Two days ago, the track and field finals were held at Choa Chu Kang Stadium on the 27th of April at 2 pm. We were dismissed early at 12 noon and went over to SALT Centre to take our positions in taking a class there. Me and a few councillors took charge of class 1I3. Apparently we were the last class to leave as we had to await a few Sec 4s to board the same bus which also was the last bus.
Finally we arrived at the stadium at around 2.15 pm. All the classes were seated in the stadium when we entered and thus we had to be satisfied with the back row. It was a little far but still quite clear. In the meantime, there were some high jumps and javelin throws already taking place. Soon later the track events started and the main point of focused on the track. It started off with 100m sprints.
Majority of the competitors were from Hwa Chong as other schools did not send many athletes over. In the first we were lagging behind because our track and field team was not so good at sprints but rather long distances. It moved over to the 400m and then the 1.5km.
In the 1500m race there was one of my classmates participating, Sheu Xiang. We were screaming and cheering for him as he took of and he made outstanding performance by getting 5th position. Excellent job!
We had to urge the secondary 1s to cheer as they were mostly unenthusiastic and very reserved when it came to cheering. We had to cheer in their faces to get them to move. I wonder why this batch of Sec 1s are not as enthusiastic as other levels...
The last race ended not long after and then we had learnt that Hwa Chong had clinched the championships for all A, B and C division boys! We were so excited that we did many cheers and finally sang the school song as we felt proud of the athletes who achieved outstanding results. Everyone was so delighted as it was the 11th consecutive year for the B and C division boys to attain championships! That is a day we will truly remember.
(Term 2 Post #1)
