There were five event categories in the marathon. First category was Sea Angel (400m) for boys and girls age 7 - 13 years old. Then, there were 1km, 2km, 5 km and 10km categories for men and women age 13 years old above.
The organiser of this marathon, Swimon has been offering Open Water Swimming (OWS) races and events since 2017. But Tanjung Biru was their debut using a 'beach loop format' (where swimmers started from the beach, swim a certain distance in the sea and return to the beach before entering the water again to start another loop). See the diagram below.
We were greeted with heavy rain that Sunday morning, so the sea was a bit choppy and cold. Despite the weather challenges, our swimmers did rather well in their events.
For Sea Angel (400m), IBSC had five representatives.
Twin brothers Nicholas Long and Matthew Long both won 2nd and 3rd place for Male age 12-13 years old.
While their triplet sister Kelly Long (below, in red tri-suit) won 1st place for Female age 12-13 years.
For Female age 10-11 years old, Cheah Dong Xuan won 2nd place.
And Wong Joelyne swam her way to 1st place for Female age 7-9 years old group.
For 1km category, Don Lim won 1st place for his age group (Male 13-29 years old) as well overall winner with his timing of 16:42.09 minutes.
In the same distance, Awwal Zasfika won 1st place for her age group and received trophy for overall Female winner in this 1km event.
In the 2km category, our sole representative - Keenen Low was among the top 10 swimmer in his age group.
Moving on to 5km category, Chelsea Lee Ning made us proud by winning 1st place for Female age 13-19 years old group with her timing of 1:18.25.41 hour.
As with any marathon, the cherry on top is the longest distance. For 10km category, both Emmanuel Lee Boon Yao and Muhammad Rayyan Muhd Iqbal were in the top 10 for their age group, and top 16 for overall placing, with their timing 3:20:45.21 hours and 3:17:13.57 hours respectively.
Well done, congratulations to all swimmers, their families and support teams! May the achievements of these swimmers be a motivation for IBSC to start an OWS team in the future.
Please see attachments for results of 1st to 3rd placements in each distance's categories.
For individual results, please see this link - PD Marathon Swim 2019-Results
Report written by,
Zaszima Abu Samah
(mom to Awwal Zasfika)
14 July 2019
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