BISP swimmers rake in medals at SEA Age Championships

PHUKET: The final day of the Southeast Asian (SEA) Age Championships saw British International School Phuket (BISP) JSA Swim Academy swimmers Chantal Liew, Nicholle Toh and Wong Fu Kang add two additional gold medals and two silver medals to the team’s haul.

Chantal Liew (Singapore) took the individual gold in the Girls 50m Back in a time of 30.69, with Nicholle Toh also racing to gold for Team Singapore in the Mixed 4x200m Free relay. Nicholle also won silver in the Girls 200m Fly in a time of 2:22 minutes.

Wong Fu Kang also won silver, swimming a very tight race, missing the gold by 0.02 seconds and posting a 2:22.15 in the Boys 200m Breast for Malaysia.

Also swimming excellent races were Eric Tan, swimming for Malaysia in the 200m Fly; Jeremy Lim (Philippines) 200m Fly; Courtney Gray (Philippines) Girls 50m Back; and Raine Gavino (Philippines) Girls 200m Breast.

“Now it’s time to raise our game further in the coming weeks with the Patana Feeding Frenzy in Bangkok followed by the Singapore Short Course Championships,” said Simon Jones, BISP JSA Swim Academy head coach.