SHAH ALAM: Bukit Jalil-based swimmers Ian James Barr and Hii Siew Siew endured mixed fortunes as the national age-group swimming championships came to a close at Darul Ehsan Aquatic Centre in Shah Alam yesterday.

Siew Siew qualified for her second event at the inaugural Asian Youth Games in Singapore in the 200m butterfly of the girls’ 13-14 age-group but the lanky Ian missed out despite making a clean sweep of all the backstroke titles in record-breaking fashion in the same division for boy’s yesterday.

Siew Siew’s winning time of 2:19.95 in her pet 200m butterfly race was also better than her own meet record of 2:21.40 set last year.

The qualifying mark for the Asian Youth Games in the event is 2:22.19. The Sarawakian had beaten the qualifying mark for the 100m butterfly the previous day.

Siew Siew: Potential to be the country’s top butterfly swimmer.

A country can only sent a maximum of six male and six female swimmers aged from 14-17 years for July’s Asian Youth Games.

Yesterday, Siew Siew also captured the 200m freestyle gold in 2:11.79, her fifth individual title in the meet.

Her other wins came in the 100m and 400m freestyle but it is in the 200m butterfly where she has the best potential to earn national prominence.

Based on her latest effort, she looks set to earn a slot in the 200m butterfly for the Laos SEA Games next year.

Siew Siew had won a surprise bronze for Malaysia when she made her SEA Games debut in Korat two years ago and the Malaysian Open in Seremban from May 20-23 next month will offer her the first attempt to qualify on merit.

Ian will also have to rise to the occasion in the Malaysian Open if he hopes to earn qualification for the Asian Youth Games.

The 1.83m Ian smashed Daniel Bego’s previous record of 29.44 set five years ago in winning the 50m backstroke in 28.86 yesterday.

Ian went on to capture a second gold medal of the day in the 200m freestyle in 2:00.53 and took his individual tally to seven.

The Kuala Lumpur-born swimmer also swept both the 200m and 400m individual medley gold medals apart from coming out tops in the 100m freestyle, 100m and 200m backstroke.

With his height and reach, Ian affirmed his potential to emerge as the next top backstroker after Lim Keng Liat with his performances over the three days of competition.

”This is my best performance in the national age-group meet but I still missed out on qualifying for the Asian Youth Games.

“It’s not easy to make the cut as the mark is quite high for the boy’s competition. The qualifying standards are as good as the SEA Games silver medal mark.

“But I believe I have a better chance in the 200m individual medley, so I will try for it in the Malaysian Open,” said Ian.

Hosts Selangor overtook Sabah on the final day of competition to emerge overall champions with a 38-50-39 medal-tally.

Sabah finished second with 30-20-24 ahead of Sarawak, who managed 27-30-32. Kuala Lumpur finished fourth with 19-24-24.

n Boys

10-and-under age group

50m backstroke: 1. Gelton Chong (Sab) 36.71, 2. Holymax Bell (Sab) 36.73, 3. Ngu Jiung Wei (Swk) 37.53.

50m freestyle: 1. Yeap Zheng Yang (Sel) 30.44, 2. Ngu Jiung Wei (Swk) 31.08, 3. Wong Fu Kang (Joh) 31.44.

100m breaststroke: 1. Wong Fu Kang (Joh) 1:25.02, 2. Nicholas Soon (Kul) 1:25.86, 3. Yeap Zheng Yang (Sel) 1:26.97.

200m freestyle: 1. Yeap Zheng Yang (Sel) 2:26.10, 2. Anson Goh (Swk) 2:26.74, 3. Ngiu Jiung Wei (Swk) 2:27.68.

4x50m medley: 1. Selangor 2:25.64, 2. Kuala Lumpur 2:26.66, 3. Sarawak 2:26.88.

11-12

50m backstroke: 1. Lim Ching Hwang (Sel) 31.31, 2. Nor Shairan Shah (Sel) 31.96, 3. Alex Tiong (Swk) 32.19.

