55TH SINGAPORE NATIONAL AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS
- Tuesday, March 18th – Sunday, March 23rd
- OCBC Aquatic Centre
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Results
The 55th Singapore National Age Group Championships (SNAGs) took place last week, concluding yesterday at the OCBC Aquatic Centre.
The competition represented an opportunity for the nation’s swimmers to qualify for this summer’s World Championships but also for the 2025 Southeast Asian Games on the calendar for December.
Unfortunately for Singapore swim fans, no athletes managed to get under a World Aquatics ‘A’ standard needed for the home-based Worlds. However, several key swimmers did make the grade for the SEA Games.
The Quah siblings dominated multiple races, with Quah Zheng Wen, Quah Jing Wen and Quah Ting Wen each adding their names to the SEA Games roster.
For former Cal Bear, 28-year-old Zheng Wen got his campaign underway with a victory in the men’s 100m fly in a time of 52.56. That was enough to clear the time minimum of 52.91.
He also accomplished the feat in the 100m free, topping the podium in a mark of 49.19. Teammate Ardi Azman also dipped under the SEA Games cut of 50.05, registering 49.90 as the only other sub-50-second performer.
Finally, Zheng Wen got it done for gold in the 50m fly, turning in a time of 23.63 to complete a trio of top finishes.
33-year-old sister Ting Wen punched a result of 56.08 to beat the SEA Games benchmark of 56.42 in the women’s 100m freestyle. She also snagged silver in the 100m fly in a time of 59.92 behind sister Jing Wen who topped the podium in 1:00.18.
Ting Wen also scored an SEA Games-worthy result in the 50m fly, producing 26.72 for gold ahead of the 27.02 minimum.
Additional Notes
- Maximillian Ang qualified for December’s main event in the 200m breaststroke. His outing of 2:14.70 narrowly dipped under the 2:14.88 standard. He also made the cut in the 100m breast, with his time of 1:02.14 beating the 1:02.21 result needed for the SEA Games.
- Amanda Lim got on the board in the 50m free, with the 32-year-old posting 25.10 as the victor. Ting Wen was also under the SEA Games standard of 25.32 with a mark of 25.30 as the runner-up.
- Jing Wen matched the SEA Games benchmark of 2:16.39 exactly en route to winning the women’s 200m IM. Jing Wen also hit 2:11.66 to qualify in the 200m fly event.
