55 swimmers recently represented IBSC in the 8th Selangor ARENA Short Course Sprint Invitational Swimming Championship 2019, held from 27th to 29th September 2019 at Pusat Akuatik Darul Ehsan (PADE), Shah Alam.
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| IBSC swim team with Coach Daniel Lee |
Our Group 3 (11-12 years old) swimmers made us proud with 3 new meet records in relays. Ho Jia Ming, Don Lim, Ng Jun Yi and Aniq Muqri gained 1st place with 55.09s for 4 x 25m Medley Relay, surpassing previous record of 55.59s by Klass Torpedoes in 2016.
Similarly, they clocked in 49.71s in 4 x 25m Freestyle Relay, beating previous record of 49.88s by team PADE in 2017.
During Mixed Relay, two of the Group 3 boys, Ho Jia Ming and Aniq Muqri together with another two girls from same age group (Ng Lee Sze and Rebecca Chan Xing Li), broke another meet record with time 1:53.14, which toppled previous meet record of 1:53.25 by 11 miliseconds. Such was the excitement in competitive swimming that keep it's audiences on their toes.
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| Group 3 Mixed Relay - from left - Aniq Muqri, Ng Lee Sze, Rebecca Chan, Ho Jia Ming |
On the individual level, Bryan Leong Xin Ren was one of the swimmers who broke 50m Butterfly meet record with timing 24.74s for Group 1 Boys (15-17 years).
Whilst Ho Jia Ming, was also one of the swimmers who broke two meet records in 100m Freestyle and 50m Freestyle with timing 57.01s and 25.86s respectively, for Boys age 11 - 12 years old category.
With 2 Gold, 3 Silver and 2 Bronze placements, Ho Jia Ming gathered 50 points and was awarded as 2nd Runner-Up Most Valuable Swimmer in Boys Age Group 3 (11 - 12 years old) under the State Category.
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| Ho Jia Ming (right) won 2nd Runner Most Valuable Swimmer Award for Boys Age Group 3 (11 - 12 years old) |
As for relays, our swimmers did fairly well by getting 2nd placements in six events:
- Girls Group 4 (10 years old and under) with Isabel Grace Kennington, Riona Elaine Morgan, Shelly Ting Xin Ru and Awwal Zasfika in 4 x 25m Freestyle and 4 x 25m Medley.
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Girls Group 4 (10 years old and under) relay team
From left: Riona Morgan, Isabel Kennington, Awwal Zasfika and Shelly Ting |
- Girls Group 2 (13 - 14 years old) with Ng Yen Sze, Jolin Ong Shuk Xien, Julia Yap Yuan Yi and Elavinyah Ganesh in 4 x 25m Freestyle and 4 x 25m Medley.
- Mixed Group 2 (13 - 14 years old) with Ng Yen Sze, Harry Chong Guang Ming, Dom Lim and Julia Yap Yuan Yi in 4 x 50m Medley.
- Boys Group 1 (15 years old and over) with Nu'aim Nizarudin, Cliff Ng Han Yang, Muhd Danial Osman and Ben Siew Tzer Bin in 4 x 25m Freestyle.
And 3rd placement in two Mixed relay events (4 x 50m Freestyle and 4 x 50m Medley), with Group 4 (10 years old and under) boys and girls (Ho Jian Xuen, So Ern Hao, Ryan Chin Zi Yang, Isabel Grace Kennington, Riona Elaine Morgan and Shelly Ting).
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Group 4 (10 years old and under) Mixed Relay Team for 4 x 50m Freestyle
From left: Shelly Ting, Isabel Kennington, So Ern Hao and Ho Jia Xuen. |
Congratulations to all the winners, those who improved their personal best timings (PBs) and those who had put their best efforts. Thank you to Team Manager Mr Ho Seng Onn, Assistant Team Manager Mr Farouq Affandi, chaperones Ms Yen Ling and Puan Zaszima in coordinating our team.
Much gratitude to coaches who attended and guide our swimmers during the meet - Coach Shazali, Coach Kamarudin, Coach Daniel Lee and Coach Tan Ei Ling. As well as meet officials, IBSC admin members, swimmers' parents and families, for without their support, we may not have a wonderful team to assemble in the first place.
May we shine brighter in the next swimming championship!
Reported by Farouq and Zaszima.
