Joseph Schooling’s National Record Leads Singapore in Huge Night at SEA Games

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Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick

Singapore’s Joseph Schooling lead his country to a historic night during the second evening of competition at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.

Schooling downed the Singapore and Games record in the men’s 100-meter free. Schooling, fresh off an amazing freshman year at the University of Texas, clocked a 48.58 for the win.

That swim cleared Zheng Wen Quah’s Singapore record of 49.89 from the Singapore Age Group Championships in March, and beat Indonesia’s Triady Fauzi Sidiq’s Games record of 49.99 from 2013.

Quah took second in the finale with a 49.91, while Vietnam’s Quy Phuoc Hoang placed third in 50.60.

Schooling also led Singapore to a huge time drop in the country’s national record in the men’s 800-meter free relay with a Singapore record in the 200-meter free.

Schooling (1:47.79), Kai Quan Yeo (1:50.45), Shen Jun Pang (1:51.33) and Quah (1:48.57) collected to posted a time of 7:18.14.  That swim not only demolished the Games record of 7:26.67 from 2013 set by Singapore, but also decimated the Singapore record of 7:25.46 set at the 2014 Asian Games.

Notably, Schooling’s 200 free downed Quah’s Singapore record of 1:49.17 in the 200-meter free set yesterday at the SEA Games.

This type of dramatic drop in the relay national record is evidence of just how quick Sergio Lopez is working as the new national head coach in Singapore.

Lopez, who made the Bolles School into a national high school and club powerhouse in the U.S., has Singapore on track to becoming one of the elite swimming nations.

Vietnam’s Vien Nguyen, who is swimming in every event this week, won her third gold with a Games-record 2:14.12 in the women’s 200-meter back.  That swim beat her previous record of 2:14.80 from 2013.

Indonesia’s Yessy Venesia Yosaputra took second in 2:17.17 with Philippines’ Roxanne Ashley Yu earning third in 2:18.45.

Nguyen doubled up tonight with a Games-record 2:13.53 in the women’s 200-meter IM, giving her four golds in five events thus far.  She blasted the previous record of 2:14.57 set by Yi Ting Siow in 2009.

Thailand’s Phiangkhwan Pawapotako took second in 2:18.56 with Singapore’s Samantha Louisa Ginn Yeo earning third in 2:18.77.

Singapore’s Li Tao lowered her Games mark in the women’s 50-meter fly with a 26.58.  That swim cleared her own 26.59 from 2011 by the slimmest of margins.  Teammate Ting Wen Quah touched second in 27.02 with Philippines’ Jasmine Alkhaldi earning third in 27.47.

Nguyen managed to placed fourth in the event in 27.67, lowering her Vietnamese record of 28.10 from the 2014 Vietnam Nationals.

Malaysia’s Fu Kang Wong claimed the men’s 100-meter breaststroke title in 1:02.46.  Thailand’s Radomyos Matjiur (1:02.63) and Philippines’ Joshua Hall (1:02.87) also cleared 1:03 to round out the podium.

2015 Southeast Asian Games, Day Two – Results

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