2010 Malaysian University Athletics Championship (MASUM) - HIGHLIGHTS

Jad Adrian of UPM had a night to remember after he retained his gold medal in the men's 100 final of the Malaysian university championship.

He clocked a time of 10.94s, ahead of SEA Games representatives, Zabidi Ghazali (10.94s) and Latif Nyat (10.99s) in a race against a slight breeze (-0.5 m/s).

UPM’s Karthik Jayamaran was in a great form heading the Malaysia Games (SUKMA) as he surpassed the ASEAN University Record (AUG) of  35:28.67s in the 10,000m with a time of 34:15.10s.

Karthik returned to track for the 5000m and clocked a meet record in 15:45.84s, which was only 14s away from the AUG record. He was then selected as the best male athlete of the championship.

Zaiful Zainal Abidin of UPM, the national 400m record holder displayed dominance and winning the event at 49.48s. He added another gold in the relays 4x400m. He also secured silver in the 200m, clocking 22.64s. UPSI’s Izuddin Yahaya won it at the end in 22.48.

Meanwhile UPM’s Yunus Lasaleh registered a personal best and finished first in the 800m in 1:57.14s.

One of the best days of the championship performances was from UPM’s Adi Alifuddin. Freshly from Tehran's Asian Athletics Championship in Teheran, he threw 16.20m in the shot put to eclipse the ASEAN university record which has stood at 16.03m.

Ahmad Firdaus Salim of UPM has successfully defended his title in both men’s Long and Triple jump. Firdaus leaped 6.80m in the Long Jump, 4cm further than his fellow Alzanizam (6.76m) but won comfortably in the triple jump, leaping a distance of 14.70m. The winning distance was nearly a metre from the silver medal winner.

Another record-breaking in jumps was in the men’s high jump. UPM’s Najwan Aqra bettered the old height of 1.95m with a 2.02m. However, he attempted to rewrite the AUG record of 2.10m but not successful.

UITM’s Azizi Fauzi and Muhammad Hazwan have given their bests in the men’s 10,000 and 400m hurdles respectively.

Azizi in his first appearance in the meet has timed 54.40.9s to claim his first gold medal while Hazwan posted 55.40s in the 400m hurdles to win gold.


In the women section, Norjannah Jamaluddin grabbed three gold medals in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m.

The 23-year-old currently fastest female sprinter clocked 12.36s in the 100m to win easily, then in the 200m with 26.29s. She then teamed up for the 4x100m relay and took gold. Her 4x400m team finished in 3rd.

Nurul Fazila Rahman of UPM claimed two Gold in the middle distances. Her first gold came from the 800m (2:38.31s) on the first day. She then clocked a new championship record in the 1500m at 5:29.49s. She added bronze from the 4x400m.

UiTM’s Nurul Huda Adul Akhir had a massive winning over the women’s javelin throw. She won in by nearly 15 meters with a distance of 42.12m. It also approximately 9m further than the AUG record. Her effort is getting close to the 2011 SEA Games qualifying mark of 45.95m.

Meanwhile, UPM’s Siti Nurul Ain clinched gold in the women’s shot put with a championship new record of 12.43m. Silver went to Rahilah of UiTM with 12.05m effort while UMS’s Asong Joseph threw 9.58m for bronze.

Next, UPM’s Siti Zubaidah Adabi was the highlight in the third day morning in the long jump final. The distance of 5.40m gave her a solid win but it was just 3cm less from the meet record. Siver and Bronze went to UTHM’s Shasha Nizam (5.13) and UiTM’s Nurrusliza Shukor (4.85m).

Noor Amira Nafiah of UPM eclipsed the championship record in the women’s Triple Jump. The SEA Games representative boosted her confidence heading to the SUKMA by posting 11.84m to win the gold medal in her first meet of this season.

All in all, University Putra Malaysia (UPM) topped the medal table with 22 gold, 26 silver and 6 bronze medals, ahead of University Technology Mara (UiTM) with 8-8-5 and University Education of Sultan Idris (UPSI) in the third overall with a haul 3-7-3.

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