Maria Breaks Two National Records
By James Kon

Bandar Seri Begawan - Maria Grace Koh continued her dominance in swimming when she shattered two national records in the 8th Pesta Sukan Kebangsaan yesterday.

Maria, a student from 315 representing Brunei-Muara district broke the girl's 200m fly and 200m backstroke records.

Maria broke Lisa Chan's record of 3.04.15 set in 1999 with a new record time 2.39.86 in the 200m fly.

Second was Felicia Lee Li Em of Brunei-Muara (3.06.80) and third was Rachel Glover of RBA (3.18.80).

In the 200m backstroke Maria broke her own national record of 2.44.53 set in 2006 in Makassar with a new national record of 2.44.21.

Second was Felicia Li Em of Brunei-Muara followed by Rachel Glover of RBA. In addition to the two gold medals, Maria also took gold in the girl's 100m breaststroke with a time of 1.25.57 and the girl's 400m freestyle relay. Second in the girl's 100m breaststroke was Lim Jia Xia of RBA and third was Courtney Poweell also of RBA.

Thus far, Maria has bagged eight gold medals and broke five age group records and two national open records since the swimming events started on Friday.

In other results, Siu Kent Chung of Brunei-Muara district won gold in the boy's 400m freestyle with a time of 4.53.02. The silver medal went to Callistus Tan of RBA with a time of 5.09.20 while Asreel Hj Ahad of Temburong won the bronze with a time of 5.16.20.

Felicia Lee Li Ern of Brunei-Muara district won the girl's 400m freestyle gold with a time of 5.16.54 followed by Belait's Rohemah H Mohd Salim (6.04.86) and her team mate Sulia Hj Mohd Salim (6.09.43).

For the boy's 200m fly, Siu Kent Chung of Brunei-Muara district won the gold medal with a time of 2.37.33. Azmi Abd Hadzid also from Brunei-Muara (2.42.36) took silver and Nicholas Young of RBA (2.56.88) the bronze medal.

Kent Chung won another gold for BruneiMuara- District with a time of 1.20.57 in the boy's 100m breaststroke while his compatriot Azmi Abd Hadzid was second followed by Asreel Hj Ahad of Temburong.

Brunei-Muara's Kent Chung took his fourth gold medal of the day when he outpaced the rest of the field with a time of 2.32.68 in the 200m backstroke. The silver went to Asreel Hj Ahad of Temburong with a time of 2.48.28 and Adrian Lim Dian Yang of Brunei-Muara took bronze with a time of 2.52.01.

Brunei-Muara continued their domination when they clinched the gold medal in the boy's 400 freestyle team event. In second place was RBA followed by Sports School Council.

In the girl's 400m freestyle team relay, Brunei-Muara took gold with a time of 4.45.99 while silver went to RBA with a time of 5.15.47. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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