Singapore athletes going places

We are literally going places, be it national athletes, to club participants are competing beyond our shores. Here’s are the events details:

Hong Kong Intercity Athletics (2-3 Jul)

SAA is sending our men’s 4x100m relay team and Wan Lay Chi for this competition. The relay team is still on the qualification hunt for SEA Games and they’re hoping the Tseung Kwan O Sports Ground would prove the venue where they’ll better their recent season-best of 40.88 seconds achieved last week at the Nationals Open.

1. Gary Yeo (4x100m Men)
2. Md. Elfi Mustapa (4x100m Men)
3. Calvin Kang (4x100m Men)
4. Lee Cheng Wei (4x100m Men)
5. Izwan Firdaus (4x100m Men)
6. Md. Amirudin Jamal (4x100m Men)
7. Wan Lay Chi (Discus Women)
8. Melvin Tan (Team Manager & Coach)
9. James Wong (Official)

Official Website: www.hkaaa.com

Selangor Open (2-3 Jul)

A total of 23 Singapore athletes, the bulk formed by athletes from Wings Athletic Club, a couple pole vaulters and national jumpers will take part in this Malaysian state meet.

1. Edwin Chong (Pole Vault Men)
2. Dominic Chan (Pole Vault Men )
3. Ng Kean Mun (Pole Vault Men)
4. Alex Yeo (Pole Vault Men)
5. Ng Zi Yi (Pole Vault Men)
6. Justina Chan (Pole Vault Women)
7. UK Shyam (100m Men)
8. Lim Yao Peng (100m & 200m Men)
9. Kishore Kanna (100m Men)
10. Asmah Hanim (400m Women)
11. Kenneth Khoo (400m Men)
12. Md. Sha (400m Men)
13. Timothy Tan (400m Men)
14. Hansen Tan (400m Men)
15. Valerie Seema (200m & 400m Women)
16. Daryl Lee Yi Rong (High Jump Men)
17. WeiDe Toh (Shotput & Discus Men)
18. Scott Wong (Shotput & Discus Men)
19. Teo Hui Juen (Javelin Women)
20. Stefan Tseng (Triple Jump Men)
21. Nurul Jannah (Long Jump Women)
22. Dickson Chen (Long Jump Men)
23. Michelle Sng (High Jump Women)

7th IAAF World Youth Championships (6-11 Jul)

This is the biggest squad SAA has sent in recent memory, as these juniors holds so much promise.

1. Tan Zong Yang (100m, 200m, Medley Relay Boys)
2. Donovan Chan (100m, Medley Relay Boys)
3. Ang Chen Xiang (110m Hurdles)
4. Ng Chin Hui (200m, 400m Boys, Medley Relay Boys)
5. Timothee Yap Jin Wei (400m Hurdles Boys, Medley Relay Boys)
6. Devaraj Zachary (800m Boys)
7. Wong Kai Yuen (Shotput & Discus Boys)
8. Chan Zhi Xuan (Discus Girls)
9. Ang Kwee Tiang (Team Manager)
10. Han Zhong Jian (Coach)
11. Jana Lauren (Coach)

Official Website: www.iaaf.org/WYC11

19th Asian Athletic Championships, Kobe, Japan (7-10 Jul)

A six-member team will be sent. SAA was given seven slots, six sprinters and one pole vaulter. Only Rachel Yang has met the qualifying mark, while the rest of the slots were allotted based on the top performer within the SEA Games window season.

1. Rachel Isabel Yang (Pole Vault Women)
2. Dipna Lim Prasad (100m Hurdles 0.838m Women)
3. Md. Elfi Mustapa (100m & 4x100m Men)
4. Gary Yeo (4x100m Men)
5. Calvin Kang (4x100m Men)
6. Izwan Firdaus (4x100m Men)
7. Md. Amirudin Jamal (4x100m Men)

Official Website: www.jaaf.or.jp/aac19/en

SAA will bring you the latest coverage of these events in the coming days.