SIBU: Women veteran runners from Sibu Marathon Sports Club (SMSC) had done their club proud by bagging a string of accolades in their recent outings.
Ling Mee Eng, a 44-year-old mother-of-two was the surprised winner of the recent Standard Chartered KL Marathon held in Kuala Lumpur and pocketed US$2,500.
Over 20,000 runners from throughout the world took part in the annual event and Ling surprised even herself after winning the Malaysian category despite facing stiff challenges from the other hopefuls.
“It is a sweet victory that I am going to savour for a long time…the atmosphere there was electrifying but the run was hard for me to describe,” said Ling who also finished third in The Run 2012 held in Brunei earlier this month where she collected RM1,500 along the way.
Being one of the veteran members who joined SMSC over 20 years ago, Ling said she will continue to run and still try to improve her training technique and stamina.
Choo Ngiik Hung on the other hand, has also achieved a list of satisfactory results since joining SMSC over 20 years ago.
Her latest achievements include finishing first in Mukah’s International Beach Triathlon (Cycling category); champion in the The Hill Run in Kuching (Veteran category); champion in The Run 2012 in Brunei (Veteran section); and champion in The Sprin Run in Kuching (Veteran section).
With her numerous victories, Choo has raked over RM5,000 worth of prize money.
For Hii Yieng Ngiik, the Mukah International Beach Triathlon (open category) victory was her latest achievement.
She was second in The Spring Run (veteran category) and third in The Run 2012 in Brunei.
Eng Siew Jin is the youngest among the lot and took the title in the Dynasty Charity Run held in Miri recently and collected RM1,000.
She was also the open category champion title of The Hill Run and won RM300 and a third placing in open category of tHe Spring Run .
SMSC deputy chairman, Tang Ka Seng was all smiles when he recalled the performances of his runners and expressed hope for other runners to emulate similar feats by the four champion runners.