Kevin Cordes, Quah Siblings Shine in Singapore

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Photo Courtesy: Taylor Brien

American Kevin Cordes and the Singapore Quah siblings all had strong meets at the 2015 Singapore Nationals.

Zheng Wen Quah topped the men’s 100-meter back in 54.65, just missing his Singapore record of 54.51 from the 2015 Southeast Asian Games.  Quah earned another title with a time of 54.04 in the men’s 100-meter fly.

Quah added a third title to his resume with a winning effort of 49.96 in the men’s 100-meter free after qualifying through prelims with a 49.73.

Quah’s older sister, Ting Wen Quah, captured the women’s 100-meter fly in 1:00.28. Quah doubled up with a 25.99 to win the women’s 50-meter free.

The youngest of the Quah siblings, Jing Wen Quah, claimed the women’s 200-meter fly in 2:19.02.

American Kevin Cordes, training in Singapore under the tutelage of Singapore’s national head coach Sergio Lopez after completing his NCAA career at the University of Arizona, had a strong weekend himself.

Cordes clocked a 27.54 in the men’s 50-meter breast to move to 15th in the world rankings.  He also clocked a 1:00.27 in the men’s 100-meter breast to tie Jake Packard for 14th in the world. He then put up a 2:11.97 in the men’s 200-meter breast.

He swam all of those times during B finals, since he was unable to compete for the national title during the finals sessions.

Other winners:

Men:
Tzen Wei Teong: Men’s 50 free (23.64), men’s 50 fly (25.29)
Lionel Khoo: Men’s 50 breast (28.97), men’s 100 breast (1:03.15), men’s 200 breast (2:18.08)
Sheng Jun Pang: Men’s 200 IM (2:05.46), men’s 1500 free (16:02.86)
Kai Quan Yeo: Men’s 400 free (3:58.96)
Zhen Ren Teo: Men’s 200 free (1:52.33)
Jia Yi Francis Fong: Men’s 200 back (2:07.41)
Darren Chua: Men’s 400 IM (4:42.20)
Jit Eng Kevin Ong: Men’s 50 back (26.93)
Longhai Dylan Koo: Men’s 200 fly (2:05.26)

Women:
Roanne Ho: Women’s 50 breast (31.90), women’s 100 breast (1:11.33)
Wenyi Chloe Wang: Women’s 200 free (2:05.62), women’s 800 free (9:05.14)
Li-Shan Chantal Liew: Women’s 100 back (1:05.20), women’s 50 back (30.47)
En Qi Hoong: Women’s 50 fly (27.31), women’s 100 free (58.00)
Rachel Tseng: Women’s 400 free (4:18.27)
Samantha Louisa Yeo: Women’s 200 IM (2:20.16)
Hannah Jia Hui Quek: Women’s 200 back (2:20.22)
Tian-Yi Charity Lien: Women’s 400 IM (5:12.22)
Xin Jing Cheryl Lim: Women’s 200 breast (2:39.36)

2015 Singapore Nationals – Results

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