Wednesday 22 January 2014

25 records being smashed by KL swimmers in PRAKL 2014

The PRAKL Swimming Championship 2014 last weekend has seen better timings being achieved by swimmers from the KL affiliates with 25 new meet records being broken, 18 of which were smashed by IBSC swimmers. This year, the PRAKL has attracted more than 500 swimmers compared to few years ago with some new clubs joining the league.

Keith Lim, 16, crumbled the most number of records for IBSC as he rewrote the timings in 4 events ie. 100m freestyle (53.93s), 50m butterfly (25.93s), 100m butterfly (57.87s) and 50m backstroke (28.68s).

Tan Rou Ying, who is also an IBSC swimmer, swam for her school, Sekolah Aminuddin Baki, in this meet. She has 5 new records under her belt, some of which were renewal of her own records.

Other IBSC swimmers who also renewed the PRAKL 2014 individual records are Tan Gin Yu, Nicholas Soon, Mak Ai Sin, Wong Jun Bin, Desmond Ng and Adam Afif.

The list of new meet records are as tabulated below.

Group
No.
Event
Name of Swimmer
Affiliate
2014 New Meet Record
Old Record/ Year
1 Boys
1
100m Butterfly
Keith Lim
IBSC
0:57.87
0:59.45 (2010)
2
50m Backstroke
Keith Lim
IBSC
0:28.68
0:28.99 (2011)
3
50m Breaststroke
Nicholas Soon
IBSC
0:31.43
0:31.62 (2001)
4
400m IM
Tan Gin Yu
IBSC
4:50.68
4:52.76 (2007)
5
50m Butterfly
Keith Lim
IBSC
0:25.93
0:26.16 (2012)
6
100m Freestyle
Keith Lim
IBSC
0:53.93
0:53.95 (2006)
7
200m Butterfly
Tan Gin Yu
IBSC
2:09.39
2:11.14 (2013)
8
4x100m Free Relay
Nicholas Soon, Jack Lakeman, Tan Ei Siang, Keith Lim
IBSC
3:49.10
3:52.06 (2006)
1 Girls
9
100m Butterfly
Mak Ai Sin
IBSC
1:08.98
1:09.03 (2009)
10
4x100m Free Relay
Nur Iman Nabilah, Lee Yiat Mon, Nur Taqiah, Mak Ai Sin
IBSC
4:31.26
4:38.95 (2012)
2 Boys
11
100m Breaststroke
Ng Yi Hao
IBSC
1:07.75
1:09.11 (2013)
12
50m Breaststroke
Adam Afif
SAB
0:31.32
0:31.50 (2013)
13
400m Freestyle
Wong Jun Bin
IBSC
4:17.74
4:23.31 (2011)
14
200m Butterfly
Wong Jun Bin
IBSC
2:13.58
2:14.66 (2011)
2 Girls
15
100m Butterfly
Tan Rou Ying
SAB
1:07.69
1:09.15 (2012)
16
200m IM
Tan Rou Ying
SAB
2:34.04
2:35.07 (2007)
17
50m Freestyle
Tan Rou Ying
SAB
0:28.52
0:28.68 (2013)
18
100m Backstroke
Tan Rou Ying
SAB
1:10.98
1:12.46 (2007)
19
50m Butterfly
Tan Rou Ying
SAB
0:30.69
0:30.70 (2009)
3 Boys
20
4x100m Medley Relay
Low Ken Ji, Lee Jia Jing, Sebastian Soon, William Honderich
IBSC
4:50.15
4:50.67 (2011)
21
4x100m Free Relay
Iqmal Muqhis, Low Ken Ji, Lee Jia Jing, Sebastian Soon
IBSC
4:18.32
4:19.90 (2006)
4 Boys
22
4x100m Free Relay
Lim Hong Sern, Andi Muhd. Farhan, Sharizan Shazali, David Ong
IBSC
4:53.44
4:56.93 (2010)
4 Girls
23
4x50m Medley Relay
Ashley Ting, Yeong Zhen Yi, Asley Chow, Ng Zi Syuen
IBSC
2:36.90
2:43.50 (2008)
24
4x100m Free Relay
Ashley Ting, Ng Zi Syuen, Asley Chow, Yeong Zhen Yi
IBSC
5:10.29
5:13.13 (2008)
5 Girls
25
4x50m Medley Relay

Torpedoes
3:14.80
3:18.16 (2013)



Wong Jun Bin
The top IBSC male swimmer who have swept the most gold is Wong Jun Bin, 14, with 10 gold in all the 10 events he participated. Topping that Jun Bin also shattered 2 meet records in the 200m butterfly (2:13.58s) and 400m freestyle (4:17.74s).

Jun Bin who is based in Singapore Sports School has returned to swim for IBSC without tapering and yet maintained his excellent timings.

Yeong Zhen Yi


Meanwhile, the female swimmer who also did as superb as Jun Bin with 10 gold medals is Yeong Zhen Yi, 10, who came in top in all the events she took in PRAKL. The lanky girl who is also into tri-athletic, is all full of smiles with her perfect golden achievement.







