Hoe Yean stays on track amid coaching transition

Light and easy: Malaysian swimmer Khiew Hoe Yean is eyeing to make a splash at Asian Games in Japan this year.

KUALA LUMPUR: Khiew Hoe Yean may still be waiting to find out who his next coach will be, but the national swimmer is not standing still.

The 23-year-old, along with the rest of the squad, is pressing on under assistant coach Magnus Andersen following head coach Eric Anderson’s departure at the end of December.

Hoe Yean is wasting no time building on his breakthrough Thailand SEA Games campaign as he sets his sights on the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games.

At the Thailand SEA Games in December, Hoe Yean swept a double gold in a single editions when came out tops in the men’s 200m and 400m freestyle events.

Hoe Yean is learning to embrace the change in coaching set-up.

“The head coach just left but I have been communicating a lot with the assistant coach,” he said.

“It should not be a problem but it’s just that every time there is a change of coach, the adaptation process will take time.

“I hope we can get a coach under a long-term plan and I believe that’s what they want to and I don’t interfere.

“Whoever comes will be my coach and I will give my 100 per cent best,” said Hoe Yean.

Yesterday, Hoe Yean swam with ease to sweep the gold medals in the 200m backstroke and 400m freestyle events in the 19 above and Open category of the Malaysian Invitational Age-Group Championships at the National Aquatic Centre in Bukit Jalil.

“This is just a training meet for me, to test the level I’m at. We will start a new training block after Chinese New Year break,” added Hoe Yean, who also intends to catch up on his studies in the meantime.

“I’m almost done with my second year, so there is a lot of catching up to do after the SEA Games,” said Hoe Yean, who is pursuing Bachelor Degree in Computer Science at UCSI University.

Boys

11 and Under

50m backstroke: 1. Chan Min Hao (Sel) 35.74, 2. Harrison Cannon (Kul) 35.85, 3. Lim Ja Ren (Joh) 36.25.

100m freestyle: 1. Lim Ja Ren (Joh) 1:07.09, 2. Harrison Cannon (Kul) 1:07.11, 3. Aiden Zarief (Sel) 1:07.54.

12-13

50m backstroke: 1. Kurtis Hsieh (Hkg) 30.07, 2. Ayaz Zahin Azhar (Joh) 30.81, 3. Itto Horiuchi (Sel) 31.16.

100m freestyle: 1. Itto Horiuchi (Sel) 58.46, 2. Ayaz Zahin Azhar (Joh) 59.46, 3. Jeremy Ng (Sab) 1:00.55.

200m breaststroke: 1. Daniel Lai (Pen) 2:34.50, 2. Choo Xu Yao (Pen) 2:37.27, 3. Simpson Zheng (Swk) 2:40.13.

200m butterfly: 1. Chan Shu Ho (Hkg) 2:25.92, 2. Adrian Li (Hkg) 2:27.18, 3. Shim Ze Yan (Sel) 2;27.69.

400m freestyle: 1. Mak Tsz Wing (Hkg) 4:47.89, 2. Ng You Hng (Joh) 4:54.38, 3. En Chee Yuen (Swk) 4:57.73.

14-15

50m backstroke: 1. Nathaniel Shu (Kul) 28.04, 2. Edwin Loke (Ked) 28.62, 3. Arsya Laksana Rafif (Ina) 28.72.

100m freestyle: 1. Damian Seth Lim (Kul) 54.35, 2. Hermann Tang (Sel) 54.92, 3. Ethren Ethanael Lim (Swk) 55.67.

200m breaststroke: 1. Ethan Keng (Swk) 2:26.19, 2. Anson Wei (Swk) 2:27.22, 3. Lam Ka Yeung (Hkg) 2:29.74.

200m butterfly: 1. Saw Huai Chng (Pen) 2:08.26, 2. Cheuk Hin Yau (Hkg) 2:09.31, 3. Hermann Tang (Sel) 2:11.87.

16-18

50m backstroke: 1. Man Pui Yin (Hkg) 27.22, 2. Yu Chi Lung (Hkg) 27.45, 3. Oswald Lim (Sel) 27.68.

