St. Peter’s and Newstead emerge overall champions
Best athletes - Sadeepa Handerson (Girls) and Sisindu Nuwinda (Boys)
St. Peter’s College, Colombo and Newstead College, Negombo emerged the overall champions in the Boys and Girls categories respectively at the Western Province Schools Athletic Championship held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
St. Peter’s deservingly won the Boys Championship with 228 points while their traditional rivals, St. Joseph’s College secured the runners-up position with 127 points, way too behind the overall winners.
Newstead College athletes, in contrast, gave a good fight to finish above Holy Cross College, Gampaha by a mere margin to claim the Girls Championship. Newstead obtained 125 points while Holy Cross, Gampaha had to be contended as runners-up with 120 points.
W.D. Sisindu Nuwinda from Siri Piyarathana, Padukka was adjudged the Best Athlete in Boys Category for establishing a new meet record in High Jump, after clearing a height of 7.35metres. Sadeepa Handerson of Gateway College, Colombo was adjudged the Best Athlete in Girls Category.
Overall Colombo Zone was placed first with 1059 points, followed by Negombo Zone (553 points) at second and Piliyandala Zone (325 points) at third.
St. Joseph's became overall Boy's runners-up
St. Peter's College emerged overall Boy's champions
Holy Cross, Gampaha became overall Girls' runners-up
Newstead, Negombo - overall Girls' champions