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POISED FOR STARDOM
(Lynette Lim Leads The Next Generation of Swimmers)
In a healthy sign which spells good news for Singapore swimming, new faces are surfacing all the time, the latest being United States-based Lynette Lim. Often these newcomers come seemingly from nowhere to emerge from the shadows of more well known team mates and become stars in their own way.
Stealing The Show
Take the case of Lynette. Just when everyone was looking to the more established Quah Ting Wen (pix) as the most likely choice to break Junie Sng's 24-year-old national 800m free mark (8:59.46), Lynette stole the show with her time of 8:58.35 at the Speedo Grand Challenge in Irvine, California, recently.
Two Records
The Palm Springs High School student had earlier smashed Quah Ting Wen's 400m free mark (4:21.00) with her time of 4:20.20 in the final. With these two fine performances, Lynette now holds all the national Open and Under-17 distance swimming records. Her 1,500m mark (17:24.26) was set last year at a meet in Fullerton, California.
Filling A Vacuum
In the men's events, Byran Tay has been filling the vacuum left by the likes of more experienced swimmers, including Mark Chay and Gary Tan. In recent months, his performances in the 100m free (51.39 secs) and 100m fly (56.65 secs) have been impressive and he has earned selection for the SEA Games in Thailand this year. Russell Ong (52.55 secs in the 100m free) and Nigel Lim (2:05.92 in the 200m fly) are some of the other swimmers who are emerging from the shadows of seasoned campigners. Other new faces who have shown promise in their quest for SEA Games qualification include freestylers Joshua Lim and Joel Lim.
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