Keith Lim showing part of his medal collections
Overall, the IBSC swimmers have put the club into limelight again with great achievements and kudos to the following vanquishers who have done so well :-

Group 1 Boys
Keith Lim (7G/1S)
Nicholas Soon (4G/2S)
Tan Gin Yu (4G/1S)
Tan Ei Siang (5S/2B)
Jake Lakeman (1S/1B)
Afiq Imran Masron (2S)
Goh Wai Hou (1B)
Mak Ai Sin, a flyer with 7 gold and 1 record
Wong Jun Keat (1B)


Group 1 Girls

Mak Ai Sin (7G)
Vanessa Lee Yiat Mon (1G/2S/1B)
Nur Iman Nabilah (1G/2B)
Nur Taqiah (1S/2B)


Group 2 Boys
Yap Li Wen improved remarkably with her breaststroke
Wong Jun Bin (10G)
Desmond Ng (3G/2S/1B)
Howard Sim (2G/4S/3B)
Kenneth Ong (5S/4B)
Chew Chee Ming (4S)
Kevin Lim (1S)
Brandy Chew (2B)
Rohan Lee (2B)


Group 2 Girls
Yap Li Wen (4G/4B)
Chong Yong Qi (1G/2S/3B)
Sebastian Soon, dominated the Group 3 boys
Kimberly Ong (7S/4B)
Alia Bt. Dato Salleh (1S)


Group 3 Boys
Sebastian Soon (5G/3S/2B)
Low Ken Ji (1G/3S/3B)
Iqmal Muqhis (1G/2S/2B)
Lee Jia Jing (1G/2S/2B)
William Honderich (1B)


David Ong, 10, collected 8 gold and 2 silver
Group 3 Girls
Shannen Kay Chan (3G/3S/4B)
Phoebe Heather Law (3G)
Karla Lim (1G/3S/1B)

Group 4 Boys
David Ong (8G/2S)
Zachary Lim (2G/8S)
Sharizan Shazali (3B)
Brandon Chin (1B)


Whisky Chew, young but strong
Group 4 Girls
Yeong Zhen Yi (10G)
Ashley Ting (8S)
Ng Zi Syuen (8B)


Group 5 Boys
Whisky Chew (3G/1S)


Group 5 Girls
Teo Sze Hui (1G/1S/1B)
Teo Sze Hui, proud to win in her maiden PRAKL swim





Desmond Ng did impressively well in his 100m breaststroke when he broke the first meet record with a new time of 1:07.75s.

The race was more intensely cheered in the relay events, where we saw many swimmers representing their own schools or clubs. With strong individual swimmers, needless to say the IBSC relay teams were even stronger in unity. The club won 14 out of 20 gold in the relays for 5 age groups.

Team IBSC won the following relays :-

IBSC Group 2 boys free relay team, from left,
 Howard Sim, Kevin Lim, Kenneth Ong and Anson Chew.
Gold
1) Group 4 Boys 4x50m Medley Relay
2) Group 4 Girls 4x50m Medley Relay (MR)
3) Group 5 Boys 4x50m Medley Relay
4) Group 1 Boys 4x100m Medley Relay
5) Group 2 Boys 4x100m Medley Relay
6) Group 2 Girls 4x100m Medley Relay
7) Group 3 Boys 4x100m Medley Relay (MR)
8) Group 1 Boys 4x100m Freestyle Relay (MR)
9) Group 1 Girls 4x100m Freestyle Relay (MR)
10) Group 2 Boys 4x100m Freestyle Relay
11) Group 2 Girls 4x100m Freestyle Relay
12) Group 3 Boys 4x100m Freestyle Relay (MR)
13) Group 4 Boys 4x100m Freestyle Relay (MR)
IBSC Group 3 boys relay in action with Sebastian
anchoring the  team for a final swim time of
4:18.32s to erase the old record.
14) Group 4 Girls 4x100m Freestyle Relay (MR)

Silver
1) Group 1 Girls 4x100m Medley Relay
2) Group 5 Boys 4x50m Freestyle Relay

Bronze
1) Group 3 Girls 4x100m Medley Relay


(MR) - Meet Record




Ng Zi Shin, 6, is the youngest IBSC swimmer
IBSC Group 4 boys relay team swimmers, Sharizan, Andi and Zachary cheering excitedly as David Ong touched to a new record time of 4:53.44s 
IBSC Group 4 girls, from left, Yeong Zhen Yi, Ng Zi Syuen, Ashley Ting and Asley Chow, broke 2 relay records in medley and freestyle relays 
IBSC Group 5 girls relay, winning the hearts of many with their beginners' swim and daring guts in finishing the race.
Coach Shazali (right) and Coach Kamaruddin (second from right) posing with swimmers and parent

Great compliments to all the IBSC swimmers who have improved their PBs and congratulations to those who have booked their lanes in NAG 2014.

IBSC would also like to thank all the IBSC and PRAKL coaches for the excellent coaching job. The meet was a successful one with neat efforts volunteered by many parents as PRAKL working committees, Team Managers, Chaperones and also the IB Support Team as lead supporters.


More photos can be viewed at IBSC Gallery.

The full results of PRAKL 2014 can be downloaded here.








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