Vasu books his Asean Games ticket

01/11/1998

S. VASU finished second behind Romzi Bakar in the 400m of the inter-bank
athletics championship yesterday but it was good enough to book a ticket
for the Asian Games in Bangkok.
Vasu clocked 50.24 for the fifth slot in the 4x400m squad.
The rest of the team are Romzi Bakar, D. Nadarajan, Saiful Zainal and
Yazid Parlan.
Romzi, of Maybank, took the 400m gold in 48.27, much slower than the
national record of 46.56. The meet record is 47.1.
Vasu was the only good news in the meet that is supposed to be the last
avenue to qualify for the Games.
N. Manimagalay, who was supposed to run in the 400m turned up an hour
late.
"This is definitely the last trial for the athletes to make the Asian
Games squad," said national chief coach J.V. Jayan.
Manimagalay, who clocked 54.56 for the Jakarta Sea Games gold and holds
a personal best of 53.71, said: "Why should I run when I know that I equal
the third placing mark of 52.35 to make the Asian Games?"
Meanwhile, Watson Nyambek will head for Auckland to run in the New
Zealand Open on Nov 21.
Watson missed his national mark of 10.30 by 0.04 seconds on Friday.
His coach, Mumtaz Jaafar, feels he needs the exposure.
"Watson has tremendous potential but he is easily awed by the presence
of big names at the starting block," said Mumtaz.
"If and when he overcomes this fear, there is no stopping him from
winning medals for the country."
"It is not that he does not have potential. It is just that he is still
a boy at heart and this might be a problem at the Asian Games when he
lines up with the Japanese and the Koreans. RESULTS
Div 1 - Men's 400m: 1 Romzi Bakar (Maybank) 48.27, 2 Amir Adam (Maybank)
51.05, 3 A. Nandakumar (BBMB) 52.68; 1,500m: 1 M. Ramachandran (Maybank)
4:01.27, 2 M. Shanmuganathan (Maybank) 4:06.11, 3 B. Balakavalan (Ban Hin
Lee) 4:20.79; 5,000m: 1 M. Ramachandran (Maybank) 15:19.00, 2 M. Arumugan
(Maybank) 15:23.55, 3 K. Baskaran (BBMB) 16:21.00; 10km walk: 1 B.
Thrukumaran (Maybank) 48:06.98, 2 Narinder Singh (BBMB) 48:07.18, 3 G.
Saravanan (BBMB) 49:19.08; 4x100m: 1 Maybank 42.79, 2 BBMB 44.95, 3 Public
49.79; Pole vault: 1 Lee Chin Hien (Maybank) 3.50m, 2 Gan Chee Keong
(Public) 3.30m, 3 Mohamed Rafee (Public) 2.8m; Shot put: 1 Petri Ghani
(Maybank) 14.24m, 2 T. Tharmarajah (Public Bank) 11.83m, 3 Mohamed Rodzi
(Maybank) 11.11m; Long jump: 1 Ahmed Hudaib (Oman) 7.28m, 2 Rommy Rijun
(BBMB) 7.20m, 3 Zulkeply Ami (Public) 6.99m.
DIV 2 - 400m: 1 Maizuri Mahayuddin (Perwira) 52.86, 2 V. Ramesh (EON)
54.21, 3 Moses Ganesan (Arab Malaysian) 54.60; 1,500m: 1 S. Baskaran
(Southern) 4:50.89, 2 Jonason Lorsamy (EON) 4:56.20, 3 Mohamed Nazri (BOC)
5:01.10; 5,000m: M. Rajendran (Arab Malaysian) 18:58.25, 2 S. baskaran
(Southern Bank) 19:17.27, 3 Ratan Singh (BOC) 20:16.63; 10km walk: 1
Mohamed Fardil (BSN Commercial) 1hr 03:39.82, 2 V. Neduchevan (Standard
Chartered) 1hr 03:39.82, 3 U. Bagwandi (BOC) 1hr 05:19.71; Long jump: 1
Yusree Sijam (Perwira Affin) 6.34m, 2 Yii Ching Ming (Standard Chartered)
6.15m, 3 Mohamed Dahari (Arab Malaysian) 6.13m; Shot put: 1 Norazaha Ahmad
(Perwira Affin) 12.02m, 2 Chakran Ah Nong (Pacific) 11.57m, 3 Zakaria
Zainal (BOC) 9.73m.
WOMEN'S DIV 1 - K. Soloseeni (Maybank) 56.00, 2 P. Kuganeswari (BBMB)
57.00, 3 Almawati Kasim (Public) 65.40; 1,500m: K. Latha (Maybank)
5:27.72, 2 Nancy Lai (Hongkong Bank) 5:40.73, 3 Lim Lay Sin (Ban Hin Lee)
6:02.56; 5,000m walk: 1 Nancy Lai (Hongkong Bank) 27:22.05, 2 Sadra Jacob
(Public) 32:30.41, 3 Tan Gaik Teng (Ban Hin Lee) 34:05.64; Discus: 1
Angelina Ling (Hock Hua) 31.40m, 2 Lee Yen Ling (Maybank) 30.30m, 3 Ang
Sau Ping (Ban Hin Lee) 29.78m.
DIV 2 - 400m: 1 Michelle Lau (Citibank) 76.00, 2 Kakyati Hashim (Arab
Malaysian) 77.00, Sue Fang Kiew (Standard Chartered) 78.00; 1,500m: Carol
Ng (Standard Chartered) 6:10.59, 2 Lucy Lim (OCBC) 6:33.68, 3 Nor Aishikin
(Citibank) 6:57.54; 5,000m walk: 1 Adeline Stanley (Arab Malaysian)
36:51.43, 2 Vera Yap (Standard Chartered) 38:04.00, 3 Maureen Berokon
(Standard Chartered) 41:03.23; 4x100m: 1 Standard Chartered 58:24.4, 2
Arab Malaysian 59:19.0, 3 Citibank 62:51.0; High jump: 1 Jennifer Chan
(Southern Bank) 1.20m, 2 Lilian Lo Fui Ping (Standard Chartered) 1.15m, 3
Rafidah Asir (Citibank) 1.15m; Discus: 1 Nurshuila Zalina (Arab Malaysian)
25.28m, 2 Noreedah Mohamed (BOC) 19.46m, 3 Mahiela Salim (Perwira) 19.04m.
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