'Faster than adults' super middle school girl writes new history for Korean athletics! New record in girls' middle school division at National Youth Sports Festival in 28 years with 11.92 seconds

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Wang Seo-yun (14, Seoul Middle School 2), who set a new Korean women's 100m record earlier this month, wrote new history once again in less than a month.

On the 23rd, Wang Seo-yun won the girls' middle school 100m final at the 55th National Youth Sports Festival held at the Busan Asiad Stadium in Busan Metropolitan City with a time of 11.92 seconds.

It was a new tournament record for the first time in 28 years. The previous record was 12.03 seconds set in December 1998. The second place was Kwon Je-hee (Eonnam Middle School) with 12.29 seconds, and third place was Im Ye-seo (Gyeongmyeong Girls' Middle School) with 12.32 seconds.

The appearance of the super middle school girl who is breaking Dongnai University records one by one. Wang Seo-yun had previously won the girls' middle school 100m final at the 55th National Category Athletics Championships with a time of 11.83 seconds, setting a new Korean record for the girls' middle school division.

The 11.83 seconds not only surpassed the previous divisional Korean record of 11.88 seconds set in 2009 but also broke the best seasonal record for women this year, creating surprise. It was 0.04 seconds faster than Kim Ju-ha (Siheung City Hall), who took first place in the women's general division 100m at the same tournament with 11.87 seconds.

Wang Seo-yun recorded times in the 11th-second range in all three 100m races held this year with overwhelming skills faster than adult athletes. The confident middle school girl did not easily feel satisfied despite breaking the best records in all three tournaments.

After the match, Wang Seo-yun said, "I participated with the goal of breaking my personal best record, but the preparation period was short. The weather did not cooperate, so I feel regretful about the results." She added, "I am grateful to the coaches who guided me. I will strive to set better records next time." She also expressed her ambition, saying, "My next goal is to break the 11.74 seconds (2009) which remains as a reference record for the middle school division."

Wang Seo-yun added to her winning career in the girls' middle school 4x100m relay race held immediately after. The Seoul Metropolitan Team, which included Wang Seo-yun, crossed the finish line in 47.20 seconds, breaking the divisional Korean record (previous 47.41 seconds, 2025) and winning the gold medal. With this, Wang Seo-yun established one new divisional Korean record and one new tournament record at this event, becoming the double champion of the tournament.

Wang Seo-yun is scheduled to compete in the girls' middle school 200m race on the 24th, the last day of the tournament, and is expected to be a strong candidate for a triple crown at this event.

In the boys' middle school high jump competition, Kwak Si-heon (Chungbuk Middle School) unfortunately failed to rewrite the middle school Korean record. Kwak Si-heon cleared 2.04 meters in the tournament final, setting a personal best and winning the championship.

After successfully clearing 2.04 meters, Kwak Si-heon raised the bar to 2.09 meters to challenge the middle school Korean record but failed to clear the bar in all three attempts. This record remains 4 centimeters short of the divisional Korean record (2.08 meters, 1985) and is the fourth-best record in the history of the boys' middle school division.

Second place was taken by Song Woo-ju (Daehyeong Middle School) with 1.89 meters, and third place was taken by Lee Chan-hee (Yeoju Middle School) with 1.86 meters.

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