| Fadhil Yunus |
HER Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah binti Pengiran Haji Salleh Ab Rahaman yesterday attended the 5th Brunei 100m Sprint Championship to watch Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Muda ‘Abdul Muntaqim ibni Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah and Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah binti Duli Yang Teramat Mulia Paduka Seri Pengiran Muda Mahkota Pengiran Muda Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah compete at the Hassanal Bolkiah National Sports Complex Swimming Pool yesterday.
Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Muda ‘Abdul Muntaqim took part in all of the individual races, placing fourth in the 100m freestyle with a time of 1:24.73.
Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah sets two new age group records for seven years old after clocking a time of 2:11.14 in the 100m freestyle event before setting a new set record in the breaststroke event with a time of 2:47.38.
Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah broke a record set by Breanna Lee Le Er with the previous mark of 2:19.14 in November 2014 in the freestyle event.
International School Brunei (ISB) Hammerheads Head Coach Jeremy Salasibar said that Yang Teramat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah Madhul Bolkiah beat a three-year record in Brunei for 100m freestyle.
Zeke Chan of Royal Brunei Recreation Club swam to a new record for 11 years old boys after registering a time of 1:11.21 in the 100m freestyle eclipsing the previous mark set by Muhammad Isa Ahmad who clocked a time of 1:11.28 in November 2009.
Zeke also posted two more new age group records in the 100m butterfly with a time of 1:15.31 and the 100m backstroke with a time of 1:19.99.
He broke both records set by Joshua Young who recorded a time of 1:20.15 in the 100m butterfly and 1:21.96 in the 100m backstroke both in April 2012.
Breanna also joined the list of record breakers after clocking a time of 1:20.47 in the 100m butterfly for 11 years old girls, eclipsing a time of 1:23.20 set by Ashley Chai in April 2012.
ISB Hammerheads ensured that they topped the medal standings after the quartet of Breanna, Ian Guillou, Leilani Stowers and Toby Heath struck gold quite comfortably with a time of 4:48.72s in the Mixed 10-13 years 400m freestyle relay.
Royal Brunei Recreation Club (RBRC)finished second with a time of 5:13.06 while another ISB Hammerheads team settled for third with a time of 5:16.12.
ISB emerged as overall leaders with a medal haul of 15 gold, 13 silver and seven bronze followed closely by RBRC who amassed the same number of gold, 10 silver and 11 bronze.
Panaga Stingrays took third spot with a total of seven gold, four silver and seven bronze.
A total of seven local teams took part in the competition including Jerudong Swimming Club, Brunei Speed Swimming Club, Dolphin Swimming Club and Tutong Swimming Training Scheme.
Brunei Darussalam national swimmer Nur Haziq Samil enjoyed yet another medal laden tournament after scooping three gold medals out of a possible four in the freestyle, butterfly and backstroke events.
His Southeast Asia (SEA) Age Group team-mate Dylan Chua prevented him from a clean sweep in the individual race after taking down the breaststroke event.
Breanna enjoyed unprecedented success after claiming gold in the freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly and backstroke events in the individual events before being a part of the relay team that romped to gold.
ISB head coach Jeremy was visibly pleased with the performances of his swimmers adding that most of the swimmers improved their personal bests.
“With today’s competition, I am really happy with the performance of the team. Most of the swimmers have created their own personal bests especially Yang Amat Mulia Pengiran Anak Muneerah,” he said in an interview with the Bulletin.
“She beat the record which had been standing for three years in Brunei set by Breanna,” the head coach continued.
The head coach also labelled the relay team “wonderful” adding that their efforts in training especially those who swim for four to five times a week paid off.
“I think that’s our strongest team for our mixed 10-13 year old age group. It is a talented line-up as we have Breanna, Ian and Toby there.”
He also acknowledged Leilani Stowers of ISB Hammerheads who proved a valuable asset having won the freestyle and butterfly events.
Jeremy also shared that they are planning to compete overseas in Manila in April and Singapore in August to gain exposure.
The club represented the school the last time they competed overseas was during the FOBISIA Games (Federation of British International School in Asia) this year where they were ranked ninth out of 23 schools from 12 countries in Bangkok.
They were ranked third out of 16 schools when Brunei played host last year.
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