Three Swim Records Broken
By Emmielia Zaini

Bandar Seri Begawan - More records were broken in the swimming meet of the Pesta Sukan Kebangsaan yesterday with Maria Grace Koh breaking two new national records and Siu Kent Chung adding another.

Maria Grace Koh clocked the 400m IM in 5.46.28sec, smashing her old record of 5.52.29 set in Makassar. Another record that went up in smoke was the 200m freestyle where Maria Grace Koh shattered Felicia Lee's record of 2.26.54sec with a new record of 2.26.49sec

Siu Kent Chung smashed the 400m IM record of 5.37.33 held by Asmi bin Hadzid in Makassar in 2006 with a new record of 5.28.16sec.

Overall, Brunei-Muara conquered the swimming event yesterday by bagging 11 gold, seven silver and two bronze.

Siu Kent Chung of Brunei-Muara won gold by recording 1.00.35 sec in the Boys 100m freestyle. Winning the silver medal was Asreel Hj Ahad of Temburong in 1.04.28sec. Bronze went out to Samuel Wong C Siong of Brunei-Muara, finishing in 1.05.88sec.

The girls 100m freestyle was topped by record breaker Maria Grace Koh of Brunei-Muara in 1.06.67.Silver was also bagged by Brunei-Muara through Anmah Liyani Hussin in 1.11.22sec. Finishing third was Joanna Glover of RBA in 1.15.10sec.

In the boys 400m individual medley, Brunei-Muara snagged both gold and silver medals through Siu Kent Chung and Azmi Abd Hadzid in 5.28.16sec and 5.46.71sec respectively. Asreel Hj Ahad of Temburong settled with a bronze medal in 5.52.34sec.

In the girls 400m individual medley, Brunei-Muara heroine Maria Graace Koh, remained undefeated in 5.46.28sec. Another silver medal was won by Felicia Lee Li Ern of Brunei-Muara in 6.08.16sec.

Falling behind with a bronze medal was RBA contender Rachel Glover in 6.32.32sec.

Another Brnnei-Muara hero, Siu Kent Chung, remained undefeated in the boys 200m freestyle. Callistus Tan of RBA came second. Samuel Wong C Siong finished third.

Maria Grace Koh added another gold to Brunei-Muara collection in the girls 200m freestyle. In second place was Felicia Lee Li Ern from Brunei-Muara. Third place went out to RBA through Rachel Glover.

Siu Kent Chung and Azmi Abd Hadzid of Brunei-Muara overpowered Sport School Council's Mohd Fauzi Yossli in the boys 200m breaststroke.

The girls 200m breaststroke was topped by Maria Grace Koh of BruneiMuara. Silver bronze were grabbed by RBA through Lim Jia Xia and Courtney Powell.

In the boys 10m fly and Girls 100m fly, Brunei-Muara easily snagged gold and silver through Siu Kent Chung, Adrian Lim Dian Yang, Maria Grace Koh and Felicia Lee Li Ern, RBA settled for bronze in both event through Nicholas Young and Rachel Glover.

In the boys 800m relay freestyle, Brunei-Muara bagged another gold in 9.42.67. RBA in second finished in1.023.55sec. Sports School Council landed third in 1.044.76sec. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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