her age group.
Megan sealed victory with a 200.15 score ahead of Sabah duo Nur Ain Naadzmi (170.15) and Nurfazriyanti Jali (137.25) who finished second and third respectively.
The 12-year-old, who trains under coach Qi Jian Hua of China, said she was delighted with her performance after having to settle for silver and bronze in the 1m and 3m springboard events last year.
Selangor's Ng Zheng Hao, who won the 1m springboard on Wednesday, also notched a double when he took the boys' Under-15 3m springboard gold with a 269.45 score.
Negri Sembilan's Mohd Danial Asyraf (189.60) clinched silver while FT's Abdul Hakim A.Kahar finished third on 62.65.
The boys' Under-18 1m springboard saw Negri's Adzhar Imran Rusli edge Sarawak's Chan Wee Chiek to the gold with a 322.00 score against the latter's 310.90. Third was Sylvester Gaing Peter Jawa who scored 276.50.
The boys' water polo final today will see a repeat of last year's decider after defending champions Malacca and Negri both breezed past their semi-final opponents.
Malacca were rarely tested in their 21-3 win over Selangor while Negri overpowered FT 16-8.
Read more: SWIMMING: Selangor rule the pool - Other - New Straits Times http://www.nst.com.my/sports/other/swimming-selangor-rule-the-pool-1.243738#ixzz2OtVQhmcF
‘Little Dynamite’ Megan Wants To Make A Splash In Olympics
SHAH ALAM: She is only 11 years old but Megan Elizabeth Teoh is already thinking about representing Malaysia at the Olympics one day.
And the “little dynamite” took the first meaningful step towards achieving her goal when she pulled off a clean sweep for Selangor in the girls’ 12 and under age-group in the MSSM (national schools) diving championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre yesterday.
Megan won the 3m springboard competition with a total of 200.15 points. It was her second gold medal, having won the 1m springboard on Wednesday.
“This is my best achievement so far. I took part in my first MSSM meet in Kota Kinabalu last year. I got a silver in the 1m springboard and bronze in the 3m springboard,” said Megan, who started diving when she was just seven and is now under the Selangor development programme.
There is no doubt where she wants to be when she grows up.
“I want to qualify for and compete at the Olympics one day. I want to be like Bryan Nickson Lomas, who has won many medals and made our country proud,” she said.
Ng Zheng Hao gave Selangor more joy when he bagged the boys’ 3m springboard title in 13-15 age-group. He garnered 269.45 points for his second gold after finishing tops in the 1m springboard on Wednesday.
Selangor Reign Supreme
Jubilant: The Selangor swimmers beaming with pride after their title-winning performances at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre yesterday. — FAIHAN Ghani / The Star |
The Selangor girls’ 12 and under 4x50m medley quartet – comprising Rosalind Pang, Liew Chern Xin, Shannen Kay and Ho Jia Ern – splashed their way to a superb winning time of 2:15.84 to erase the 12-year-old record of 2:17.81 held by Sabah.
Anchor swimmer Rosalind had earlier raced to her sixth individual gold when she won the 50m freestyle in 29.85.
Then, it was the Selangor 13-15 girls’ 4x100m medley quartet of Yap Siew Hui, Nadia Redza, Asmalia Filzati Redzuan and Kimberly Ong who stormed from behind to overtake Kuala Lumpur and register another record-breaking effort.
The Selangor team posted 4:35.98 to wipe off the 2004 mark of 4:40.06 held by Sabah.
Nadia too had earlier claimed her second individual gold in the 200m breaststroke, clocking 2:42.28. With only 12 gold medals left to be fought out today, Selangor have sealed the overall title with their total haul of 33-29-14.
Last year’s overall winners Sarawak are a distant second with 15-16-18 while Kuala Lumpur are third with 13-11-8. Sabah are fourth with 12-11-9.
Selangor team manager B.H. Chin said they were optimistic of ruling the relays but “I did not expect them to bring down the meet records”.
“The meet records have been there for some time and the girls did well today,” she said.
“This is the new generation of swimmers. We have swimmers for every discipline and they have good potential to improve further.”
Faang Tia-a Der of Johor set the only individual record of the day in the boys’ 400m individual medley Open race yesterday.
The 16-year-old, a gold medallist at the Kuantan Sukma last year, clocked 4:44.73 to erase Kevin Lim’s 2009 record of 4:46.30.
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