[Sports News]The “2022-2023 Hong Kong and Kowloon District D1 Inter-School Athletics Competition” ended today (3rd). The men’s division successfully won three age group team championships and defeated La Salle College with 299 points to defend the title; the women’s division won the gold medal in the final C Grade 4×400m relay to achieve the Grand Slam, completing the women’s division’s 15th consecutive championship. The finale relay event also set three new records, which were set by the men’s draw, the women’s draw and Heep Yunn Secondary School. Among them, the men’s B Grade relay team broke the 4×100-meter record that had been dusty for 9 years.
The Hong Kong-Kowloon School Athletics Competition resumed following two sessions last year. At that time, the schedule was reduced from three days to two days. This year, it returned to three competition days. The men who regained the championship last year already had a 93.5-point advantage following finishing the next day’s competition. Shakeri further expanded the gap, and finally defeated La Salle College by more than 100 points in both men’s A and B Grades to win the championship. , C Grade won the title with a 77-point advantage, with a total score of 587 points in the men’s division, defeating La Salle with a gap of 299 points to achieve the second consecutive championship. Wah Yan College in Kowloon won the third place in the team, and Wah Yan College in Hong Kong beat Kaiping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School in Hong Kong by a slight margin of 2.5 points to win the third place in the group.
The men’s division lost to La Salle in the 2018-2019 school year. The competition was suspended for two sessions due to the epidemic and finally regained the championship in the previous competition. Captain Liang Jianhong praised the performance of the players following successfully defending the title this year: “Everyone performed well today and did their best. Good results, I am satisfied with everyone’s performance. We are all optimistic regarding the results, and we are moving towards the goal of consecutive championships. This time, it is very meaningful for everyone to do it together.” As the competition resumes, Liang Jianhong also hopes that the school’s track and field team can improve Level and continuation of good results: “This year’s level has improved significantly compared with previous years, and many records have been broken. I hope this year can bring the track and field team back to the proper level and restore morale.”
In the women’s group, the situation was relatively tight following the next day’s competition. The women’s group, which is striving for 15 consecutive championships, temporarily topped the list with 226 points, leading Dewang School by only 16 points. However, the women’s team expanded their advantage on Shake Day. The two relays with double scores won a total of 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze. In the end, the A Grade and B Grade team scores were 24.5 points and 18 points respectively. “Sister C” won the title in the 4×400m relay final and helped the school’s C Grade group score 7 points to defeat Xie En, and finally completed 15 consecutive victories with a grand slam posture. This year, Dewang defeated Xie En to regain the overall runner-up of the group, and the College of the Hong Kong University Alumni Association won the first runner-up of the group.
The women’s division successfully completed 15 consecutive championships. The five captains Xie Xingqi, Lin Xiyu, Wang Xinyan, Wen Haolin and Bai Kaiwen all said that they were happy with the result: “This is the goal of our whole team. After training together for many months, we finally achieved it. We also experienced difficulties in the middle.” , but the whole team worked together to solve the problem and achieved today’s 15 consecutive championships.” Several captains also named and praised the C Grade players, and thanked the coaching team for their guidance: “The results of the first two days of the C Grade were very close. I am very happy to see their fighting spirit.” The women’s team specially printed the champion Tee and distributed it to the team members following the game. Several captains said: “15 consecutive victories is a milestone. The team members have contributed a lot, and we hope to give them a gift and encourage them to continue their spirit of excellence.”
A total of five new relay records were created in this year’s race, of which three records were broken in Shakeri. The Xie En C Grade relay team ran 48.41 seconds in the 4×100m final, 0.41 seconds ahead of the record set in the preliminary round. The women’s B Grade relay team ran 4:01.97 in the 4×400m preliminary race, pushing the record forward by nearly 6 seconds. Today’s final broke the record and set the time at 3:59.42. In addition, the men’s B Grade 4×100 relay team ran 43.01 in today’s final, pushing 0.72 seconds ahead of the record set by the seniors in the 2012-2013 school year.
“2022-2023 Hong Kong and Kowloon Inter-School Athletics Competition” Group D1 team results (only the top four)
men’s team
| School | A Grade | B Grade | C Grade | total score |
| Diocesan Boys’ School | 220 | 202 | 165 | 587 |
| La Salle College | 103 | 97 | 88 | 288 |
| Kowloon Wah Yan College | 100 | 88 | 64 | 252 |
| Hong Kong Wah Yan College | 73 | 90 | 59 | 222 |
Women’s group
| School | A Grade | B Grade | C Grade | total score |
| Diocesan Girls’ School | 184 | 182 | 168 | 534 |
| Good Hope School | 159.5 | 164 | 123 | 446.5 |
| Xie Yun Secondary School | 128.5 | 110 | 161 | 399.5 |
| HKUGA College | 73 | 84 | 69 | 226 |
List of record breakers on the third day
| project | School | athlete | new record | old record |
| Women’s C Grade 200m | Xie Yun Secondary School | Xu Qing | 25.77 | 25.85 |
| Women’s C Grade 400m | Xie Yun Secondary School | Zheng Zhiyin | 58.64 | 58.78 |
| Women’s C Grade 100m | Xie Yun Secondary School | Huang Yongtong | 12.37 | 12.47 |
| Women’s C Grade 4×100m Relay | Xie Yun Secondary School | 48.41 | 48.82 | |
| Women’s B Grade 4×400m Relay | Diocesan Girls’ School | 3:59.42 | 4:01.97 | |
| Women’s A Grade 200 US | HKUGA College | Li Zitao | 24.31 | 24.66 |
| Women’s A Grade 100m Hurdles | Diocesan Girls’ School | Kevin Bai | 13.76 | 13.85 |
| Men’s C Grade 1500m | Diocesan Boys’ School | Au Haojun | 4:24.54 | 4:25.31 |
| Men’s B Grade 4×100m Relay | Diocesan Boys’ School | 43.01 | 43.73 | |
| Men’s A Grade 800m | Diocesan Boys’ School | Zhu Luoyan | 1:54.89 | 1:55.58 |
| Men’s A Grade 1500m | Kowloon Wah Yan College | Zhou Kaiyang | 4:02.02 | 4:06.23 |
| Men’s A Grade 1500m | Diocesan Boys’ School | Zhu Luoyan | 4:03.23 | 4:06.23 |
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Picture: Mai Jingzhi
Text: He Ziyuan
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