SHAH ALAM: Welson Sim recorded a personal best in the boys’ open 100m freestyle race in the Malaysia Invitational Age Group Championships at Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre today.
The 18-year-old won the event in 50.32, lowering his personal best by 0.08 seconds. With the new time, Welson now has a good chance of qualifying for a third Olympic event.
His new personal best is inside the ‘B’ Olympic time of 50.70 but is still way off the 48.99 under ‘A’ category. Only those who meet the ‘A’ time are guaranteed spots at the Olympics while qualifiers under ‘B’ category are decided based on ranking.
Welson has already qualified for the Rio Olympics on merit in the 200m and 400m freestyle disciplines.
“It is great progress for me to improve my personal best in the 100m freestyle event. My ultimate goal is to break Daniel Bego’s record of 50.16 and I hope I can achieve it in the Malaysian Open in May,” said Welson today.
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| Welson Sim recorded a personal best in theboys' open 100m freestyle race in the Malaysia Invitational Age Group Swimming Championships at Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre today. |
Katii Tang was the only one to set a new meet record today. The Hong Kong swimmer clocked 58.09 to erase Noel Leung's record of 59.14 in 2012 for the title in the girls' 13-14 100m freestyle race.
Hong Kong lead the medal tally with an opening day haul of 13 gold, seven silver and seven bronze, followed by Selangor (10-9-16) and Kuala Lumpur (7-7-5).
Results
Boys' 11-12 200m breaststroke : 1 Zachary Lim (KL) 2:45.27, 2 Darren Ngui (Sar) 2:49.11, 3 Hector Chong (Mal) 2:50.53;
13-14: 1 Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 2:29.91, 2 Sean Goh (KL) 2:30.63, 3 Ng Jing Fu (Sel) 2:30.78;
15-17: 1 Wong Fu Kang (Joh) 2:19.51, 2 Hao Ng Yi (KL) 2:24.27, 3 Jordan Yip (Sel) 2:31.27;
Open: 1 Daniel Lim (Sel) 2:24.48, 2 Yoo Zhi Qian (Pen) 2:30.59, 3 Alex Tiong (Sar) 2:31.75.
Under-10 100m freestyle: 1 Yap Yong Jie (Sel) 1:08.79, 2 Yu Jing Tong (Pen) 1:09.02, 3 Chan Jun Wei (Sel) 1:09.94;
11-12: 1 Lau Yui Hin (Hkg) 58.78, 2 Zachary Lim (KL) 1:00.59, 3 Ng To Ngan (Hkg) 1:00.82;
13-14: 1 Temana Andrew Short (Hkg) 54.59, 2 Zachary Tan (Sar) 55.49, 3 Iqmal Muqhis Faizal (KL) 55.49;
15-17: 1 Foong Wei Tze (Mal) 52.25, 2 Martin Lam (Hkg) 52.46, 3 Yeap Zheng Yang (Sel) 52.54;
Open: 1 Welson Sim (Sar) 50.32, 2 Keith Lim (KL) 51.87, 3 Jie Chan (Sel) 52.26.
Under-10 200m individual medley: 1 Chan Jun Wei (Sel) 2:52.50, 2 Yap Yong Jie (Sel) 2:53.69, 3 Anselm Lee (Mal) 2:53.84;
11-12: 1 Zachary Lim (KL) 2:26.40, 2 Albertus Andika Bangun (Ina) 2:26.57, 3 Koay Wern Rui (Pen) 2:30.67;
13-14: 1 Chan Pak Hin (Hkg) 2:16.41, 2 Lam Chak Hang (Hkg) 2:16.98, 3 Sebastian Soon (KL) 2:17.49;
15-17: 1 Wong Fu Kang (Joh) 2:08.78, 2 Jonathan Liao (Hkg) 2:09.60, 3 Jordan Yip (Sel) 2:10.28;
Open: 1 Alex Tiong (Sar) 2:11.03, 2 Tiaa Faang Der (Joh) 2:11.77, 3 Tan Gin Yu (KL) 2:12.98.
Under-10 50m butterfly: 1 Dohi Tetsuharu (Sel) 33.66, 2 Chan Jun Wei (Sel) 34.76, 3 Yap Yong Jie (Sel) 34.91;
11-12: 1 Lau Yui Hui (Hkg) 28.16, 2 Albertus Andika Bangun (Ina) 28.96, 3 Bryan Leong (Sel) 30.17;
13-14: 1 Chan Pak Hin (Hkg) 27.11, 2 Thomas Tam (Hkg) 27.40, 3 Low Zheng Yong (Mal) 27.74;
15-17: 1 Jordan Yip (Sel) 26.19, 2 Eric Tan (Sab) 26.21, 3 Cheong Suen Wai (Hkg) 26.33;
Open: 1 Chao Man Hou (Mac) 25.15, 2 Jie Chan (Sel) 25.25, 3 Yang Chan (Sel) 25.59.
