Siew Hui Completes Sweep Of Short Races In Record Times

Splashing to a double: Selangor’s Yap Siew Hui powering her way to another 100m butterfly record in the girls’ 13-15 age-group at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre yesterday. — FAIHAN GHANI / The Star

SHAH ALAM: Youngster Yap Siew Hui proved that she could be the right swimmer for the butterfly races after powering her way to another record in the MSSM (national schools) swimming championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre yesterday.

The 15-year-old completed her double for Selangor by clocking 1:03.06 to break the previous mark of 1:04.01 held by former national swimmer Hii Siew Siew. The record in the girls’ 13-15 age-group for the 100m butterfly had stood since 2009.

Selangor team-mate Asmalia Filzati Redzuan took silver with 1:05.55 while Kuala Lumpur’s Tan Ro Ying finished third with 1:06.83.

Siew Hui, who also won the 50m butterfly on Monday with a new record, has amassed three golds and two silvers so far.

She also took gold in the 100m backstroke and the silver medal she earned yesterday came in the 200m backstroke, finishing behind Ro Ying. Despite completing a sweep of the short butterfly races in record times, Siew Hui was far from pleased with her efforts.

“I felt that I could have gone a second faster.

“The 50m and 100m butterfly are my two strong events and I’m happy to be able to break the meet records,” said last year’s Pahang Sukma gold medallist.

Siew Hui with her gold medal.

“I still have six more events to go but I’m not setting high expectations as I’m stronger in the butterfly.

“I hope to swim for the country one day.”

Siew Hui joined the national squad based at Bukit Jalil early this year.

With Marellyn Liew having left the Bukit Jalil set-up, there is a pressing need to find a good woman butterfly swimmer for the SEA Games campaign in Myanmar.

Siew Hui appears to be the best bet at the moment, considering her time is better than the winning time in the girls’ 16-18 age-group (1:06.76 set by Mak Ai Sin of Selangor).

Sarawak’s Welson Sim also notched his second record in the national schools meet when he won the 1,500m freestyle Open race in 16:13.76.

The 15-year-old boy’s time eclipsed the previous mark of 16:35.56, which was set by Kevin Lim in 2009.

RESULTS
ARCHERY n BOYS

·Under-18

70m: 1. Mohd Norhairulnizam Rosdi (Mal) 299pts, 2. Mohd Idris Shah Shahruddin (Kul) 299, 3. Adam Wong (Sab) 298.

50m: 1. Adam Wong (Sab) 319, 2. Mohd Idris Shah (Kul) 314, 3. Mohd Ikram Joni (Kel) 311.

·Under-15

50m: 1. Arriffuddinur Zakaria (Sel) 320, 2. Mohd Zarif Syahir Zolkepli (Ter) 318, 3. Dennis Koay (Pen) 316.

40m: 1. Arrifuddinur Zakaria (Sel) 323, 2. Mohd Zahir Shahir Zolkepli (Ter) 320, 3. Mohd Zulhafiz Mohd Yusoff (Sel) 316.

·Under-12

30m: 1 Mohd Jamil Shah Shahrudin (Kul) 344, 2. Mohd Aqil Mun’im Shamir (Sel) 330, 3. Bryson Ting (Swk) 323.

25m: Mohd Jamil Shah Shahrudin (Kul) 327, 2. Mohd Shafee Habeeb Rahuman (Prk) 326, 3. Mohd Aqil Mun’im Shamir (Sel) 313.

n GIRLS

·Under-18

60m: 1. Nur Alia Ghafar (Ter) 307, 2. Loke Shin Hui (Pen) 300, 3. G. Sharaniya (Pen) 299.

·Under-15

50m: 1. Wan Farah Aina Wan Ahmadi (Swk) 319, 2. Syarfa Zulaikha Shabudin (Pen) 318, 3. Teoh Wen Zhing (Pen) 317.

·Under-12

30m: 1. Aqilah Pathoo Raman (Ter) 338, 2. Wan Nur Anisah Wan Zakaria (Prk) 328, 3. Inka Cristie Stephan (Sab) 326.

RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

n PRE-JUNIOR

·All-around individual: 1. Amisha Sofia Azli (Kul) 38.250, 2. Alisya Jasmin Noor Azmi (Kul) 34.800, 3. Leong Yi Wai (Sel) 33.400.

·Team: 1. KL (Amisha Sofia Azli, Alisya Jasmin Noor Azmi, Nur Aqila Junaidi, Anisya Khairina Kamarul Azman) 96.000; 2. Selangor (Leong Yi Wai, Jess Lim Yen Xin, Shannon Ng Jia Hui, Claudia Ng Jia Yee) 87.000; 3. Perak (Nur Irdina Abdul Malek, Koh Gai Pin, Koo Wai Yee, Nadiah Nabilah Bakri) 79.300.

n JUNIOR

·All-around Individual: 1. Izzah Amzan (Kul) 41.800, 2. Iman Iskandar Chan (Sel) 39.750, 3. Chong Lok Yi (Sel) 36.250.

