Last weekend, the Sport Excel Junior Swimming Circuit, Grand Final was held in DBKL swimming pool at Bandar Tun Razak from 24-25 August, 2013. This meet provides a great platform to yield potential swimmers at the junior development stage.
Over the 2-day meet, the preliminary heats were held in the morning with 24 swimmers fighting for the final 8 placings in the afternoon finals.
Stemmed from the qualification in Leg 1 and Leg 2, a total of 31 clubs with eligible swimmers participated in this annual meet. IBSC and PADE have the most number of qualified swimmers entering the meet, both with 40 competitors from Group II, III and IV.
At the end of the meet on Sunday, IBSC has again retained the Overall Champion Club title with accumulation of 316.5 points against PADE (229 points) and Penang Dolphins Team was the third best club (106 points).
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| Top 10 clubs with most points |
No matter how little points IBSC swimmers may contribute to the club, your points and effort count every bit in making IBSC the champion club. Well done everyone including those who have managed to shed their PBs with great improvement.
Congratulations to the medallists and point earners of IBSC below.
No.
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Top points swimmers
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Points
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Record
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1
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Lee Jia Jing (10)
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47
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3
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3
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2
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2
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Kimberly Ong (12)
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40
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3
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1
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2
|
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3
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Tan Ei Siang (14)
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30
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1
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1
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2
|
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4
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Chew Chee Ming (12)
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26
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2
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2
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5
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Nicholas Soon (14)
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24
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1
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1
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6
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Phoebe Law (11)
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20
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1
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7
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Pun Pei Jin (10)
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18
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1
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8
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Chong Yong Qi (12)
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17.5
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2
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1
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9
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Yap Li Wen (13)
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15
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1
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1
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10
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Anjali Lim (11)
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10
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1
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10
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Desmond Ng (13)
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10
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1
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10
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Rohan Lee (12)
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10
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11
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Adam Afif Faizal (13)
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8
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1
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11
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Goh Wai Hou (14)
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8
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11
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Yong Zhen Yi (9)
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8
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1
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12
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Teh Lilian (14)
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6
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12
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Lee Chee Shian (14)
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6
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13
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Brandy Chew (12)
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5
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1
|
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14
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Afiq Imran Masron (14)
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2
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14
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Karla Lim (11)
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2
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15
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Amanda Grace Nunis (14)
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1
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15
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Iqmal Muqhis Faizal (11)
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1
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15
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Kevin Lim (13)
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1
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15
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Sebastian Soon (11)
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1
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TOTAL
POINTS
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316.5
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The competition was made more interesting when we witnessed some old records being broken.
Lee Jia Jing, 10, who has been targeting to break the 100m breaststroke record did his parents and coach proud when he clocked 1:18.47s in the afternoon final to over-write a long-standing 7 year record (1:19.43s) made by Lau Zheng Rong in 2006.
On the second day, Jia Jing also put his name on the record listing for 50m breaststroke when he shared exactly the same timing of 37.08s of the record time, also made by Lau Zheng Rong in 2006 for Group IV boys.
Collectively, Jia Jing amassed the most points for IBSC, earning 47 points with his 3 gold and 3 silver achievements.
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| Lee Jia Jing, put his name in the record breaking list by charting 2 new times in breaststrokes |
Meanwhile, IBSC is lucky to have Kimberly Ong returned from her holiday abroad in the nick of time to participate in this championship, else this young lass would have foregone the opportunity of being crowned the Overall Champion for Group 3 girls.
Kimberly scooped up 3 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze to accumulate a total of 40 points, hence her entitlement as the winner of Overall Champion under her category.
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| Kimberly Ong, 12 receiving the award from Mr Teo Mua Seng, President of PRAKL |
The meet was made more lively when the IBSC Support Team cheered aloud for their swim compatriots with poms-poms. Thanks to the parents for initiating the cheer leading team and for being at the pool to support their children.
The Team Managers and chaperons have done a good job in the Grand Final looking after the team. Our appreciation also goes to the dedicated coaches in bringing good results to the swimmers.
The full results of Sport Excel Grand Final 2013 can be downloaded here.
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| Mr Edwin Chong (left) speaking to the officials from MILO, the main sponsor of the Sport Excel event |
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| Group 3 boys ready to spring backwards |
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| Swimmers waiting for their events in the Marshall room |
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| Yeong Zhen Yi, 9 flying in her butterfly event, but she sprung up a pleasant surprise by coming in third in 100m breaststroke |
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| Yap Li Wen won gold in 100m breaststroke in Group 2 girls |
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| Aqua dragon, Tan Ei Siang, won gold in his pet event of 100m backstroke |
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| Swimmers cheering their peers |
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