Saturday, July 7, 2007
day1:
3000m kicked start the event, but it was a boring start since the fast runners arent going fast as it was the heats only, and the slow runners were taking a really long time to finish the race. the rain came and dampened the mood at the stadium even further. but things took a turn after the "rain concert" ended. 400m girls was next. there was one stupid mistake though, made by the officials. apparently 1 girl in lane 2 started at the 4x400m starting lane instead of the 4x100m/400m starting line, so she ran abt 395m instead of 400. the starter + 4 other officials at the starting line didn't notice and started the race despite the spectators shouting at them. but it didnt matter, she didnt qualify anyway.
afternoon was 100m heats for all 3 divisions, boys and girls. an acsi b boy false started the second time and got DSQ-ed. he didn't even get to run. the first false start wasn't by him. damn sad right? so much for all that training. anyway, naraen + all 3 100m gals made it into the semis. ben missed semis by 0.2s.
day2:
4x100m - the race which we had worked so hard for. we tried so hard and got so far, in the end, we still couldn't make it. well, like what ben said, "we came, we fought, we left with our heads held high". quite an achievement considering our team is made up of only 2 trackers, 1 ex-soccer player and 1 chinese dancer. the girls on the other hand, managed to book a place in the finals, lane 4.
afternoon was 100m semis. this time only yujia qualified for the finals. 2nd qualifier. usarin missed the finals by 0.02s (WTF) and wan ching missed it by 0.07s (WTH). they got 9th and 10th respectively. well i guess lady luck just wasn't on their side. naraen's timing for his heats was better. as for throwers, joshua's shot put qualified for the finals but couldn't squeeze into top 8. feifan jumped well for her triple jump but i guess it just wasn't good enough.
6 more days. go team nj.
there can be no triumph, without loss
aaron | 11:40 AM
