Terengganu sprinter, Azreen Nabila Alias broke the Girls Under 18, 100 metres record last night when she crossed the finishing line in a time of 12.02s, rewriting the old record of 12.07s registered by Johor, Chiew Hui Lian in 2010 at the 58th Malaysian Schools Sports Council Track & Field Championship held at the Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin Stadium in Kuala Nerus.
The Terengganu Sports School student said she was expecting to win but did not expect to break the games record but was glad in doing so to repay the faith that was put in her by her coach Mohamad Nizam Yusop.
Elice Grenggori@Gregory of Sabah finished as the runners-up with a time of 12.58s while Selangor, Hee Xio Yee bagged the bronze medal with a time of 12.70s.
Negeri Sembilan Muhammad Haiqal Hanafi bagged the Boys Under 18 100 metres sprint gold when he pipped home favourite, Muhammad Zulfiqar Ismail to the finishing line. Haiqal clocked 10.66s just 0.11s faster than Zulfiqar's time of 10.77s.
There was also another heartbreak for the home fans when Muhammad Shahriey Haazwanie Mohamad Shukri was pipped to the gold medal by Sarawak Audray MacShaquille Henry Jugah by 0.01s in the Boys Under 12 100 metres category.
Audray clocked a time of 12.37s with Shahriey recording 12.38s. Mohamad Idham Aqasha Mohamad Sabri of Pahang took the bronze with a time of 12.40s.
However Terengganu collected their second gold medal from the tracks in the 400 metres Girls Under 15 category when Noor Faizatul Nathasha Mohamad Bakri finished first with a time of 61.91s. Sabah Erlyn Yoong collected the silver with a time of 62.40s with Nur Ezrina Sofia Emylin Rosmizam took the bronze with a time of 63.57s.
Kedah Mohamad Anaqi Fitri Sobri registered a jump of 14.58m to win the gold in the Boys Under 18 triple jump while Ng Yu Jie of Pahang excelled in the Girls Under 18 category with a distance of 11.78m.
LimHow Sieng broke the championship record in the Boys Under 15 Discus event with a throw of 54.49m to win the gold for Sarawak with team-mate, Yong Shie Liang collecting the silver with a throw of 52.69m.
Another Sarawakian athlete, Grace Wong Xiu Mei also rewrote the record in the Girls hammer throw with a distance of 52.70m, bettering her own record of 50.74m registered last year.
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