·Team: 1. KL (Thew Yue Jia, Chan Mei Thung, Dania Imanina Kamarul Bahri, Izzah Amzan) 102.800; 2. Selangor (Yap Qian Ling, Low Jia Huai, Chong Lok Yi, Iman Iskandar Chan) 100.200; 3. Malacca (Ngim Su Juen, Liow Yue Jen, Aini Sophi Shamsol Zailan, Aina Sophia Shamsol Zail) 78.150.

n SENIOR

·Club: 1. Au Wei Ran (Sel) 13.900, 2. Alice Masdewi Cheah (Sel) 13.400, 3. Ismahani Mardhiah Mornie (Mal) 11.700.

·Ribbon: 1. Ismahani Mardhiah Mornie (Mal) 13.050, 2. Au Wei Ran (Sel) 12.700, 3. Alice Masdewi Cheah (Sel) 12.450.

·All-around individual: 1. Au Wei Ran (Sel) 42.950, 2. Alice Masdewi Cheah (Sel) 39.350, 3. Ismahani Mardhiah Mornie (Mal) 37.750

SWIMMING

n BOYS

·OPEN

1500m freestyle: 1. Welson Sim (Swk) 16:13.17 new rec, 2. Faang Tia’a Der (Joh) 17:09.15, 3. Ngu Jiung Wei (Swk) 17:15.08.

·12 and under

100m butterfly: 1. Sebastian Soon (Sel) 1:10.91, 2. Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 1:12.14, 3. Khiew Ho Yean (Kul) 1:12.75.

100m breaststroke: 1. Lee Jia Jing (Kul) 1:22.89, 2. Sean Goh (Sel) 1:25.55, 3. Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 1:26.39.

·13-15

100m breaststroke: 1. Nicholas Soon (Sel) 1:10.16, 2. Eric Tan (Sab) 1:12.20, 3. Ngu Jiung Jing (Swk) 1:12.75.

100m butterfly: 1. Eric Tan (Sab) 59.27, 2. Nee Gui Ping (Swk) 1:01.54, 3. Ngu Jiung Jing (Swk) 1:02.16.

200m backstroke: 1. Hollymax Bell (Sab) 2:17.70, 2. Ngu Jiung Wei (Swk) 2:20.13, 3. Lau Jasper (Swk) 2:29.11.

·16-18

100m butterfly: 1. Roydon Ong (Swk) 58.27, 2. Wong Wai Kit (Sab) 58.59, 3. Kit Sern (Kul) 59.14.

200m backstroke: 1. Faang Tia’a Der (Joh) 2:16.05, 2. Foong Wei Yao (Mal) 2:17.35, 3. Low Kar Jun (Joh) 2:26.31.

100m breaststroke: 1. Benny Ng (Sel) 1:08.35, 2. Khaw Chan Jao (Ked) 1:09.54, 3. Foong Wei Yao (Mal) 1:11.29.

n GIRLS

·12 and under

100m butterfly: 1. Rosalind Pang (Sel) 1:12.70, 2. Anjali Lim Min (Kul) 1:13.53, 3. Shannen Kay (Sel) 1:13.76.

100m breaststroke: 1. Liew Chern Xin (Sel) 1:25.69, 2. Shannen Kay (Sel) 1:25.72, 3. Clarissa Cheam (Pen) 1:26.73.

·13-15

100m butterfly: 1. Yap Siew Hui (Sel) 1:03.06 new rec, 2. Asmalia Filzati Redzuan (Sel) 1:05.55, 3. Tan Ro Ying (Kul) 1:06.83.

200m backstroke: 1. Tan Ro Ying (Kul) 2:38.38, 2 Yap Siew Hui (Sel) 2:39.59, 3. Zoe Bodwen (Kul) 2:41.12.

100m breaststroke: 1. Koh Jia Yi (Kul) 1:15.21, 2. Nadia Redza (Sel) 1:15.28, 3. Kimberly Ong (Sel) 1:18.11.

·16-18

100m butterfly: 1. Mak Ai Sin (Sel) 1:06.76, 2. Angela Chieng (Swk) 1:06.97, 3. Freda Awang Pan (Sab) 1:07.02.

200m backstroke: 1. Chris Tan (Sab) 2:28.80, 2. Nita Wong (Swk) 2:31.89, 3. Heah Zi Xin (Pen) 2:35.19.

100m breaststroke: 1. Pee Jing En (Kul) 1:15.58, 2. Mak Ai Sin (Sel) 1:17.16, 3. Geneverl Koid (Pen) 1:19.45.