200m breaststroke: 1. Wu Yulun (Hkg) 2:18.16, 2. Lau Ka Long (Hkg) 2:22.63, 3. Xinxian Sophocles Ng (Joh) 2:22.94.

200m butterfly: 1. Yick Sum Kiu (Hkg) 2:03.51, 2. Alexander Adrian (Ina) 2:04.20, 3. Nicholas Kwan (Hkg) 2:04.89.

19 above and Open

50m backstroke: 1. Jason Donovan Yusof (Ina) 26.15, 2. Yu Dongqi (Hkg) 26.37, 3. Estifano Joshua Ramos (Phi) 27.18.

200m butterfly: 1. Ho Chung Lun (Hkg) 2:03.36, 2. Yau Pak Ho (Hkg) 2:05.56, 3. Low Zheng Yong (Mel) 2:06.38.

Girls

11 and under

50m backstroke: 1. Ling Chew (Pen) 35.37, 2. Ting Wei Ee (Sel) 37.26, 3. Jezebel Jeronimah Leo (Ina) 37.32.

100m freestyle: 1. Amaryss Zee Ang (Joh) 1:08.93, 2. Ling Chew (Pen) 1:08.95, 3. Larissa Yii (Swk) 1:09.19.

12-13

50m backstroke: 1. Lai Wen An (Mel) 30.67, 2. Noma Horiuchi (Sel) 32.07, 3. Chow Tsz Tung (Hkg) 32.67.

100m freestyle: 1. Lai Wen An (Mel) 1:01.27, 2. Isobel Anh (Hkg) 1:02.11, 3. Ng Xi Yen (Joh) 1:02.68.

200m butterfly: Aisyah Putri Sibylla (Ina) 2:39.93, 2. Noma Horiuchi (Sel) 2:42.66, 3. Chai Yi Xuan (Kul) 2:43.25.

200m breaststroke: 1. Kimberly Bee (Kul) 2:42.31, 2. Grace Li (Kul) 2:47.77, 3. Jin Yunle (Hkg) 2:49.38.

400m freestyle: 1. Kurtis Hsieh (Hkg) 4:24.65, 2. Ayaz Zahin Azhar (Joh) 4:33.63, 3. Itto Horiuchi (Sel) 4:38.59.

14-15

50m backstroke: 1. Ashley Chan (Hkg) 29.31, 2. Zhong Sin Yiu (Hkg) 30.76, 3. Vivian Tee (Pen) 31.06.

100m freestyle: 1. Yi Man Sum (Hkg) 57.23, 2. Aw Yuet Ting (Pen) 57.23, 3. Tan Rui Nee (Pen) 1:00.39.

200m breaststroke: 1. Hei Shun Ho (Hkg) 2:37.47, 2. Aw Yuet Ting (Pen) 2:42.13, 3. Flora Pang (Hkg) 2:43.96.

200m butterfly: 1. Tong Youjia (Hkg) 2:19.69, 2. Sin Yiu Zhong (Hkg) 2:23.39, 3. Evita Tan (Kul) 2:32.13.

16-18

50m backstroke: 1. Ho Yan Pui (Hkg) 30.70, 2. Li Cheuk Yiu (Hkg) 30.93, 3. Rainne Foo (Sel) 31.05.

200m breaststroke: 1. Chelsie Lam (Hkg) 2:31.45, 2. Claire Cheung (Hkg) 2:39.55, 3. Khoo Sue Enn (Sel) 2:46.63.

200m butterfly: 1. Shannon Tan (Sel) 2:17.47, 2. Chan Yi Lok (Hkg) 2:21.42, 3. Mishya Khor (Sel) 2:22.48.

19 above and Open

50m backstroke: 1. Lottie Cullen (Prk) and Ng Cheuk Yan (Hkg) 29.42, 3. Chong Xin Lin (Kul) 29.84.

200m breaststroke: 1. Lam Hoi Kiu (Hkg) 2:32.25, 2. Ageng Aulia Putri (Ina) 2:55.48.

200m butterfly: 1. Charlotte Loke (Kul) 2:32.36, 2. Jerriel Lau (Kul) 2:33.30, 3. Magdalene Lau (Swk) 2:38.62.