Trinity and Mahamaya take Pentathlon crowns
View(s):Kandy schools Trinity College and Mahamaya College took home the overall titles at the Pentathlon Swimming Championships, which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium yesterday.
Asian International School’s Kimiko Raheem in action. - Pic by Amila Gamage
In the boys’ category Trinity College earned a total of 35 points followed by Ananda College with 25 points and St. Joseph’s College with 22 points respectively. Mahamaya College won the girls’ category with 34 points followed by runners-up Visakha Vidyalaya with 17 points.
The Pentathlon Championship is a meet that checks the competency of swimmers across all strokes – Butterfly, Backstroke, Breaststroke, Freestyle and the Individual Medley. The winners were picked from the total time attained by swimmers in all the five events.
Six National Age Group records were also established at the two-day event. Records were established by Akalanka Peiris of St. Peter’s College (Under 10 Boys – 100m Butterfly), K. Imesh Chathuranga of Old Senanayakians Sports Club (Under 16 Boys – 100m Butterfly), Matthew Abeysinghe of Asian International School (Under 19 Boys – 100m Freestyle) and Kimiko Raheem of Asian International School who established three records (Under 16 Girls – 100m Backstroke, 100m Freestyle and 200m Individual Medley).
| Results Summary: Girls Points Mahamaya College, Kandy 34 Visakha Vidyalaya 17 Lyceum Int’l School, Gampaha 13 Hans Maribo Swimming Club 13Boys Points Trinity College, Kandy 35 Ananda College 25 St. Joseph’s College 22 |
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