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Posted by Sha
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Photo from last year’s cross country, same venue, renewed challenge. Are you up for it!
The 62nd edition of Singapore Athletic Association’s will be held this Saturday the 19th of January.
Bedok Reservoir will once again be the venue as it did last year, and some 460 participants are expected to pound the gravel Bedok trail terrain.
Last year saw the emergence of our local distance runners coming of age, such as Soh Rui Yong who won the men’s Open event. The 21-year-old finished third position in 2011 and proceed to claim the title in his category the year after. He’s returning again this year and is poised for another win.
The cross country which is held a week before the IVP Games, the participation in the open categories are missing many of its tertiary athletes as institutions are instead gearing and preparing to field their athletes in the Institute-Varsity-Polytechnic Games.
The men’s Open team title is most likely a 3-team tussle between National University of Singapore, Police Sports Association and Macritchie Runner 25.
The Swift Athletes Association team although seems like an outside contender for the team title, it has a number of favorites in its field to cause an upset.
For the women Open category, it will a battle between the Track versus Trail queens.
Junior athlete Ranjitha D/O Raja who has been dominating the middle distance events these recent years will be leading up front with long distance specialist Clara Wong Wan Qi of NUS. The undergrad recently represented Singapore at the ASEAN University Games in the 5,000m and 10,000m events.
Not forgetting was last year’s POL-ITE 3,000m champion Mok Ying Rong who is also in the field. She posted the fastest 5,000m women timing last year and is considered as another top threat for the title.
Come Saturday it will indeed be an exciting race, so we hope to see you there!
Video recap
These are footages from last year’s SAA Cross Country Championships held on 21st January at Bedok Reservoir.
Timeline marker
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00:09 minute – Pre-race footages
04:09 minute – RACE for Girls U15 & U18
09:30 minute – RACE for Women U20, Open & Master
13:14 minute – RACE for Boys U15 & U18
19:02 minute – RACE for Men U20, Open & Master
25:13 minute – PRIZE for Girls U15
26:15 minute – PRIZE for Girls U18
28:25 minute – PRIZE for Women U20
29:43 minute – PRIZE for Women Open
31:53 minute – PRIZE for Women Master
32:23 minute – PRIZE for Boys U15
34:12 minute – PRIZE for Boys U18
35:58 minute – PRIZE for Men U20
37:57 minute – PRIZE for Men Open
39:25 minute – PRIZE for Men Master
Some stats
- 2013 number of participants: 460
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U15 43 female / 71 male
U18 96 female / 98 male
Junior 34 female / 44 male
Open 19 female / 40 male
Masters 1 female / 14 male - 2012 number of participants: 585
- Youngest boy/girl competitor: 13-years-old
- Oldest women competitor: 52-years-old
- Oldest men competitor: 81-years-old
Last year’s 2012 Winners
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Men Open 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. 16:11 Soh Rui Yong Raffles Institution
2. 16:48 Karithic Harish Ragupathy Swift
3. 16:53 Jason lawrence Macritchie Runner 25
Men U15 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. 19:10 Tan Chong Qi Raffles Institution
2. 19:32 Chester Lee Catholic High School
3. 19:36 Keith Yong Sheng Wei Singapore Sports School
Men U18 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. 17:44 Heng Yu Jie Catholic High School
2. 17:50 LEROI LEE Nan Nan Hua High School
3. 17:55 Lim Jia De Catholic High School
Men U20 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. 17:32 Yong Ren Wei Bryan Raffles Institution
2. 17:39 Hui Jia Sheng Jared Catholic Junior College
3. 17:50 Sean Lim Yi Fang ACS( Independent)
Men Masters 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. 20:22 Donald Ng Macritchie Runner 25
2. 20:26 Michael Craig Macritchie Runner 25
3. 20:30 Harold Or Macritchie Runner 25
Women Open 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. 16:22 Renuka Satianathan Macritchie Runner 25
2. 17:10 Lim Sing Yi Alexis Swift
3. 17:22 Mok Ying Rong Swift
Women U15 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. 18:43 Valarie Lai River Valley High School
2. 19:03 Wang Jia Yu River Valley High School
3. 19:05 Nah Yi Xin Cedar Girls’ Secondary School
Women U18 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. 18:01 Nena Fritz Macritchie Runner 25
2. 18:07 Su Zann River Valley High School
3. 18:24 Winona Howe Seng Kang Secondary school
Women U20 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. 17:18 Belle Tan Xin Yi Anglo-Chinese Junior College
2. 17:42 Neo Hoon Suan Hwa Chong Instituition
3. 18:12 Lim Yu Han Hwa Chong Instituition
Women Masters 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. 19:18 JJ Shepherd Macritchie Runner 25
2. 21:36 Christina Tay Singapore Master Association
3. 22:08 Claire House Macritchie Runner 25
2011 Winners
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Men Open 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. Jason Lawrence MR 25 Team 1 15:58.29
2. Feroz Md Swift Team A 16:55.67
3. Soh Rui Yong Mindef Team 1 17:01.07
Men U15 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. Mohamed Imran Jashiruden RI Team 1 18:29.94
2. Shehib Bin Abdul wahab Marican RI Team 1 18:30.82
3. Leong Shou Xiang HCI (High) 19:11.74
Men U18 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. Karthic Harish Ragupathy SJI Team A 17:17.30
2. Lim Jing Hong Aldrich Macritchie Runners 25 17:38.74
3. Yong Ren Wei Bryan Victoria Team 1 (VS1) 18:02.86
Men U20 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. Wilbert Ho RI Team 1 17:05.47
2. Zachary Devaraj ACSI Team A 17:17.14
3. Benjamin Amaldas RI Team 1 17:23.01
Men Masters 2010 Top 3 (5KM)
1. James Copinger Symes Macritchie Runners 25 17:49.57
2. Michael Craig Macritchie Runners 25 18:34.89
3. Arnaud Deherrypon Macritchie Runners 25 19:48.09
Women Open 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. Jenny Lundgren Athlon 15:45.42
2. Lin Yvonne Swift Team A 17:20.15
3. Tan Hui Min, Melissa NUS Team 1 17:44.14
Women U15 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. Lok Xin Ying Cedar Team 4 19:25.44
2. John Marianne CGS Team 1 19:33.24
3. Tang Rachel RV Team B 19:55.22
Women U18 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. Zann Su RV Team A 18:29.98
2. Nicole Lum SSP 2 18:47.14
3. Lim Yan Han Janielle SNG 1 19:09.85
Women U20 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. Mok Ying Rong RI Team 1 17:03.11
2. Zahrah Wan RI Team 1 18:05.36
3. Wong Wan Qi Clara VJC 1 18:32.22
Women Masters 2010 Top 3 (4.3KM)
1. Evelyn Meier Unattached 17:35.73
2. Sara Lee Unattached 20:23.59
3. Christina Tay Singapore Masters Athletics 22:26.13
