A total of 38 IBSC swimmers qualified to the SportExcel Grand Final 2019. The format for the Grand Final involving preliminary heats as qualifying round to the afternoon finals, was a good exposure to the swimmers to test their endurance, focus, stamina and psychological strength.
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| Day 1 - Qualifiers adorned with red/black T-shirts earned by them |
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| Day 2 - Qualifiers looking smart in turquoise blue |
The preliminaries was started at 9:00 am under a hot morning sun for both days and resumed at 3:00 pm under a blazing hot and dry weather for the finals.
The overall club champion was determined by the total points gained by the swimmers. Only swimmers who qualified to the finals in the evening sessions were awarded with points. IBSC managed to grab the second spot on the table with 266 points despite only having 18 swimmers were qualified to the finals in the evening sessions for both days.
The top performer for IBSC was Muhammad Dhuha who managed to clinch 7 golds and 1 silver in all 8 events for the finals. What is astounding is that he broke 50m fly meet records for 10&U twice. Dhuha clocked 30.91s in the preliminary heat in the morning of day 1 to erase his own previous record of 30.93s. Later in the afternoon final, he further eliminated his prelim record to a better PB of 30.67s. With the performance he displayed during the meet, he was awarded with 10&U Boys Age Group Champion. Congratulations to Muhammad Dhuha.
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| Muhammad Dhuha was awarded with the Overall Champion for Boys 10&U. |
Another top performer for IBSC was Ng, Zi Syuen who managed to clinch 3 golds (50m Back, 100m Back and 100m Breast) and 1 silver (50m free) in the Girls group 13-14 yrs.
The other IBSC swimmers who were able to contribute to the medals are:
1) Ho, Jia Ming (Bronze-50m Free, Boys 11-12 yrs)
2) Medhavinz Ravindran (Silver-100m Breast, Bronze-50m Breast, Boys 13-14 years)
3) Muhammad Arif (Bronze-100m Free, Boys 11-12 yrs )
4) Ng Lee Sze (Bronze-100m Back, Girls 11-12 yrs )
5) Tobin Sia Xianhua (Bronze 100m Fly Boys 11-12 yrs)
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate all IBSC swimmers who qualified in this SportExcel Grand Final 2019 and a special thanks to all the coaches for their efforts in preparing the swimmers for the grand finals.
Congratulation and thank you!
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| IBSC Cheering led by the seniors swimmers |
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| Finalist boys Group 11&12 yrs. |
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| Smile is the best therapy to ease the heat for the finals |
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| The IBSC swimmers in their final participation in SportExcel. Thank you guys! |
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