Asian International School secures two age group c’ships
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The Under-18 Coxed Quadruple Sculls Crew comprising of Aishvaran Ravindhiran, Mishan Weeratne, Hatim Rehmanjee, Miqdad Mustansir and Adnan Murtaza secured Gold Medals in a fiercely competitive race. Aishvaran Ravindhiran and Hatim Rehmanjee also bagged the Bronze medal in the Under-18 Pair event
Asian International School (AIS) secured two Age Group Championship titles at the International Schools Athletic Championships (ISAC) concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium recently. Thinal Senanayake secured the Under-16 Boys Age Group title establishing a new meet record in the 100m event. He also bagged a Silver Medal in the 200m event. Young AIS athlete Aathif Mohideen was adjudged the Under-14 Boys Age Group Champion having secured two Gold Medals in the Boys 80m and 100m events respectively.
In Addition Mariam Alibhoy also won Silver Medal in the Under-14 Girls High Jump event and Nethmi Gunasekera secured the Bronze in the Under-20 Girls High Jump event. Shria Nair won two Bronze medals for both High and Long Jump in the Under-16 Girls category and Kavilavan Kanthavanesan also won a Bronze medal for the Boys Under-20 Hurdles.
This was an outstanding achievement for AIS who competed against much larger schools and more fancied athletes of other International Schools in Sri Lanka
The Rowing Crew of AIS performed extremely well at the Junior National Rowing Championships concluded recently at the Diyawanna Rowing Compound.
Lulua Mustansir stamped her class in the Under-14 Girls Category by winning Gold in the Individual Sculls event and then pairing with Amanda Flavia to win Gold in the Double Sculls event. Lulua won her events at both heats and finals leading by many lengths over the other competitors.
– Lakshman Ranasinghe
The performance by AIS overall was the most outstanding amongst International Schools at this event and no doubt established its position as a force to be reckoned with in the sport of Rowing in Sri Lanka