50m freestyle: 1. Lim Ching Hwang (Sel) 26.15 (meet rec), 2. Roydon Ong (Swk) 26.96, 3. Tang Chong Heng (Swk) 27..71.

100m breaststroke: 1. Tang Chong Heng (Swk) 1:13.27, 2. Teo Hsi Min (Joh) 1:16.02, 3. Benny Ng (Sel) 1:17.58.

200m butterfly: 1. Lim Ching Hwang (Sel) 2:21.55, 2. Tan Gin Yu (Kul) 2:22.20, 3. Teo Hsi Min (Joh) 2:34.49.

200m freestyle: 1. Lim Ching Hwang (Sel) 2:05.53, 2. Tan Gin Yu (Kul) 2:15.35, 3. Benny Ng (Sel) 2:15.93.

4x100m medley: 1. Sarawak 4:29.75 (meet rec), 2. Selangor 4:35.03, 3. Johor 4:47.80.

13-14

50m backstroke: 1. Ian James Barr (Kul) 28.86 (meet rec), 2. Adam Lim (Sel) 30.00, 3. Tern Jian Han (Joh) 30.08.

50m freestyle: 1. Adam Lim (Sel) 25.37, 2. Ian James Barr (Kul) 26.06, 3. Dickson Chin (Pen) 26.10.

100m breaststroke: 1. Koh Shao Yi (Pah) 1:11.19, 2. Ng Wei Zheng (Joh) 1:11.53, 3. Muhd Ariff Rahmat (Pen) 1:11..69.

200m butterfly: 1. Adam Lim (Sel) 2:13.41, 2. Eugene Er (Sab) 2:13.86, 3. Aric Pang (Sab) and Billy Ng (Sel) 2:20.94.

200m freestyle: 1. Ian James Barr (Kul) 2:00.53, 2. Joshua Lee (Kul) 2:03.47, 3. Vernon Lee (Swk) 2:07.80.

4x100m medley: 1. Kuala Lumpur 4:15.78 (meet rec), 2. Selangor 4:21.19, 3. Sabah 4:23.96.

15-17

50m freestyle: 1. James Chen (Pen) 24.85, 2. Eric Chang (Swk) 24.87, 3. Cavan Chow (Kul) 25.24.

50m backstroke: 1. Eric Chang (Swk) 28.61, 2. Teh Wei Pin (Sel) 28.88, 3. David Hoh (Sel) 29.89.

100m breaststroke: 1. Lau Zheng Fong (Prk) 1:07.40 (meet rec), 2. Adam Faris (Sel) 1:09.15, 3. Awang Paderewski (Sab) 1:10.84.

200m butterfly: 1. Kevin Lim (Kul) 2:09.60, 2. Edwin Eu (Sel) 2:18.21, 3. Yip Kin Seng (Sel) 2:19.06.

200m freestyle: 1. Keivn Lim (Kul) 1:57.14, 2. James Chen (Pen) 1:59.45, 3. Eric Chang (Swk) 1:59.56.

4x100m medley: 1. Selangor 4:09.80, 2. Kuala Lumpur 4:13.47, 3. Sabah 4:47.72.

18 and above

50m freestyle: 1. Foo Jian Beng (Sel) 23.93, 2. Daniel Bego (Swk) 24.10, 3. Kevin Yeap (Prk) 25.18.

50m backstroke: 1. Foo Jian Beng (Sel) 28.51, 2. Kevin Yeap (Prk) 29.23, 3. Tan Wai Long (Sel) 32.14.

100m breaststroke: 1. Indra Gunawan (Nse) 1:07.91, 2. Dimitriy Sinkov (Sel) 1:08.65, 3. Yap See Tuan (Pah) 1:08.69.

200m butterfly: 1. Melvin Chua (Kul) 2:22.88.

n Girls

Age 10 and under

50m backstroke: 1. Kimberley Lau (Swk) 36.72, 2. Yap Siew Hui (Sel) 39.14, 3. Nursalsabila Noor (Sel) 39.26.

