28/09/1997
EIGHTY metres of the race belonged to Tan Kok Lin of Perak but the lasting
power of Sea Games-bound R. Ganeshwaran from Pahang won him the century
dash in the final leg of the MAAU-Milo-NSC National Junior Circuit at the
Merdeka Stadium.
Yesterday, Tan shot out like a bullet from the starting blocks and
Hamberi Mahat of Selangor, who beat Watson Nyambek to the gold at the
recent Inter-Bank Athletics, matched Tan's pace and left Ganeshwaran in
the cold.
Ganeshwaran regained his pace after the 50-metre mark and clocked 10.82
for the gold. Tan came in second with 10.97 while Hamberi finished in a
disappointing 11.08.
Ganeshwaran, who also won the Cheras and Paroi legs of the Junior
Circuit, was named the Best Overall Male Athlete and received RM500. His
time of 10.4 at the Paroi leg was a meet record.
In the triple jump, Malik Tobias of Malacca leapt to a new distance of
15.13m to erase the his old mark of 15.09m.
Malik was named the Most Promising Athlete of the Kuala Lumpur leg and
received RM300.
The Best Overall Woman Athlete award went to pole vaulter Sharipatil
Asma of Kelantan who equalled the meet record yesterday.
Malaysia Amateur Athletics Union (MAAU) president Datuk Khalid Yunus was
happy with the performance of the athletes although not many records were
rewritten in the three-leg circuit.
"The GP is an avenue for the juniors to prepare for the future, and
those who did exceptionally well in the three legs will be selected to
represent Malaysia at the Asian Athletics Championships to be held in
Bangkok on Nov 4-7."
Because of the haze and the Sea Games around the corner, the region's
best athlete declined invitation.
Roll of honour - Men's overall: 1 R. Ganeswaran (100m), 2 Malik Tobias
(triple jump), 3 K. Sangaralingam (400m hurdles); Women: 1 Sharipatil Asma
(pole vault), 2 Norseela Khalid (400m hurdles), 3 Mok Siew Wei (100m
hurdles).
Kuala Lumpur Leg - Malik Tobias (triple jump) and Moh Siew Wei (100m
hurdles). RESULTS
MEN - 100m: 1 R. Ganeswaran (Pah) 10.82, 2 Tan Kok Lian (Pk) 10.97, 3
Hamberi Mahat (Sel) 11.08; 400m: 1 Meor Shariman (Sel) 49.85, 2 Suresh
Morthy (Ked) 50.78, 3 Abdul Razak (Sel) 50.96; 1,500m: 1 A. Geevaraj (Sel)
4:11.10, 2 J. Vigneswaran (Sel) 4:12.86, 3 K. Gunaseelan (Sel) 4:13.47;
110m hurdles: 1 Kamarezami Kamaruddin (Ter) 15.50, 2 Cheah Kin Chong (Pk)
16.21, 3 Victor Low Kah Heng (KL) 16.29; 400m hurdles: R. Shankaralingam
(Sel) 55.60, 2 Mohamed Ridzuan (Ked) 56.13, 3 Khairul Hisham (Kel) 56.74.
3,000m steeplechase: A. Arul Thevar (Sel) 9:46.06, 2 K. Jayaganes (Pk)
10:15.24, 3 B. Moorthy (Sel) 10:20.57; 10,000m walks: 1 N. Vinayagam (KL)
45:53.56, 2 Mohamed Shahrulhaizy (KL) 46:37.09; Javelin: 1 Mohamed Norizat
(Sel) 53.08m, 2 Heng Mok Lai (Joh) 49.30, 3 Chan Eng Seng (Mal) 47.66;
High jump: 1 Goh Suan Nyok (Pg) 1.95m, 2 Koh Chan Seng (Sel) 1.95, 3 Yip
Meng Chee (Pg) 1.90; Pole vault: 1 Yap Lai Hin (Pk) 4.30m, 2 Armee Abu
Bakar (Sel) 3.10; Discus: 1 Nik Mazaid (Kel) 33.90m, 2 Mohamed Faizul
(Ked) 31.74, 3 Tee Teong Ching (Mal) 30.14; Shot putt: 1 Nik Mazaid Nik
Man (Kel) 12.82m, 2 Mohamed Faizul (Ked) 12.23, 3 Chou Kong How (Pah)
12.23; Triple jump: 1 Malik Tobias (Mal) 15.13m, 2 Khairul Anwar (Kel)
14.46, 3 Bonny Duni (Sab) 14.13; Long jump: 1 Wong Tong Fui (Joh) 7.39m, 2
Amnat Perat (Ked) 7.31, 3 Kamarezami Kamaruddin (Ter) 6.99; 4x100m: 1
Malaysia Junior A Team 43.64.
WOMEN - 100m: 1 Nik Norazura (Ter) 12.43, 2 Choi Ai Wei (Pah) 12.58, 3
Irene Hasliza (Sel) 12.89; 400m: 1 Carol Lucia Alfred (Pk) 59.12, 2
Masfuzah Abdullah (Kel) 61.39, 3 R. Premalatha (Sel) 62.61; 1,500m: 1
Mailin Salungin (Sel) 5:14.23, 2 Anggamah Maniam (Sel) 5:17.11, 3 Norlida
Ismail (Ter) 5:27.27; 5,000m walks: 1 Radha Muniandy (KL) 27:58.12, 2 D.
Lahsela (Sel) 28:16.00, 3 Kaliamah Maniam (KL) 29:49.05.
100m hurdles: 1 Moh Siew Wei (Pk) 14.72, 2 Noraseela Khalid (Sel) 15.29,
3 Dian Rafiee (Sel) 15.31; 400m hurdles: 1 Noraseela Khalid (Sel) 65.62, 2
Norizwani Zin (Kel) 73.21, 3 Low Hoon Ee (KL) 73.76; Pole vault: 1
Sharipatil Asma (Kel) 2.80m (equalled meet record); 2 Jas Maniah (Sel)
2.40, 3 Nik Suhaila (Kel) 2.20; Shot put: 1 Nancy Foo Michael (Sab) 9.98m,
2 Nurul Farahni (Sel) 9.64, 3 Siti Shahida (Pah) 9.50;High jump: 1 Zurina
Hashim (Joh) 1.55m, 2 M. Deepa Nambiar (Joh) 1.55, 3 Zuliqqa Latifah (Ked)
1.45; Long jump: 1 Fong Len Tze (Ter) 5.73m, 2 Wong Sook Ling (KL) 5.68, 3
Wan Noraini (Pah) 5.49.
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