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If you think that running is tough enough, trying running after a swim. Athletes from our RP Swimming
team and RP Track team decided to co-operate and take up this challenge by
participating in Ngee Ann Polytechnic's Biathlon.
For many of them, this is their first time taking part in a Biathlon. Everybody
in the team had one thing in mind; that is, to do their best in this race.
After a safety briefing by the race director, our team members prepared themselves for the race.
Our swimmers took a quick dip in the pool while our runners did some warm-ups and stretching to keep their muscles warm and ready for the run. Even though the race atmosphere was tense, jokes and cheers amongst the team kept everyone’s morale up for the race.
At the sound of the horn, swimmers started the swimming leg of the race. In the
relay team, our swimmer completed the 500 meter swim and quickly handed the baton to the running leg of the race to our runners. The runners’ goal was to complete a route of several steep slopes totaling a distance of 3.3 kilometers. Swimmers who took part in the individual category completed the entire race which included both the swimming and the running legs. After their swimming leg, they quickly put on their running shoes and attire at the transition area and raced to complete the running leg despite their aching muscles from the swim.
Team Republic is proud to announce that our RP Swim and RP Track team has won trophies in this event.
In the men’s relay category, RP’s swimmer Quek Manxu Mathew (Year 2, STA/ DNM)
and runner Sylvester Lee Siang Loong (Year 2, SAS/ DBMS) came in 1st place.
In the ladies’ relay category, swimmer Goh Jessamine Geraldine (Year 2, SAS/DBMS ) teamed up with runner
Lee Ying Yi Mabel (Year 2, SIT/ DIT), and came in 1st place while another swimmer,
Chiam Cai Jun Rachel (Year 1, SEG/ DBME), and runner, Choo Siew Kee Suki (Year 1, SEG/ DBME), came in 3rd place.
Meanwhile RP’s swimmer, Zhuang Jie Ying Jin (Year 1,SHL/DSLM), came in 2nd place in the ladies’ individual category.
WELL DONE TEAM RP!!
Do extend your congratulations to your Swim and Track team classmates if you see them.
RP Swim Team:
Tay Yu Jun Ashley (Year 1, SHL/DESE)
Tan Yang Guan Ryan (Year 3, SIT/DIT)
Teo Kay Thiam James (Year 3, SIT/DIT)
Wang Yi Kai (Year 2, SAS/DBIO)
Chng Hubb Bin Joulbert (Year 3, SEG/DBME)
Lim Long Fei (Year 1, SHL/ DSLM)
Quek Manxu Mathew (Year 2, STA/ DNM)
Zhuang Jie Ying Jin (Year 1,SHL/DSLM)
Goh Jessamine Geraldine (Year 2, SAS/DBMS)
Chiam Cai Jun Rachel (Year 1, SEG/ DBME)
RP Track Team:
Elancharan S/O Gunasekaran (Year 2, SEG/DBME)
Liu Zi Xian (Year 2, SAS/ DBMS)
Sylvester Lee Siang Loong (Year 2, SAS/ DBMS)
Lee Ying Yi Mabel (Year 2, SIT/ DIT)
Choo Siew Kee Suki (Year 1, SEG/ DBME)
Visit this link www.rp.sg/osg for more
information on Team RP!
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