50m freestyle: 1. Kimberley Lau (Swk) 32.13, 2. Denise Lui (Joh) 32.98, 3. Katherine Yap (Sel) 33.08.

100m breaststroke: 1. Koh Jia Yi (Pah) 1:28.50, 2. Lee Zhi Wee (Mal) 1:29.76, 3. Nadia Adrianna Redza (Sel) 1:30.22.

200m freestyle: 1. Kimberley Lau (Swk) 2:33.00, 2. Elynn Tan (Pen) 2:36.83, 3. Yap Siew Hui (Sel) 2:39.37.

4x50m medley: 1. Selangor 2:30.28, 2. Sarawak 2:35.28, 3. Kuala Lumpur 2:36.64.

11-12

50m backstroke: 1. Chris Tan (Sab) 32.94, 2. Geneverl Koid (Pen) 35.32, 3. Tania Uli (Swk) 35.41.

50m freestyle: 1. Evon Heng (Sab) 28.49, 2. Chris Tan (Sab) 29.07, 3. Maryann Kok (Sel) 29.41.

100m breaststroke: 1. Boey Wen Ting (Pah) 1:20.65, 2. Maryann Kok (Sel) 1:23.53, 3. Sia Long Er (Swk) 1:23.93.

200m butterfly: 1. Evon Heng (Sab) 2:36.54, 2. Rhona Lai (Swk) 2:38.68, 3. Angela Chieng (Swk) 2:39.85.

200m freestyle: 1. Evon Heng (Sab) 2:14.08, 2. Grace Yii (Swk) 2:21.44, 3. Tania Uli (Swk) 2:22.64.

4x100m medley: 1. Sarawak 4:59.63, 2. Sabah 5:01.28, 3. Johor 4:47.80.

13-14

50m backstroke: 1. Cheng Karmen (Prk) 31.84, 2. Heidi Loo (Sel) 31.97, 2. Erika Kong (Swk) 33.68.

50m freestyle: 1. Heidi Loo (Sel) 28.45, 2. Erika Kong (Swk) 28.78, 3. Caroline Chan (Sel) 29.15.

100m breaststroke: 1. Erika Kong (Swk) 1:13.66 (meet rec), 2. Christina Loh (Kul) 1:14.00, 3. Claudine Low (Sel) 1:18.92.

200m butterfly: 1. Hii Siew Siew (Swk) 2:19.95 (meet rec), 2. Carol Pang (Sab) 2:27.20, 3. Nik Sorfina Nadira (Sel) 2:34.71.

200m freestyle: 1. Hii Siew Siew (Swk) 2:11.79, 2. Heidi Loo (Sel) 2:18.09, 3. Esther Yii (Swk) and Sheyril Natasha (Ked) 2:18.25.

4x100m medley: 1. Selangor 4:42.07, 2. Sarawak 4:42.61, 3. Kuala Lumpur 4:52.99.

15-17

50m freestyle: 1. Leung Chii Lin (Sab) 27.63, 2. Low Xue Ting (Joh) 27.96, 3. Terri Wan (Sab) 28.58.

50m backstroke: 1. Chan Kah Yan (Kul) 32.06 (meet rec), 2. Sabrinne Helen (Sel) 33.01, 3. Goh Suat Ying (Kul) 33.41.

100m breaststroke: 1. Leung Chii Lin (Sab) 1:16.23, 2. Illi Gan (Nse) 1:21.18, 3. Lai Wei Li (Sab) 1:21.74.

200m buttterfly: 1. Mohana Vijayan (Sel) 2:24.58, 2. Jacalyn Yeong (Sel) 2:35.72, 3. Goh Suat Ying (Kul) 2:37.18.

200m freestyle: 1. Lai Wei Li (Sab) 2:09.11, 2. Leung Chii Lin (Sab) 2:09.77, 3. Chan Kah Yan (Kul) 2:12.84.

18 and above

200m butterfly: 1. Khoo Cai Lin (Sel) 2:22.73, 2. Marellyn Liew (Sab) 2:25.71, 3. Chong Siew Mun (Kul) 2:30.17.

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