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UiTM 60 YEARS<br />
ANNIVERSARY 60 KM RUN<br />
By: Margaret Chan Kit Yok and<br />
Mohd Farid Assamani Bin Mohamed Zainon<br />
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The enthusiastic joggers and runners of UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA Sarawak Branch came together to form a club<br />
called Kakiku Berekot. The auspicious launching of the club took off with a 10-km run loop from Campus 2 to Campus<br />
1 and back by eight pioneers who included Associate Professor Dr. Margaret Chan, Associate Professor Dr. Voon Boo Ho,<br />
Dr. Caesar Delwis, Mr. Mohd Farid Assamani Mohamed Zainon, Mr. Zahari Abu Bakar, Ms. Ardiana Mazwa Raudah Amir Abdullah,<br />
Mr. Mohd Zakey Ramlee and Mr. Abdul Faeez Izihar Abd Jaffar on 16 April 2016.<br />
The next big event was the UiTM 60 Years Anniversary 60 km Run mooted to be part of<br />
the activities of UiTM Sarawak celebration of the 60 th Anniversary of UiTM. This event was<br />
organized in collaboration with the Sports Unit of UiTM Sarawak with the first meeting to<br />
come up with the proposal held on 2 September 2016. The approval was obtained from the<br />
Rector, Professor Dato Dr. Jamil Hamali on 7 September 2016 in Banjarmasin, Kalimatan,<br />
Indonesia after being briefed by PM Dr. Margaret. The industrious committee under the<br />
leadership of Mr. Mohd Farid contributed towards the success of the event, which was held<br />
from 28 to 29 October 2016. Ten teams registered with each team consisting of three UiTM<br />
Sarawak staff and three students with a registration fee of RM30 for each staff and RM15<br />
for each student. Sponsors from Syarikat Tegul Kekal, Associate Professor Dr. Voon Boo Ho,<br />
United Digital Imaging, Smart PC Enterprise and others contributed to the success of the<br />
event.<br />
The evening event started off with aerobics guided by the students from the Sports Science<br />
and Recreation Faculty at 8:00 pm at Campus 2. With every safety procedure in place assisted<br />
by student volunteers as marshals and UiTM Police Unit, the flag off was at 10:10 pm on<br />
28 October 2016 by Associate Professor Dr. Firdaus Abdullah, Assistant Rector of Campus<br />
Samarahan 2 on behalf of the Rector. Dr. Firdaus joined in the first 5 km of the run.<br />
The winner was Team Gorgeous led by Ms. Kadariah binti Yassin, with the strategy of<br />
slower runners running 5 km only, while two of their stronger runners running in split 15<br />
km distance. The first runner up was Team Sinaran Binatang led by Associate Professor Dr.<br />
Margaret Chan powered by the fastest runner, student Mr. Najrul Zariaeidul from the Faculty<br />
of Plantation and Agrotechnology with his 44 minutes of effort. The second runner up was<br />
Team Samarahan Runners Community (SRC) led by Mr. Abdul Kareem Firdaus.<br />
A number of staff runners went into extreme mode. Dr. Voon ran a marathon, Mohd Zakey did a half marathon while<br />
Miss Ardiana ran 15 km. The closing ceremony was officiated by Dr. Margaret, while Mr. Mohd Farid gave away the medals.<br />
The results were:<br />
Position Team Leader Team Members<br />
First Gorgeous Kadariah binti Yassin Jeary, Md Faridzuan, Cyndra Anak<br />
Robert Budull, Aourelia, Donny<br />
Second Sinaran Bintang PM Dr. Margaret Chan PM Dr. Voon Boo Ho, Ir Jamil bin<br />
Matarul, Najrul Zariaeidul,<br />
Cassidy Morris, Elsie David<br />
Third SRC Abdul Kareem Ahmad Zainudin, Haidir Wasli, Nor<br />
Azlin Majs, Dorina, Rod Rekuest<br />
Fourth Bujang Senang Zahari Abu Bakar Firdaus, Fhaeizdhyall, Iman Ryad,<br />
Noor Iman, Ahmad Bukhari<br />
Fifth Furious Feet Balkhiz binti Ismail Adil Aliff, Nuruhudaya, Awang Ihsan,<br />
Annisa, Muhammad Alif<br />
Time Clocked at<br />
the Finishing Line<br />
3.39 am<br />
3.50 am<br />
4.02 am<br />
4.03 am<br />
5.05 am<br />
Sixth Senandung Malam Mohd Farid Assamani Bin<br />
Mohamed Zainon<br />
Seventh Gedix Kakiku Ardiana Mazwa Raudah Amir<br />
Abdullah<br />
Dzaharanie, Annette, Slyvia Dora,<br />
Syarifuddin, Arizzan Jaini<br />
Azli Tirmidzi, Dewi Supang, Everina,<br />
Aziz, Azrel<br />
5.11 am<br />
5.11 am<br />
Eighth XOXO Mohd Farizan bin Jamil Dr. Caesar Delwis, Awang Firdaus,<br />
Megrith, Bernadette, Sylvianie<br />
5.36 am<br />
Ninth LARI4UiTM Mursyidah binti Zainal Abidin Tom, Naim, Kamil, Aziah, Syafiqah 5.40 am<br />
Tenth Guntor Mohd Zakey Ramlee Dzulsyahmie, Zulfiqkar Rafiq,<br />
Dyg Rohayati, Danial Afifi<br />
5.45 am