E. Java, Irian Jaya shine in national athletics meet
E. Java, Irian Jaya shine in national athletics meet
JAKARTA (JP): East Java and Irian Jaya vied for supremacy in
the medal standings on the second day of the National Track and
Field Championships, which is also serving as a qualifying round
for the 15th National Games (PON).
East Java, which will host PON next year, tops the standings
with five golds, four silvers and three bronzes, while Irian Jaya
is close on its heels with five golds, three silvers and five
bronzes.
Central Java is in third position in the standings with two
golds, five silvers and three bronzes. Host Jakarta managed two
golds on Saturday, moving it into fourth place in the medal
standings. It has also bagged four silvers and two bronzes.
No national records were set during Saturday's action at the
championships, which is the last national track and field event
of the year.
Winning gold for East Java on Saturday were M. Rusli, who
clocked 14.67 seconds in the men's 110 meter high hurdles; Alex
Resmol with a 1:52.81 in the men's 800m; Ester Sumah with a time
of 2:06.75 in the women's 800m; and the men's 4x100m relay team
with a time of 40.70.
Ester is currently taking part in the long-term centralized
training program for middle and long-distance runners at the
Pengalengan tea plantation in West Java.
East Java's 4x100m women's relay team of Lia Citra, Endang
Kusmiati, Lina Febriasari and Sulis Yuliana contributed a silver,
clocking a time of 47.62. Also earning silver for the province
were M. Shodik with a 1:54.09 in the men's 800m and M. Asyik, who
finished the men's 110m high hurdles in a time of 15.27.
Irian Jaya earned its only gold on the day from men's discus
thrower Ismail Sroyer, with a heave of 46.72m. Teammate Timotius
S. Ndiken earned bronze in the same event with a throw of 37.27m.
The country's easternmost province nabbed a silver medal in
the men's 4x100m relay with a time of 41.19.
Turiman Sungeb of Jakarta won the first gold of the day in the
20-kilometer racewalk. Sungeb clocked a time of 1:39:06, followed
by Ede Sopandi of West Java with a 1:42:05 and Haryanto of
Central Java with a time of 1:43:03.
Men's long jumper Wisnu Nugroho contributed the second gold of
the day for Jakarta with a jump of 7.35m. He was followed by two
West Java athletes: Yousan Lekahena and Windarji with jumps of
7.35m and 7.23m respectively.
National pole vaulter Nunung Jayadi only managed a silver for
Jakarta with a vault of 4.90m, matching the height of gold
medalist Hendiarsin Ozlan of Central Kalimantan.
Both failed to reach the national record of 5.05m, which was
set by Nunung at the 1999 Southeast Asian Games in Brunei
Darussalam in August. (ivy)