The first meet of the year and the much awaited KL Age Group Swimming Championship 2017 has come and gone just like the erratic weather intertwined with hot blazing sun and stormy downpour during the race at Kompleks Renang Kuala Lumpur, Cheras.
Held for 3 days from 13-15 January, 2017, the qualifying meet was participated by a record of 860 swimmers from 16 clubs and schools affiliated to Persatuan Renang Amatur Kuala Lumpur, the organiser. Qualifiers will be eligible to participate in the forthcoming National Age Group Swimming Championship 2017 in Melaka in March 2017.
IBSC alone has registered the highest number of swimmers (189) despite many members were swimming for their respective schools.
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| Group Photo of Team IBSC |
We congratulate medal winners especially IBSC members who have broken the meet records with their smashing swim.
The top performing swimmer was Steve Khiew (Group 2 Boys) who broke one national age group record (AR) in 200m backstroke with an amazing time of 2:11.97 to rewrite a 2014 national age group record of 2:15.04 (HKG). Steve also held 2 other meet records in 400m free and 400m IM. Congratulations!
Other record holders were :
Individual Meet Records
Steve Khiew
Boys 13-14 200 Back Group 2 2:11.97 (AR)
Boys 13-14 400 Free Group 2 4:17.64
Boys 13-14 400 IM Group 2 4:49.83
Brandy Chew
Boys 15-17 200 Back Group 1 2:14.22
Sebastian Soon
Boys 15-17 200 IM Group 1 2:14.31
Sadie Gordon
Girls 13-14 50 Back Group 2 32.11
Relay Meet Records
Boys 15-17 4x100 Free Group 1 Relay 3:47.29 - Team IBSC
(Anson Chew, Sebastian Soon, Ng Kai Wen, Low Ken Ji)
Boys 15-17 4x100 Medley Group 1 4:05.67 - Team IBSC
(Sebastian Soon, Adam Afif, Low Ken Ji, Anson Chew)
At the end of the 3-day meet, IBSC came top in the medal tally with 58 gold, 55 silver and 44 bronze.
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Group
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IBSC Swimmer
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MR
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Boys 9-10
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Teo Zun Jet
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2
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1
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Tobin Sia Xianhua
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4
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3
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Muhd Dhuha Bin Zulfikry
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1
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1
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Boys 11-12
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Ng K-Yang
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2
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2
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2
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Whisky Chew
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1
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1
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Daud Agam
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1
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Boys 13-14
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Steve Khiew Hoe Yean
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3
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8
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1
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Zachary Lim Hong Sern
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3
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1
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Boys 15-17
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Sebastian Soon
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1
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3
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2
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1
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Brandy Chew
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1
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1
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2
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Low Ken Ji
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3
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Adam
Afif Bin Faizal
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2
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1
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Chew Chee Ming
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1
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2
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1
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Wong Jun Bin
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1
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2
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Goh Yue Hong
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1
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Ng Kai Wen
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1
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1
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Jackson Khiew
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2
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2
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Kevin Lim Kit Min
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2
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Rohan Lee
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1
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Ng Hung Teck
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1
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Boys Open
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Joshi Jundi Ammar Karim
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5
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Nicholas Soon
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3
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2
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Daniel Lee
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1
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Group
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Girls Swimmer
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MR
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Gold
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Silver
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Bronze
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Girls 8&U
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Shelly Ting Xin Ru
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1
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Girls 9-10
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Liew Xiao Rou
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5
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1
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Keira Liew Qian Hui
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1
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Girls 11-12
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Ng Zi Syuen
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6
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3
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3
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Chelsea Lee Ning
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2
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2
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2
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Leong Jia Wen
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1
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Teo Sze Hui
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1
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3
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Tee Boon Xi
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2
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Girls 13-14
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Ashley Ting
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1
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3
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Yeong Zhen Yi
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3
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Girls 15-17
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Karla Lim Kay Yee
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2
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2
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See Zhi Syuen
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1
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5
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Tan Yi Qin
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2
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3
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Alia Bt Dato Salleh
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2
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Girls Open
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Farra Dyana Bt Arrfin
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2
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MR-Meet Record
We thank the hard work of coaches at various levels in producing excellent results for the swimmers. Many great PBs were charted with significant times being slashed by committed swimmers. The pre-comp swimmers, some of which experienced their first ever race in the meet, also did well by improving leaps and bounds.
The team managers, chaperones and volunteers are to be applauded as well for taking care of the welfare of the swimmers and in marshaling them.
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| Steve Khiew (left) with Sebastian both smashed the meet records on day 1 of the race |
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| Steve Khiew with his excellent performance, broke a total of 2 meet records and an national age group record |
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| Sadie Gordon, achieved a new record in 50m back |
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| Brandy Chew struck a new record in 200m back in Group 1 Boys |
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| Group 4 Girls relay, from left, Kelly Long, Liew Xiao Rou, Ng Zi Shin, Kiera Liew |
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| Group 3 Boys medley relay, from left, Andi, Yap Min Shun, Steve Khiew, Linus Dengah |
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| Coach Kamal, very attentive during the meet |
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| Ng Zi Syuen won 6 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze in Group 3 Girls |
The full results may be downloaded
here.
See more photos at
IBSC Gallery
