Watson, Shanti scorch the lanes

25/05/1998

WATSON Nyambek and G. Shanti sailed away with the sprints golds at the
56th Negri Sembilan Open at the Paroi Stadium yesterday.
Watson clocked a hand timed 10.3 to crack the meet record while Shanti
also cracked the meet record with 11.5 seconds for the gold. Both had no
close challengers, Shanti won by a clean five yard margin.
"I am happy with the time but I could have done better if I had someone
to chase. Instead all the others were behind so I actually took my time
because there was no pressure," said Watson.
Watson started off the block slowly, and later admitted that he had to
work extra hard in the first 50m but once he got ahead of the rest, he
took it easy.
Results: Men's 100m: 1 Watson Nyambek (Bankputra) 10.3, 2 Hamberi Mahat
(Maybank) 10.4, 2 Tan Kok Lim (SAAS) 10.4; 1,500m: 1 A. Munusamy (Sel)
3:34.48 (meet rec), 2 Charles Suresh (Telekom) 4:05.1, 3 P. Arumugam (Joh)
4:12.1; 400m: Romzi Bakar (Maybank) 47.8, 2 D. Nadarajah (Pg) 48.5, 3 R.
Ramesh (Pcotd) 48.9; 110m Hurdles: 1 Nor Herman Majid (Bankputra) 14.5
(equalled meet rec), 2 Kam Sin Chuan (Joh) 15.1, 3 Kong Chan Kick (Pcsmk,
Jln Ipoh) 15.7; Shot put: 1 Mohamed Nazar (Pk) 15.74m, 2 Eliasin Etin
(Pctoad) 12.47m, 3 Nik Mazaid (SAAS) 12.44; Javelin: 1 Yazid Imran
(Maybank) 68.66m, 2 Hing Mok Lai (Joh) 57.82, 3 Mohamed Salim (Joh) 57.82;
Triple Jump: 1 Zulkefli Amin (Pah) 14.66, 2 Koong Chan Keck (Pcsmk, Jln
Ipoh) 14.2, 3 Poh Chee Sing (SAAS) 14.6; 4x400m: 1 Pctoad 3:23.6 (meet
rec), 2 Malacca 3:379, 3 Bankputra 3:45.0.
Women's 100m: 1 G. Shanti (Maybank) 11.5, 2 Josephen Job (Sab) 12.4, 3
K. Barathy (Pk) 12.5; 400m: 1 N. Manimagalay (Pah) 55.5, 2 K. Soloseni
(Maybank) 56.41, 3 Kuganeswari (Bankputra) 56.9; 1,500m: 1 M. Hemalatha
(Pah) 5;04.8, 2 Norlida Ismail (SAAS) 5:11.5, 3 S. Jeyaanthi (Joh) 5:24.8;
100m Hurdles: 1 Mok Siew Wei (SAAS) 14.2, 2 Hii Siew Nyok (Maybank) 14.4,
3 V. Vaskee (Gel) 15.3; Long Jump: 1 Fong Lew Tze (SAAS) 5.39m, 2 Wan
Noraini (Pah) 5.23m, 3 Masliza Shaari (Maybank) 5.01m; Javelin: 1 Delina
Marcus (Sab) 41.40m, 2 Nurul Fuziah (joh) 36.20m, 3 Siti Mariam (SAAS)
35.04m.
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