By May Chen

SWIMMER Quah Ting Wen became the first to earn a spot in the South-east Asia (SEA) Games team when she met the qualifying requirements at the 5th Singapore National Swimming Championships today at the Singapore Sports School.

The 16-year-old did so in style, smashing three of her own records - the national open, national under-17 and meet record - with a time of 55.65 seconds in the 100 metres freestyle event.

Her previous national and age-group record, set in March, was 55.80s. The meet record of 56.86s was set in last year's edition.

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