Singapore Athletes Exceed their Target Medals -26th South-East Asian Games

At the 26th South-east Asian (SEA) Games Singapore’s athletics team exceeded the target six-medal s set by the president of the Singapore Athletic Association (SAA). In South-east Asian Games the athletics team won seven medals — 2 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze.

26th SEA Games Singapore Male Athletics team

Name	Event	Type	Age	Pos	PB	Result	Remarks
Chong Ming Xun	Pole Vault	Final	23	Bronze	4.70m	4.70m	Equal PB
Calvin Kang	200m	Heats	21	7th	21.68s	22.28s	SB
	200m	Final		8th	21.68s	21.95s	SB
	4x100m (1)	Final		Silver
Kenneth Khoo	400m	Heats	29	7th	47.77s	49.79s
	400m	Final		8th	47.77s	49.74s
	4x400m (3)	Final		4th
Lee Cheng Wei	200m	Heats	24	5th	21.57s	22.21s
	200m	Final		5th	21.57s	21.60s
	4x100m (3)	Final		Silver
Muhd Amirudin	4x100m (2)	Final	24	Silver
Muhd Elfi	100m	Heats	24	9th	10.56s	11.22s
Muhd Zaki	400m Hurdles	Heats	19	7th	53.59s	53.51s	Junior Rec
	400m Hurdles	Final		8th	53.51s	54.51s
	4x400m (1)	Final		4th
Ng Chin Hui	400m	Heats	17	6th	47.97s	49.77s
	400m	Final		4th	47.97s	48.37s
	4x400m (2)	Final		4th
Lance Tan	4x400m (4)	Final	24	4th
Stefan Tseng	Triple Jump	Final	21	5th	16.04m	15.72m
James Wong	Discus	Final	42	Gold	59.87m	51.32m
Timothee Yap	400m Hurdles	Heats	17	11th	54.08s	55.51s
Gary Yeo	100m	Heats	25	2nd	10.62s	10.64s
	100m	Final		Silver	10.62s	10.46s	+2.1 m/s
	4x100m (4)	Final		Silver
Team	4x100m Relay	Final		Silver	39.82s	39.91s
	4x400m Relay	Final		4th	3:10.55s	3:18.50s

26th SEA Games Singapore Athletics team:

Name	Event	Type	Age	Pos	PB	Result	Remarks
Dipna Lim Prasad	100m Hurdles	Heats	20	9th	14.23s	14.44s
	4x400m (4)	Final		5th
Wendy Enn	400m	Heats	17	9th	58.69s	59.42s
	4x400m (2)	Final		5th
Nikita Sharda	4x400m (1)	Final	21	5th
Charlene Oh	400m	Heats	16	10th	60.19s	63.74s
Qi Hui	Marathon	Final	31		2:50	DNF
Renuka Satianathan	10000m	Final	23	5th	37:15.87s	38:50.61s
T Piriyah	400m Hurdles	Final	19	8th	61.69s	63.49s	SB
	4x400m (3)	Final		5th
Valerie Pereira	200m	Heats	21	11th	24.69s	33.09s
Wan Lay Chi	Shot Put	Final	23	Silver	14.28m	14.59s	PB
	Discus	Final		4th	48.47m	46.79m
Rachel Yang	Pole Vault	Final	29		3.82m	NH
Zhang Guirong	Shot Put	Final	33	Gold	18.57m	16.96m	SB
	Discus	Final		Bronze	49.91m	48.22m	SB
Team	4x400m Relay	Final		5th	3:43.85s	3:54.57s

Singapore Athletics team Historical medal list at SEA Games Year

	Track	Field	Bronze	Silver	Gold	Combined events	Total
1991	0	0	1	0	0	1	1
1993	8	3	8	3	1	1	12
1995	2	4	2	3	1	0	6
1997	3	2	3	0	2	0	5
1999	0	2	0	1	1	0	2
2001	1	3	1	2	1	0	4
2003	2	7	1	4	4	0	9
2005	1	7	4	1	3	0	8
2007	0	2	1	0	1	0	2
2009	1	2	0	1	2	0	3
2011	2	5	2	3	2	0	7

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Dwain Athletics Chambers may run at London 2012 - Athletics

Association chairman Colin Moynihan for British Olympic insists the way will be unoccupied for Chambers to run at London in 2012.

