Central Java dominates junior track and field<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Central Java scooped five gold medals on the
\nfinal day of the Indonesia Open junior track and field
\nchampionships on Saturday, romping home with the overall title in
\nthe four-day meet.<\/p>\n
Victories from 1,500-meter runner Tri Asih Handayani, sprinter
\nSih Hernawati, the girls' 400m relay team, shot putter Indri
\nAstuti and 5,000m runner Ferry Junaedi brought Central Java's
\nmedals tally to 11 golds, nine silvers and nine bronzes.<\/p>\n
Irian Jaya finished a distant second with five golds, four
\nsilvers and four bronzes. It narrowly beat East Java.<\/p>\n
South Sumatra's Nyoman Ray Trisand leapt 12.23 meters in the
\ngirls' triple jump to set the only record on the final day. The
\nmeet saw at total of nine new records set. She beat her own
\nrecord jump of 11.98m, set last year.<\/p>\n
Central Java's victory celebration turned sour, however, when
\nits coaching pair of Bambang Siswoyo and Yon Daryono threatened
\nIndonesia's ASEAN Student Championships campaign here next
\nweekend by asking their athletes to skip the bi-yearly
\ncompetition.<\/p>\n
Bambang said he wanted his young athletes to boycott the
\nchampionships to protest the Indonesian Track and Field
\nAssociation's decision to pass he and his partner over as
\nnational team coaches for the June 15 to June 16 meet.<\/p>\n
\"We are very disappointed with their decision to exclude us.
\nThey should have known that our athletes will make up the most
\nteam in the ASEAN student meet,\" Bambang complained.<\/p>\n
The junior championship team is comprised of 40 girls and
\nboys, 10 of whom come from Central Java. The national team has
\nset the modest target of finishing second in the two-day meet.
\n(amd)<\/p>\n
Leading medals tally:<\/p>\n
G S B
\n Central Java 11 9 9
\n Irian Jaya 5 4 4
\n East Java 5 2 3
\n West Java 4 6 6
\n South Sumatra 4 0 1
\n W. Nusa Tenggara 3 2 3
\n North Sumatra 2 0 2
\n Jakarta 1 6 4
\n Maluku 1 2 0
\n Jambi 1 0 1<\/p>",
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