The Sprint King program, the brainchild of the Portuguese Athletics Federation, was created in a bid to attract the youth in Portugal to athletics. In order to fight the popularity of football in their country, the program gave athletics coaches and managers the opportunity to identify talented youths in Portugal and subsequently allowed the different channels to assist them in their sporting careers.
Taking a page out of the Portuguese’s playbook, Reactiv decided to scale down the event to the school level. One of the first ever Sprint King events in Singapore was held in Anglo-Chinese School Independent (ACS(I)) to help in their recruiting of students from their affiliated schools. It was a 2 hours session with 18 students from Anglo-Chinese School (Junior) and Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) participating. 
The students were grouped into 3 heats and were subsequently ranked based on their best times in the 60m, to compete in the second race. A training workshop was conducted before the race, where simple running drills and proper starting position were taught to the students.
After the 3 finals heats, the 8 fastest sprinters were selected, with the winners being awarded a Reactiv training tee.
The Sprint KingWe would first like to thank the teachers of the 3 schools involved, and also the parents of the students, without whom the event would not have been a success. Thanks also go out to the ACS(I) teachers who helped in the logistical and the administrative part of the event; Mr Lawrence Ang, Mr George Lam, Mr Wong Ting Ee and Mdm Kelly Chan. And not forgetting the student helpers from the ACS(I) track team. As a token of our appreciation, everyone involved received a free sample of our Reactiv training apparel line.
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