Junior marks broken at national athletics meet
Junior marks broken at national athletics meet
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Two junior national records were shattered during the track
and field qualifying competition at the Madya stadium here on
Tuesday.
The four-day competition, which will run until Wednesday and
is being held concurrently with the Junior National
Championships, aims to select players for the national athletics
team in the upcoming Southeast Asian (SEA) Games.
The third day of competition saw new records in the girls'
5000-meter and boys' 3000-meter steeplechases courtesy of
Trianingsih and Mujianto respectively.
Trianingsih of the Central Java team finished in second place
behind veteran runner Supriati Sutono. But her time of 16 minutes
and 49 seconds proved to be new a junior record. The old one had
stood at 17:37.59.
"I had not expected to be able to break the old record in this
tournament," Trianingsih, the younger sister of national runner
Ruwiyati, said as quoted by Antara.
She said she was hoping to make her SEA Games debut in
Vietnam.
"If I'm selected to run in the SEA Games, I'll really try to
break my own record," she said.
Supriati Sutono, who won a gold at the 1998 Asian Games in
Bangkok, scored 16:36.70 to win the event, but her time was far
below her best of 15:54.45.
Rini Budiarti was third in 17:29.70.
Mujianto, also from Central Java, booked 9 minutes and 23.13
seconds, hundredths of seconds shy of the old mark of 9:23.82.
Abdul Manan of East Java and Yefta Betty of Banten followed
behind in 9:30.34 and 10:23.60 respectively.
Mujianto's winning run still failed to lift the Central Java
contingent, which ended the day in fourth place with two gold
medals.
West Java tops the standings with seven golds, followed by
East Java with 6 golds and West Nusatenggara with 5 golds.
National sprinter Irene Truitje Joseph was running again in
her favorite event, the 100 meters, and touched the finish line
in front of Supiati and Dessy Sumigar with a time of 11.92
seconds, which is still below her best, 11.56 seconds.
In the men's category, Suryo Agung Wibowo reduced his 100-
meter record from 10.57 seconds to 10.46 seconds. He outran John
Herman Muray and Kurais.