St. Joseph’s carries forward the winning trend in swimming
View(s):St. Joseph’s College, Colombo with 34 points continued to carry forward their winning trend in swimming when they clinched the Overall Championship in the Boys segment at the Pentathlon Swimming Championship 2017 concluded at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex last weekend.
St. Joseph's skipper receiving the championship Shield
Lyceum International School, Wattala emerged Overall Champions in the Girls segment with a total of 32 points proving their prowess in girls swimming. Boys champions Joes collected their points through Under 11 (8 points), Under-13 and 15 (1 point each), Under-18 (11 points) and Over-18 (13 points) while Lyceum Wattala lasses totalled their winning points through Under-11 (10 points), Under-13 (7 points) and Under-15 (15 points).
Vinoli Kaluarachchi of Sirimavo Bandaranaike BV continued her dominance in the water to win the Under-18 Girls Pentathlon championship with a total timing of 7:39.40 mts. She timed 1:11.48mts in the 100M Butterflystroke, 1:10.91mts in the Backstroke, 1:34.60mts in the Breaststroke, 1:02.78mts in the Freestyle and 2:39.63mts in the 200IM event.
Gavin Karunanayake from Brilliant Stars International College emerged champion in the Boys Under-18 Pentathlon with a total timing of 6:44.39mts. Karunanayake timed in the 100M Butterfly with 1:00.38mts, Backstroke with 1:07.24mts, 1:16.62mts in the Breaststroke, 58.06secs in the Freestroke and 2:22.09mts in the 200IM event.
-LR; Pix M.D. Nissanka
Final Individual Pentathlon standings with total timing:
Under-11: Girls – S. Jayasinghe 6:06.94mts (Lyceum International School, Wattala), K.U. Onithi Onanga 6:07.88mts (Gampaha Swimming Association), Thenushi Kalavitigoda 6:20.36mts (Regent International School); Boys – U.H. Ramitha Pesara 5:43.78mts (Dharmaraja College, Kandy), A.D.A. Prabashwara 5:47.89mts (Gampaha Swimming Association), Shevon Silva 5:56.28mts (St. Joseph’s College)
Under-13: Girls – Nabhashie Perera 5:10.70mts (Sirimavo Bandaranaike BV), A.V. Wasalathanthri 5:24.30 (Lyceum Intl’ School), Hiruki De Silva 5:24.96mts (Gateway Dehiwala); Boys – Chris Pavithra 4:54.13mts (Lyceum Intl’, Nugegoda), V. Visith Kannangara 5:06.28mts (Louvre College, Pannipitiya), A. Bihandu Hansana 5:09.93mts (Sridevananda College, Ambalangoda)
Under-15: Girls – Ganga Seneviratne 7:55.03mts (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo), D. Rasmi 8:09.51 (Lyceum Intl’ Wattala), Seneshi Herath 8:10.05mts (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo); Boys – A. Hassan 7:07.48mts (Lyceum Intl’ Wattala), Amodya Dulshan 7:19.06mts (Nalanda College, Colombo), Thevindu Fernando 7:22.18mts (Ananda College, Colombo)
Under-18: Girls – Vinoli Kaluarachchi 7:39.40mts (Sirimavo Bandaranaike BV), Sandu Savindi 7:47.97mts (Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo), Shanali Perera 7:49.09 (Lyceum Intl, Nugegoda); Boys – Gavin Karunanayake 6:44.39mts (Brilliant Stars Intl’ College) Nuvinu Perera 6:48.81mts (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo), Manula Cooray 6:54.61mts (Ananda College, Colombo)
18 and Over: Girls – Dilekha Goonewardene 11:20.29mts (Otters Aquatic Club), Hashini De Silva 13:08.13mts (Musaeus College, Colombo), S. Amrita Dias 13:19.87mts (Holy Family Convent); Boys – B. Dilanka Shehan 9:37.81mts (Nalanda College, Colombo), L.A. Lahiru 10:12.42mts (Lyceum Intl’ Wattala), Thisara Kumara 10:30.16mts (St. Joseph’s College, Colombo)
