No holiday for athletes during CNY break

By STUART MICHAEL
metrospt@thestar.com.my
Photos by M. AZHAR ARIF

Speeding up: Tentera Darat’s Hafizi Talib (in yellow) on his way to winning the 300m event.

 

IN PREPARATION for the upcoming MSSKL Zone Athletic meets, a few schools in Kuala Lumpur sent their students to compete in the FTKLAA/MSSKL Throws, Jumps and Under-Distance Athletic Meet at the National Sports Council training track in Bukit Jalil recently.

According to Abraham Joseph Raj, who coaches the SMK Sri Pantai athletic team, 17 students took part in the meet.

“We won one silver and two bronze medals. That is a great accomplishment.

“Last year, our school won one gold, two silvers and 16 bronze in the MSSKL athletic meet for Bangsar Zone.

“This created history for the school even though we do not have a field for athletics training. I usually enter the students for road races and even train running outside the school.

“We are looking forward to do even better in the upcoming Bangsar Zone MSSKL Athletic Meet to be held at Sri Permaisuri mini stadium in Bandar Sri Permaisuri from March 4 to 7,’’ he said.

Up, up and away: Bukit Jalil Sports School's R. Kirthana in action in the women's triple jump event.

 

Sri Garden School retired teacher S. Arunandy, who is a qualified athletics coach, brought 42 students — the second biggest group at the meet.

Arunandy said the competition was aimed at preparing his students for the upcoming MSSKL Athletic meet.
“I hope they will perform well after gaining experience here.

“Although this meet is held during the Chinese New Year holidays, the students were looking forward to competing as it is the first competitive meet in the Federal Territory Kuala Lumpur Athletic Association (FTKLAA) calendar,’’ he said.

Besides these two schools, Bukit Jalil Sports Schools (BJSS) sent 71 students while Bandar Penawar Sports School had 33 students, followed by SMK Seri Sentosa (33), Police (22), Ground Forces (21), Malacca (20), Alice Smith School (19), Kluang Sports School in Johor (18), Rakan Muda (15) and Paralympic Team (14).

FTKLAA vice-president N.T. Balan said he was pleasantly surprised by the encouraging turnout at the meet despite it being the holiday season.

“There were 290 boys and 222 girls taking part in the championship,’’ he said.

“When a participant manages to run the 60m event with a good timing, it will boost his morale, especially in the case of the younger athletes.

“They will find that they can go even further and start training seriously and eventually compete in normal athletics meets.

“It is all about development. And FTKLAA is very keen in seeing that junior athletes are groomed and have an avenue to compete,’’ added Balan.

Events held at the meet were shot putt, discus, high jump, triple jump, javelin, 3km walk, 5km walk, 2km hurdles, 3km hurdles, 60m, 150m, 300m, 600m, 1,200m, 3,000m — for both men and women.

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Komalam and Norshafiez set personal bests

By G. ARAVIND

 

KOMALAM SHALLY SELVARETNAM and Norshafiez Mohamad Shah were the shining stars of the FTAAA MSSKL Throws, Jumps and Under Distance competition held today at the National Sports Council Track in Bukit Jalil after setting personal bests in their respective events.

Komalam set a personal best of 40.89 seconds in the 300m event thus improving her previous record of 41.03s.

Komalam, the sprint queen of Malaysia returned to competition after a nine-year hiatus. The Perak-born runner last competed at the competition as a 16-year-old for Perak and won a silver.

Komalam said this was her first competition of the year and she wanted to have the best possible start.
“I’m happy that I have improved my personal best but there is a long way to go until the SEA Games so I have to maintain this form throughout the whole year to be able to have a good chance of doing well in the competition.

Komalam will next be competing in the MASUM games next week in Penang.

“I will be taking part in the 4×100 and 4×200 relay events as I have decided to take a break from the individual events after the competition today.

Sixteen-year-old Norshafiez from Sekolah Sukan Tunku Mahkota Ismail was simply phenomenal as he created a new personal best with a jump of 1.95m in the high jump event to erase his previous best of 1.92m.

Norshafiez said his aim is to break into the two metre mark by the end of the year.

“Today, I’m very happy to have bettered my personal best but I will have to try harder to get past the two metre mark which is quite difficult.

He added the feeling of having secured first place gave him the confidence to go for more jumps as there was no pressure on him.

