SST's 2nd Track and Field Meet (Video)

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SST's 2nd Annual Track and Field Meet

On 31^st August 2011, SST held it’s 2^nd Annual Track and Field Meet. The meet, held at the Clementi stadium, started off with the flag-rising and the recitation of the Athletes Oath under the lead of Eugene. All the students were standing according to their classes before being dispersed into their respective houses and the competitors for the events held on that day. 

A representative from each of the 5 houses ran in the torch relay with a genuine Olympic Torch, ending off with the representative from the red house, last year’s champion for the inter-house competition, to light the cauldron. Just before the lighting of the cauldron, a party popper  bursting had taken everyone by surprise, lifting the mood of the school. Mr Chua Chor Huat, principal of SST, released the first pistol shot with a loud bang, kicking off SST’s 2^nd annual track and field meet. 

This year, there were quizzes announced in between the events for the school to response to. In order to submit their answers, the participants are required to send their answer to a number within 7 minutes and the fastest one with the correct answer was the winner. Among the quizzes, quiz question 3 and 6 were meant only for teachers and parents. 

The first event that took place was the 100m boys finals, followed by the 100m girls finals. Niklaus Teo (Red House) from 209 emerged as champion for the 100m boys final while Valery Tan (Black House) from 107 won the girls’ finals. Next up was the 800m Boys final with Jing Heng (Red House) from 208 as the champion. Prizes for the completed events including the field events and quiz winners was presented to the respective winners as they took to their places on the position podium after the first few events. 

The events commenced right after the prize presentation with the 200m boys final, 200m girls final and 400m boys final. Once again , Niklaus from 209 clinched the champion for the 200m boys event, with Yan Jin (Red House) from 203 winning the 200m girls and lastly, Kim Allen from 103 winning the 400m boys finals. Proceeding, the spectators were engaged in the Inter-House Game as each of the house groups have to keep the beach ball up in the air for as long as possible. 

After that Inter-House Game, the relay races began. The first two relay races that took place were the 4 X 100m Girls Final and 4 X 100m Boys Final. The red house team won the girls final and the yellow house clinching the champion for boys final after the disqualifying of the black and red house, where a runner had stepped out of the line. 

What’s up next? The games for the teachers have started! The teachers were required to bit on a straw and transfer a bunch of rubber bands from one end to the other for the first part of the games, followed by the teachers securing their shoes on hard plastic board with raffia strings, forming a line and do the “caterpillar” walk together to cross the finishing line. for the second part of the games. All the students crowded around the teachers and joined in the fun by cheering their teachers on. Finally, after the stumbles and tangles, the teachers made it to the finishing line. 

Next up, the relay races continue. The relay events were the 4 X 400m girls finals, 4 X 400m boys final and the Parent-Teacher-Staff 4 X 100m relay. For the 4 X 400m girls final, the Black House relay team clinched the championship, beating the Red House relay team by just 2 seconds! For the 4 X 400m boys final, the Red House relay team clinched the championship once again. And lastly, for the Parent-Teacher-Staff, Red House clinched championship. 

As the end of the meet was drawing closer, the winners of the inter-house competition were announced. Mr Lam Hin Chew took the microphone and invited Mr Chua to present the trophies. Mr Lam started by announcing the 3^rd place winner, which was Green House. Green House members cheered for their house as the House Captain of Green House went up the the podium and received the third place trophy from Mr Chua. 

Next up, Mr Lam announced the 2^nd place winner, which was Blue House. Louder cheers were heard from the Blue House members as their house captain went up to the podium and received the second place trophy. 

Finally, the tension is high as Mr Lam was about to announce the first place winners. Finally, Mr Lam announced the first place winners, which were Red House. Loud cheers erupted from the members and the House Captain went up to the podium and accepted the trophy from Mr Chua. 

At last, Mr Chua took the mic, gave a speech and officially ended the meet. 

Interviews with some of the winners:

Ho Yan Jin, Red House, 203. 

Question: How many trophies did you win? 

Answer: I won 2 golds, 1 silver and 1 bronze. 

Question: How do you feel after getting all these achievements?

Answer: Actually, before the race, I was very nervous as I wasn’t very confident for the run, so I was just hoping for the best. I don’t think that it’s the achievements that you get that matters, I think it’s the running. I find running very fun. So it’s just competing with your friends and even if you lose, you know where you stand so you know where you could improve better. 

Question: What is one word that you would use to describe the whole event?

Answer: Meaningful.

