Keputusan Terjun MSSM 2015 - Hari Ketiga

Sarawak’s Kid “Phelps” Is A Swimming Sensation

Sarawak U-12 swimmer Hii Wei Puong in action in the boys' freestyle event during this year's MSSM competition.

SHAH ALAM: Hii Wei Puong’s favourite swimmer is multiple Olympic champion Michael Phelps of the United States.

And the 12-year-old Sarawakian is showing that he is born to swim just like his American idol.

For someone who did not win a single event last year, Wei Puong is on the verge of achieving a rare feat in the MSSM (national schools) swimming championships after bagging three more gold medals in the boys’ 12 and below category at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre on Tuesday.

That brings his total thus far to an astonishing nine.

The SRK Chung Hwa student started his big splash by winning four events on Sunday – in the 50m breaststroke, 50m butterfly. 100m backstroke and 200m freestyle. Then, on Monday, he added two more golds in the 100m breaststroke and 100m butterfly races.

And he’s not done yet.

The Kuching schoolboy can achieve a rare sweep of all 10 individual titles at stake in his age-group by winning the 50m freestyle on Wednesday.

Wei Puong can also take his tally to a maximum 12 gold medals if Sarawak win the two relay races (200m medley and 200m freestyle) on Thursday.

However, Wei Puong, whose father Hii Tuang Sing represented the country at the SEA Games in the 1980s, is not thinking that far ahead.

“I just want to enjoy my swimming. I love swimming and my father is the one who encouraged me to take up the sport actively when I was seven. I played badminton too but I guess I’m better in swimming.

“My father represented the national team ... I hope to follow in his footsteps one day,” said the soft-spoken Wei Puong, who trains six times a week under coach Gary Low.

Selangor’s Yeap Zheng Yang was the only record-breaker on Tuesday.

His time of 2:11.33 in the boys’ 200m individual medley of the 16-18 age group smashed KLite Ian James Barr’s previous mark of 2:11.42 set in 2011.

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Hanis And Ker Ying Hope To Dive Into National Team

The MSSM U-15 girls and boys diving champions Ong Ker Ying and Hanis Nazirul pose for a picture after winning their respective events on Monday.

SHAH ALAM: Hanis Nazirul and Ong Ker Ying launched their bid to break into the national team with dominating displays for Kuala Lumpur in the MSSM (national schools) diving championships at the Shah Alam Aquatic Centre.

Hanis continued to dominate with a successful defence of the boys’ 1m springboard in the Under-15 category.

Hanis, who won the Under-12 title in 2012 and 2013 in the event, came out tops with 232.25 points ahead of Selangor’s Farez Izzudin Suhaimi (227.15) and Gabriel Gilbert Daim of Sabah (218.90).

Hanis, who idolises former national diver Bryan Nickson Lomas, took up the sport after a visit to a diving talent identification camp when he was just six years old.

“I am hoping to get a call-up to the national squad. I started to develop a love for water through swimming but I think I will have a future in diving.

“I want to improve further and be as good as Bryan one day,” said Hanis.

Kuala Lumpur enjoyed their second golden moment with Ker Ying winning the girls’ 1m springboard title with 177.50 points.     

Nur Ain Nadzmi of Sabah got the silver with 159.00 while Kimberly Bong took bronze for Sarawak with 153.55.

“It’s my first win in an MSSM meet. I am happy with my performance and I hope I can join the national team in the near future,” said Ker Ying, who picked up diving when she was 10 and whose cousin is the current national diver Adeline Chin.

In swimming, Ng Yi Hao provided the only record-breaking effort for the day when he won the boys’ Under 16-18 100m breaststroke race in 1:06.04, smashing the previous record of 1:06.70 set by Tang Chong Heng of Sarawak last year.