Finals
Men
60m: 1.Hafizi Talib (Armed Forces) 6:94; Asnawi Hashim (Malacca Education Ministry) 7:02; 3. Muhd Aqmal Safuan (Malacca Education Ministry) 7:04
150m: 1.Muhammad Azam Masri (Education Ministry of Malacca) 16.26; 2. Hafizi Talib (Armed Forces) 16.60; Asnawi Hashim (Education Ministry of Malacca) 16.76
300m: 1.Muhammad Azam Masri (Education Ministry of Malacca) 42:20; 2. Badrul Hisham Abd Manaf (Education Ministry of Malacca) 42:50
600m: 1.Schzuan Ahmad Rosely (MAF) 1:21:50;2.  S.Mathialagan (Armed Forces) 1:23:16; 3. Revin Ramuh (BJSS) 1:24:16
1200m: 1.Jeeventhiran Victor (National Elite) 3:18:56; 2. Putra Azrul Syazwan (BJSS) 3:24:16; 3. Asif Rahman (BJSS) 3:24:25
3000m: 1.Jironi (MAF) 8:56:32; 2. Ahmad Luth (National Elite) 8:59:45; 3.Saran Raj Sivamani (National Elite) 9:01:17
3000m steeplechase: 1.Mohd Saahdan Mohd Pittli (Armed Forces) 10:52:26; 2. Casaniya Anak Maom (Armed Forces) 11:05:52; 3. Mohd Ismail Radzi (SMK Seri Pantai) 11:49:21
5,000m Walk: 1.Mohd Khairil Harith (MAF) 21.52:53; 2. Muhd Hanafi Salim (BJSS)
24.11: 34; 3. Mohd Azizi Anwar (MAF) 25.29: 28
Triple jump: 1.Ahmad Firdaus Salim (SMK Seri Sentosa) 14.40m; 2. Muhd Afiq Akmal (BJSS) 14.32m; 3. Arif Hamid (Johor Sports School) 13.28m
Long jump: 1.Mohd Syazwan Zakaria (BJSS) 6.51m; 2. Muhd Afiq Akmal (BJSS) 6.45m; 3. Muhammad Afiq Ahmad (Johor Sports School) 6.40m
High jump: 1.Norshafiez Mohamad Shah (SSTMI) 1.95m; 2. Muhammad Lafizzudin Asrah (Johor Sports School) 1.78m; 3. Sharul Shariq Kamaruddin (Johor Sports School) 1.70m
Shot putt: 1.Mohamad Ziyad (NSC Paralympic) 14:05m; 2. Hisam Che Soh (NSC Paralympic) 10.53m; 3. Muhammad Faiq Meslan (Johor Sports School) 10.18m
Discus: 1.Muhammad Irfan Shamsuddin (MAF) 42.21m; 2.Muhammad Afifi Najhy Ali (BJSS) 36.03m; 3. Muhammad Aminuddin Mohd (BJSS) 34.19m
Javelin throw: 1.Choi Jian Fai (SMK Seri Sentosa) 49.28m; 2. Muhammad Ashraf Abu
(Johor Sports School) 47.00m; Muhamad Nurul Haritul Fariz (Johor Sports School) 44.73m

Women
60m: 1.Nurul Ainna Faizal (Johor Sports School) 8:15; 2. Nur Syafiqah Anis (Johor Sports School) 8:24; Norfazielah Shuiani (Johor Sports School) 8:29
150m: 1.Kirthana Ramasamy (BJSS) 20.02; 2. Nurul Ain Ahmad Petari (SSTMI) 20.51
300m: 1.Komalam Shally (MAF) 40.89; 2. Shereen Samson (Perak Sports Council) 41.24
600m: 1.Nurulassikin Mohd Rasid (BJSS) 1:42:20; 2. Nurul Faezah Asma (MAF) 1:42:84; 3. Jocelyn Samson (Perak Sports Association) 1:43:03
1200m: Savinder Kaur Joginder (BJSS) 4:01:26; 2. Nurfatihah Najaa Zolkepli (SSTMI) 4:38:02; 3. Emily Teoh (SMK Seri Sentosa) 4:44:48
3000m: 1.K.Ganthimathi (MAF) 10 min 38 sec; 2. Noor Amelia Musa (Police) 10 min 45 sec; 3. Melinda Kaur 10min 54 sec
5000m walk: 1.Siti Sofea Mohd Sukri (BJSS) 30 min 48 sec; 2. Aina Fadhlin Syahmina (BJSS) 31 min 46 sec; 3. Ain Nurfitrah Asror (SMK Seri Pantai) 33 minutes 7 seconds
Triple jump: 1.Kirthana Ramasamy (BJSS) 11.99m; 2. Noor Shahidatun Nadia Mohd Zaki (BJSS) 11.70m; 3. Nur Izzati Akmal Nazribzdin (BJSS) 11.15m
Long jump: 1.Noor Shahidatun Nadia Mohd Zaki (BJSS) 5.98m; 2. Nur Izzati Akmal Nazrilazdin (BJSS) 5.22m; 3. Malisha Nurkamaliah (BJSS) 5.00m
High jump: 1.Tuan Juliana Tuan Hassan (BJSS) 1.45m; 2. Siti Nurathirah Mohd Razi (SSTMI) 1.41m; 3. Amanda Ho Tze Xian (Sri Garden) 1.37m
Shot putt: 1.Bib Nuraisyah Ishak (BJSS) 11.77m; 2. Norhashima Mohd Shahril (BJSS) 10.35m; 3. Hemala Devi (NSC Paralympic) 9.88m
Discus: 1.Nur Amalina Ibrahim (SSTMI) 31.59m; 2. Aqilah (SMK Seri Sentosa) 27.95m; Siti Nurainn (Johor Sports School) 27.65m
Javelin: 1.Aqilah (SMK Seri Sentosa) 34.13m; 2. Fatin Norshaheera (Federal Territory Sports School) 33.91m; 3. Alzin Najiha Norsham (Education Ministry of Malacca) 27.94m

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