4 X 400m Girls Relay, Black House Team. 

Question: Did you win? (Before the official results were out) 

Answer: We are not sure we won. We just randomly formed a team and took part in this relay for fun. We didn’t expect to win.  

House Captain of Red House, Chio Jia Le, 209. 

Question: How do you feel after Red House won the inter-house competition once again?

Answer: I feel that we kind of expected Red House to win again. However, we did not let our guard down and held regular training for our individual events. 

Question: How would you ensure Red House wins the championship again next year?

Answer: As we are going to have 2 categories for next year, I will make sure each category’s competitors train hard for their event. And thus, we are guaranteed to win again next year. 

Red House 4 X 100m Parent-Teacher-Staff relay team. 

Question: How do you feel after the race? 

Answer: Quite tiring as I have not been running for a long time. (Mr Irfan) 

Question: Was there any goal(s) you wanted to achieve before you ran the race? 

Answer: The only goal was to have fun, not to win. 

Question: How well do you guys think you fared as a team? 

Answer: I think we did quite alright, despite the fact that we didn’t train at all. 






Article and interview done by: Mavis (101) and Genevieve. (104) 

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Track and Field Meet Day 2

It was Day 2 of the heats for the Sports Track and Field meet. The events for that day were the Javelin Throw and the Shot Put. After the briefing, the teachers-in-charge, Mr Dennis Lam and Mr Aidil, led their candidates participating in the Javelin Throw and Shot Put respectively to the basketball court. Some of the candidates warmed up along the way to get their heart pumping. Both events were occurring at the same time.

At the basketball court, the heats was kicked off with the girls doing their tryouts first. At the Javelin Throw, the candidates were giving all their all. They first started running and then throw the Javelin before a line with all the momentum they gained in the run. The Secondary Twos were an exception. They had to stand at a closer distance to the line and throwing the Javelin without moving much. Determination was written all over their faces as they tried their best to throw the Javelin as far as they could. Here are the results for girls Javelin:

Name	Class	Distance
Davina Ling Li Xin	S2-09	19.77m
Sandy Khoo	S1-01	15.96m
Chua Jia En	S1-02	15.53m

At where the Shot Put tryouts was being held, metal shots sailed through the air one after the other. The girls were extremely lucky as there was only 8 girls participating in the Girls Shot Put event so they had already earned points for their houses. They put all their effort in the tryouts and the results are below:

Name	Class	Distance
Carrisa Lew En Hui	S1-07	6.83m
Teoh Yun	S2-02	6.38m
Grace Tan Soo Woon	S2-01	5.62m

After the girls’ tryouts, it was time for the boys to go for the heats.

At the Boys Javelin Throw, ‘ooh’ and ‘aaahhh’s were heard as the boys threw the Javelin with all the strength they could muster. The rules for the boys are similar to the girls. Everyone gave 100% determination and were satisfied and some elated with the overall results:

Name	Class	Distance
Ng Kai Chek	S2-01	27.17m
Marcus Au	S2-06	24.47m
Karan Sarat	S2-02	23.65m

The candidates at the Boys Shot Put was also trying hard to get a place in the semi-finals. They basically have to push a metal shot forward as far as they can. They must achieve this without stepping out of a circle. Unfortunately, many boys committed fouls, but through it all, they put all their blood and sweat and tried the best they could. The overall winner was miraculously again Ng Kai Chek.

Name	Class	Distance
Ng Kai Chek	S2-01	10.21m
Abu Ubaidah	S2-06	8.68m
Teh Howe Wee	S1-03	8.09m

Though some people did not get through to the finals, all of them had a great time. Some of them realized their potential while others got some tips from the teachers. I congratulate those who have made it to the finals and encourage those who did not make it to try again. 

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Track And Field Meet Day 1

SPORTS MEET 2011

Heats Day 1 @ Queenstown Stadium

The annual SST sports meet consists of a series of heats over a few weeks, and a day of finals at the end of the heats. All the students from Secondary 1 and many from Secondary 2 came to represent their houses in this annual sports meet.

The first day of the heats took place at Queenstown Stadium. Many students gathered in the school hall at 2.30pm and listened to Mr Lam’s briefing, after which they departed for Queenstown Stadium on a few buses.

Trying their best!

Notice the cast? Kudos!

There was an extremely tense atmosphere at the stadium. There was a lot of suspense on who would be the first in the heats. Whenever a race started, the students would cheer for their friends, and a lot of applause could be heard when the first runner finished the race.

The crowd slowly dispersed, as more and more students finished competing in their events. Even though the competition was extremely tiring, and students that had completed the race could go home, a lot of students stayed on to cheer their friends on.

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