Under-10 4x100m freestyle relay: 1 Selangor 4:44.33, 2 Sabah 4:57.52, 3 Malacca 5:07.03;
4x50m medley relay: 1 Selangor 2:25.27, 2 Sabah 2:31.23, 3 Kuala Lumpur 2:36.30.
Girls' Under-12 200m breaststroke: 1 Angeline Chan (Sel) 2:43.31, 2 Lam Hoi Kiu (Hkg) 2:44.82, 3 Yumi Okuzono (KL) 2:55.47;
13-14: 1 Natalie Kan (Hkg) 2:42.21, 2 Anjali Lim (KL) 2:50.72, 3 Keesha Ho (Pen) 2:51.98;
15-17: 1 Nadia Adrianna Redza (Sel) 2:42.55, 2 Raina Gavino (Phi) 2:43.54, 3 Yi Koh Jia (Sel) 2:45.69;
Open: 1 Phee Jing Eng (Sel) 2:37.90, 2 Erika Kong (Sar) 2:39.06, 3 Rachel See (Joh) 3:05.38.
Under-10 100m freestyle: 1 Misa Okozuno (KL) 1:08.82, 2 Hooy Jia Yee (Pen) 1:08.88, 3 Teo Zhi Mei (Mal) 1:09.31;
11-12: 1 Ho Sheung Wai (Hkg) 1:01.99, 2 Elise Wong (Sel) 1:03.33, 3 Ines Ng (Hkg) 1:03.57;
13-14: 1 Katii Tang (Hkg) 58.09 (MR), 2 Ho Nam Wai (Hkg) 1: 00.05, 3 Fung Ki Kei (Hkg) 1:00.77;
15-17: 1 Elynn Tan (Pen) 59.73, 2 Yi Koh Jia (Sel) 1:00.43, 3 Nadia Adrianna Redza (Sel) 1:00.63;
Open: 1 Chui Lai Kwan (Sab) 58.69, 2 Chris Tan (Sab) 58.94, 3 Caroline Chan (Sel) 1:02.30.
Under-10 200m individual medley: 1 Misa Okuzono (KL) 2:45.79, 2 Teo Zhi Mei (Mal) 2:50.43, 3 Jesselyn Lim (Pen) 2:51.21;
11-12: 1 Gabrielle Yip (Hkg) 2:27.65, 2 Goh Chia Tong (Mel) 2:33.00, 3 Angeline Chan (Sel) 2:34.36;
13-14: 1 Katii Tang (Hkg) 2:27.16, 2 Rosalind Pang (Sel) 2:29.42, 3 Yong Qi Ong (Joh) 2:30.78;
15-17: 1 Wong Toto Kwan (Hkg) 2:24.75, 2 Nadia Adrianna Redza (Sel) 2:25.81, 3 Joan Tsang (Hkg) 2:26.57;
Open: 1 Erika Kong (Sar) 2:25.02, 2 Courtney Gray (Phi) 2:33.54.
Under-10 50m butterfly: 1 Jesselyn Lim (Pen) 33.59, 2 Law Li Wei (KL) 33.91, 3 Misa Okuzuno (KL) 33.97;
11-12: 1 Yumi Okuzono (KL) 30.59, 2 Elise Wong (Sel) 30.81, 3 Ines Ng (Hkg) 30.95;
13-14: 1 Natalie Kan (Hkg) 29.17, 2 Fung Ki Kei (Hkg) 30.38, 3 Liew Chern Xin (Sel) 30.46;
15-17: 1 Wong Yuk Yan (Hkg) 28.76, 2 Yap Siew Hui (Sel) 29.06, 3 Joan Tsang (Hkg) 29.19;
Open: 1 Chui Lai Kwan (Sab) 28.83, 2 Leong Wan Ying (Sar) 30.25, 3 Courtney Gray (Phi) 30.79.
Under-10 4x100m freestyle relay: 1 Kuala Lumpur 4:52.96, 2 Malacca 4:53.22, 3 Selangor 5:05.39;
4x50m medley relay: 1 Kuala Lumpur 2:28.76, 2 Malacca 2:34.25, 3 Selangor 2:36.44.
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