Lui, Yuan Chow broke 1500m boys 46-year-old record

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p64FCG3_cGs
Chow’s race. He finished in 4:02.47 in 9/17 position

Singapore distance running most promising talent, Lui, Yuan Chow does it again. He consecutively broke another distance record back to back, the 3000 metres youth/U17 boys record achieved last month and the 1500 metres youth/U17 boys record during the weekend.

Chow with his coach, Daniel Clark.

The 16-years-old Chow, rewrote Serjit Singh’s 46-year-old long standing 1500 metres boys records. He improved upon the timing by a nose, Chow’s 4:02.47 minutes effort was 0.03 seconds faster than Sergit’s hand-time result of 4:02.5 minutes.

The young prospect was in-fact not at his best, running the race while just recovered from a flu at the 2015 Australian All-Schools Championships, equivalent to our very own National Schools locally.

2015 Australian All-Schools Championships held at Lakeside Stadium

Born in 1999, Chow is a Singaporean and is currently studying in Melborne, Australia, where his family resides.

Singapore Athletics future looks bright. Congratulations Chow!

Chow with his parents, Jim and Lydia.

Age: 16 years old

DOB: 28 October 1999

Weight: 55kg

Height: 1.72m

Schools:

• Bethesda Chapel Kindergarten
• Completed Primary 1 at Red Swastika Primary School before moving to Australia
• Currently enrolled at Melbourne High School, Year 10, or equivalent to local Sec. 4

Personal Bests:

• 800m – 2:01.3 (17 Jan 2015) Doncaster, AV Shield
• 1500m – 4:09.4 (20 Jan 2015) Box Hill, Vic Milers Club Meet (Previous PB)
• 3000m – 8:50.05 (7 Nov 2015), Lakeside Stadium, Melbourne
• Long Jump – 5.93m

Video courtesy of Mr Jim Lui.

Record above is pending verification by SA.

Related links:
Lui, Yuan Chow broke 3000m boys 36-year-old record
Lui, Yuan Chow – U15 Boys 1500m new record holder