KUALA LUMPUR: Selangor's Rowena Yeoh took up high jump only early this year. And within such a short time, she surprised everyone by shattering the Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) Championships girls' Under-12 high jump record in Seremban today.
She soared 1.54m en route to the gold and broke Kedah's Zolyn Zulaiqha Faudi's 15-year-old record of 1.53m.
Johor's Khoo Kai En (1.48m) and Perak's Nur Aina Batrisyia Zakuan (1.46m) settled for the silver and bronze respectively.
Rowena, a standard six student of SJKC Perempuan in Klang, said: "It feels really good as I only took up high jump early this year.
"In just a few months, I have improved my personal best. My previous best was 1.46m which I did in the MSS Selangor meet last month."
Rowena, who hopes to join the Bukit Jalil Sports School, thanked her coach Gan Mei Chye for helping her to break the MSSM record in her debut.
Danish Iftikhar Roslee, who won the boys' Under-18 100m gold on Sunday, anchored the Johor's 4x100m quartet of Daniel Alonso Anak Lidi, Hazriq Cik Mat Kilau and Danish Nabil Kamarudin to a new meet record of 40.97s.
The previous record of 41.29 was set by Sabah last year.
Perak's girls' Under-18 4x100 quartet of Mis'ezatul Shafieqa Sapawi, Nur Zalifah Halisya Halim, Anis Batrisyah Noriezad and Nabilah Natasha Azisyan also set a new record by clocking 47.95. The previous record of 48.02 was set by Terengganu in 2019.
Results
Boys Under-12 4x100m: 1. Sabah 47.10, 2. Selangor 47.48, 3. Terengganu 47.66.
Under-15 4x100m: 1. Johor 43.10, 2. Sabah 43.19, 3. Srawak 43.43
Discus: 1. Yong Dia Qian (Jhr) 50.44m, 2. Abdul Azim Abdul Rahim (Ked) 48.67m, 3. Naufal Isa (Per) 43.54m
Long jump: 1. Loh Chi Xuan (Pen) 6.44m, 2. Farhan Adam Azhar (Jhr) 6.43m, 3. Zulkifli Iwan (Sab) 6.37m.
Under-18 4x100m: 1. Johor (MSSM record) 40.97, 2. Sabah 41.20, 3. Sarawak 41.84
Shot putt: 1. Wan Irfan Wan Tahar (Kel) 17.03m, 2. Irsyad Irzalhaziq Matali (Sar) 15.62m, 3. Hii Seng Yan (Sar) 15.17m.
Triple jump: 1. Ng Tak Sing (Pen) 14.96, 2. Daniel Syafiq Colli (Sab) 14.25m,3. Zaim Hanif Zamanee (Putrajaya) 13.89m.
Pole vault: Darell Kit Ric Yee (Pen) 4.30m, 2. Hennes Ho Kai Lun (Sar) 4.20m, 3. Abu Bakar Abdul Wahid (Ked) 4.00m
Girls
Under-12 4X100m: 1. Selangor 52.56, 2. Sabah 52.71, 3. Johor 53.13.
High jump: 1. Rowena Yeoh Wey Na (Sel) 1.54m (MSSM record), 2. Khoo Kai En (Jhr) 1.48m, 3. Nur Aina Batrisyia Zakuan (Prk) 1.46m.
shot putt: 1. Tan Ci Han (Pen) 9.71m, 2. Nur Umaira Alia Sakri (Ter) 9.68m, 3. Nur Ilya Hani Saiful Bhari (Ter) 9.28m.
Under-15 4x100m: 1. Terengganu 50.02, 3. Perak 50.08, 3. Sabah 50.16.
Javelin: 1. Noor Aliya Alias (Ter) 38.18m, 2. Pauline Ului (Sar) 31.65m, 3. Connielyne Anne Anak Peter (Sar) 31.05m.
Under-18 4x100m: 1. Johor (MSSM record) 47.95, 2. Sabah 49.11, 3. Perak 49.20.
5000m walk: 1. Kok Hui Ying (KL) 26:30.06, 2. Alyssa Qistina Leong (Kel) 26:27.87, 3. Lee Bei Yin (Pah) 28:40.85.
Long jump: 1. Nuranis Ayuni Ahmad Faizul (Ter) 5.26m, 2. Nurasheera Zulaika Mat Zaidi (Ked) 5.17m, 3. Ch'ng Qin Yin (Pen) 5.11m.
Hammer: 1. Nurul Aiyani Kamaluddin (Pah) 49.09m, 2. Nur Salsabila Zam Sairon (Per) 46.20m, 3. Nur Anis Adriana Norazri (Per) 40.22m.
Javelin: 1. Mary Jane Juberin (Sab) 37.36m, 2. Fatin Nabilah Husna Noorain (Jhr) 36.41m, 3. Nik Solehan Hasim (Ter) 36.37m.