Colin Moynihan has stated the British Olympic Association will "vigorously defend" their lifetime ban for drug cheat after approving to a request by WADA to dispute their position before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

Under the British Olympic Associations current position Chambers is unable to try to win at the Olympics having served 2 years suspension for difficult testing positive for steroids in 2003.

If CAS finds in the WADA's favor Cyclist David Millar and shot putter Carl Myerscough get the profit.

The British Olympic Association is the only national Olympic committee to put into effect a lifetime ban for doping offender.

At last month the WADA wrote to the British Olympic Association requesting the matter to be taken before CAS, a suggestion that was ignored.

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2011 Hall of Fame was announced by Longwood Athletics

At the luncheon in Blackwell Hall the new inductees were added to the Longwood University Athletics Hall of Fame.

In Longwood the first inductee was Darryl Case and he was a member of the men's soccer team. He was the first and till date four-time All-American in Longwood soccer history. At Longwood over the 4 years he secured 15 goals and 7 assists while playing as a defense. Darryl Case backstopped the Lancers to a 50-15-12 record and also he was the one of the champion at Virginia state championships during the year 1982 and 1984.

He described the introduction as a "great honor, but not possible without my great team". He was also thanked to the former his coach Rich Posipanko, for taking over his team with a 0-14 record and spinning us into a winning team. At the end of Darryl Case speech, said that it all done by our "hard work, dedication and teamwork."

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Athletic department cut eight varsity teams and it was recommended by Maryland commission

According to a report released by the panel on Monday evening “The Maryland commission charged with tackle the multi-million dollar shortage in University of Maryland athletics recommends that the school drop eight of its 27 varsity teams to preparation the shortfall “
The teams were targeted for taking away from the squad:

• Men’s track teams
• Men’s swimming and diving.
• Women’s swimming and diving
• Men’s tennis
• Women’s water polo
• Aerobics and tumbling

The Maryland commission recommendation would affect nearly 166 student-athletes, based on these years.

The recommended panel also calls for a 10 % reduction in athletic administration costs and also noting that since 2006 Maryland’s Commission revenue from football, men’s basketball and fundraising has steadily decreased.

The final decision about whether to prepare the number of Maryland varsity teams from 27 to 19 or to some other number - belongs to Maryland President Wallace D. Loh, who appointed the 17-member President’s Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics in July.

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Strong Competition for Malaysian Athletes

Malaysian athletes will not prevent their full effort or best performance in the Indonesian SEA Games which will be going to open officially tomorrow.
Harun Rasheed said that “All the incidents involving for the track and field events had been put aside and they were now focusing on the face to bring wonder to the nation in the biennial games and our focus now it’s come true. Athletes put up an excellent performance any they have to prove that the Malaysian athlete’s mission is the best region in the Region. Fitness level in facing the Indonesian SEA Games is at 100 % preparedness and we expect six gold medals aimed by Malaysian Athletics Union “ he said when approached by Bernama.

The National athletics squad comprising 33 athletes and led by team manager Rajemah Sheikh Ahmad.

The six gold medals targeted by Malaysian Athletics Union:

• Roslinda Samsu (Women's pole vault)
• Noraseela Mohd Khalid (400m hurdles)
• Tan Song Hwa (women's hammer throws),
• Lee Hup Wei (men's high jump),
• Teoh Boon Lim and Lo Choon Sieng (men's walk)
• Yuan Yufang (women's walk).

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Brain Cardinal has joined the Purdue athletics staff

NBA champion and Purdue athletics alumnus Brian Cardinal joins Purdue Athletics staff intern as an athletics administration for his alma mater.

Cardinal's internship will include roles with the Purdue's John R and John Purdue Club. Wooden Leadership Institute, as well as monitoring student-athletics and non-coaching, day-to-day activities in various areas within the department and he also going to help coordinate championship events at Purdue Athletic.


Matt Painter said that “Brain Cardinal have known for him for a long time and he is always been a good ambassador for Purdue Athletic. “

"Brian is someone I've known for a long time, and he's always been a great ambassador for Purdue," basketball coach Matt Painter said. "His work ethic and dedication reflect the values of our department, and we're excited to have him as a member of the staff."

In June, Brain Cardinal had completed his 11th NBA champion, helping lead Dallas to its first world championship. Brain Cardinal has averaged 5.0 points and 2.5 rebounds for six franchises by Detroit.

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