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By Rameshon
Bsc (Hons) Degree in Physical Education, Loughborough University (1992-1994)
Masters in Education (University of Western Australia, 2005-2008)
INTER-VARSITY TRACK AND FIELD RACE - 24/10/2010
On Sunday, 24th of October, I went down to watch the Inter-Varsity race. I wanted to see how my friend, Ashley Liew, faired in this race. I also met other friends like Sheryl Loh, a former Hwa Chong Institution (College) student and Brendan Lee, currently a Singapore Management University student, who came to support Ashley Liew. We found the race interesting because Mok Ying Ren was running as well.
I felt that surely Mok Ying Ren had a very good chance of coming in first basing from his current performances in some races. He has shown good form consistently. In the recent New Balance Real Run (17/10/2010), Mok did very well in the race behind two top foreign runners.
At the same time, Ashley Liew has also made some progress recently. We were hoping that he will get top 3 for the race, maybe even a second. We realised in the race there was another good runner by the name of Girider Swaminathan. Hence, we thought, there was a chance of coming in third, instead of second. Anyway, I thought that a race can be unpredictable.
Ahead of everyone, Mok had a big lead and he came in first with a creditable time of 33m 12.85sec. During the race, Ashley was aiming for the second position and was pushing during the early part of the race. Meanwhile, Swaminathan was conserving his energy and waited towards the last few kilometres where he overtook Ashley Liew and came in second for the 10km race.
We felt happy for Ashley because two years back he did 39 min 21.98sec for this race. Last year, in the Inter-Varsity race, he did 38min 20.31sec. However, in the recent race, he did a personal best of 35min 33.17sec. This was something good for him.
I believe that basing from the 10km race, both Ashley and Mok Ying Ren have a very good chance of going below 2hr 40min for the Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon 2010. I believe that both runners are going to be the ones to raise the standard of Singapore athletics. Hopefully, the SSC and SAA are eyeing on these runners and are supportive towards these aspiring runners. It has been long that we have runners like them. Mok Ying Ren came in first for the local section of Singapore Standard Chartered Marathon race, while Ashley came in as the local second, in the men's open category.
Oct 2008: 10000m
1 Mok, Ying Ren NUS 33:57.81 NR
2 Ang, Chee Yong NTU 36:02.84
3 Meng, Aaron NUS 36:39.21
4 Pek, Shao Ling Eugene NP 38:53.94
5 Yeo, Dun Quan RP 39:12.86
6 Salim, Mohd Firdaus ITE 39:16.36
7 Liew, Ashley SMU 39:21.98
8 Wan, Wei Yang NP 39:49.41
Oct 2009:10000m
1 Mok, Ying Ren NUS 33:32.90 NR
2 Meng, Aaron NUS 34:58.79
3 Ang, Chee Yong NTU 36:46.30
4 Ong, Marcus NYP 37:15.79
5 Lip Kee, Tay NTU 37:27.13
6 Yatim, Juwahir ITE 37:45.45
7 Ng, Charlton SIM 37:53.58
8 Liew, Ashley SMU 38:20.31
Picture 1 - Ashley Liew, Rameshon, Brendan Lee and Sheryl Loh Oct 2008: 10000m
1 Mok, Ying Ren NUS 33:57.81 NR
2 Ang, Chee Yong NTU 36:02.84
3 Meng, Aaron NUS 36:39.21
4 Pek, Shao Ling Eugene NP 38:53.94
5 Yeo, Dun Quan RP 39:12.86
6 Salim, Mohd Firdaus ITE 39:16.36
7 Liew, Ashley SMU 39:21.98
8 Wan, Wei Yang NP 39:49.41
Oct 2009:10000m
1 Mok, Ying Ren NUS 33:32.90 NR
2 Meng, Aaron NUS 34:58.79
3 Ang, Chee Yong NTU 36:46.30
4 Ong, Marcus NYP 37:15.79
5 Lip Kee, Tay NTU 37:27.13
6 Yatim, Juwahir ITE 37:45.45
7 Ng, Charlton SIM 37:53.58
8 Liew, Ashley SMU 38:20.31
800m women
1 2m 27.22S SP Lossini J
2 2M 32.72S NTU Sharda Nikita
3 2M 34.23S NTU Amanda Teo
4 2M 35.39S NUS Zakiyah
5 2M 37.09S NUS Bte Mohd Noor
6 2M 43.46S NGEE ANN Cheng SiJia
7 2M 45.22S SMU Jennifer, King
8 2M 45.24S NP Phua Hua Qin
9 2M 45.90S NP Marisa Lee
10 2M 48.24S SI Mei Yi, Lee
11 2M 55.07S TP Hor Tse Xin
12 2M 59.13S TP Ng Kai Lin
800M MEN
1 1M 59.60S NUS MADANKUMAR
2 2M 00.91S NTU KUAN YONG, OON
3 2M 02.72S NTU COLIN TUNG
4 2M 05.71S NUS KENNY CHOO
5 2M 05.88S TP SAMUEL NG
6 2M 06.39S SI LEE ZHEN YANG
7 2M 08.28S ITE FAYIZ, MOHD HAJA
8 2M 09.63S NAP KUMAR, R. DINESH
9 2M 11.59S TP TOH CHENG WEI
10 2M 13.10S NP SOO JIAN ZHONG
11 2M 15.17S SI TOH WEI MING
12 2M 14.43S MUHAMMAD NOOR
10KM MEN
1 33M 12.85S NUS MOK YING REN
2 35M 07.72S NUS SWAMINATHAN, GIRIDER
3 35M 33.17S SMU ASHLEY LIEW
4 36M 28.93S SI CHAR HONG NG
5 37M 11.54S SMU DEVATHAS SATIANATHAN
6 37M 12.54S NTU HO GHIM KHOON
7 37M 29.,36S SP BIN HASSAN
8 38M 33.07S TP LIM WEI QIANG
9 39M 17.58S NTU LIP KE, TAY
10 41M 05.23S SI JEE KENG, CHEW
11 42M 27.18S NP JOHN TAY
12 42M 31.92S NP SUMANTHIRAN S/O SELVARAJOO
3000M STEEPLECHASE MEN
1 10M 39.10S NUS JAYANTA
2 10M 46.82S SP BIN ABDUL WAHID
3 10M 48.33S SI CHUA YOU BOON
4 10M 49.96S NUS LIM FANG XUAN
5 11M 16. 07S NTU SAI YIN, WONG
6 11M 22.96S NTU SHI RONG HUA
7 11M 23.46S SMU SIDHU AMRITPAL
8 11M 27.65S ITE SINGH SANJEET
9 12M 43.90S NP SIVAGANANDAM
10 14M 59.98S SI XIN ZHONG, ONG
Note:
By Narayanan
Rameshon has taught in Hwa Chong Institution, plus several schools, and Republic Polytechnic as well. He has won many accolades and he was awarded Merit Award for 1991 marathon performance in breaking the national record of Singapore, at that time. He has made 22 male athletes do a marathon in sub-3hrs. He has made 7 female runners do sub-4 hours for the marathon, as well. He was inducted to the ‘Roll of Honour’ by the then College of Physical Education, organised by Singapore Olympic Academy, in 1998, for breaking the National record repeatedly 4 times, till he did 2hr 24min 22sec).
He also has a Coaching group and he trains them on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7pm at Botanic Gardens. Those interested can call him at 91004369 for coaching assistance, to improve performance. There is also personal training that he does for many in a week. You can e-mail him at swift.rameshon@gmail.com.
