The IVP Track and field Meet 10/11 came to an yesterday, 30 Oct 2010 and once again athletes from Reactiv representing National University of Singapore, Republic Polytechnic and various other institutions took the track to test their mettle and race for new seasons’ and personal best timings.
400mH
The meet saw its first real action in the Men’s 400mH events where there was a close fight between Muhamad Zaki Sapari from Republic Polytechnic (training under SDSC) and Sharman Dustageer from NUS. There was little to separate the two in the early stages of the race, but it was obvious that Zaki had a good race tempo going and was having an easier time clearing the hurdles because of the height advantage he had over Sharman. It was a close fight but Zaki triumphed in the end, coming in first with a time of 56.09s to Sharman’s 56.69s. Fudin (coach Remy Gan) came in 15th among the 17 hurdlers with a time of 68.10s. This is also his first attempt in the 400mH.
200m
In the 200m, Melanie Francisca and Abdul Hakeem both did personal best and seasons’ best timings respectively. Both athletes managed to qualify for the finals easily, coming in second in their respective heats to qualify automatically. Natalie from RP also came in 4th in the finals with a time of 27.46s. She was racing with powerhouse national athletes and managed to beat the rest of the athletes from other institutions.
The Men’s 200m final boasted a strong field of competitors but Hakeem managed to hold his own, coming in 2nd with a time of 22.08s; a strong showing from him given the fact that he had been away from competition for about half a year. Gary Yeo came in 1st with a time of 21.64s. Marcus and Kyser from RP managed 26.40s and 24.54s respectively in their heats but couldn’t qualify for the finals. It was a struggle for Kyser to start racing so soon after a few months of break. He only had a month of training prior to the IVP.
The Women’s 200m final also saw a quality field of athletes competing. However, with a more aggressive start compared to what she did in the heats, Melanie was able to finish the race in 3rd place with a personal best timing of 25.74s. Dipna Lim Prasad and Valerie Pereira produced stellar performances and fought each other to the finish to take gold and silver respectively with timings of 24.68s and 24.69s respectively.
Relays
The final events for the day were the Men’s and Women’s relays. It was an easy victory for the men from NUS in both relays, with their 4x100m team managing to break the Championship Record. The team was anchored by Abdul Hakeem. The Republic Polytechnic team ran well and came in 8th in the final. Although the time was not faster than the heats, they did their best and some athletes having run than 1 event on the day were evidently worn out. RP came in 3rd for the 4 x 400m, and the runners were Khalis, Zaki, Firdaus and Fudin.
In the Women’s relays, Nikita returned to the track to anchor NTU’s 4x400m team. She managed to sustain the lead they already had and brought the team to victory. Melanie ran in the 4x100 and 4x400m relays where NUS clinched silver medals. RP did not send any women relay team.
This marks the end of the season for most of the athletes. The winners of the events will be invited to race in the Asean University Games in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the end of the year. We hope that they will do well and make us proud.
Credits:
Written by Melanie and Alfred
Edited by Hakeem
Photos courtesy of Benedict Sirius Ong , Lance Tan Fana Farhanah and Singapore Athletic Association
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