Royal College swimmers and divers excel in Thailand
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Royal College divers - champions at Asian Open Swimming and Diving Championship 2019
Royal College diving and swimming teams, which excelled in most local tournaments last year, performed exceptionally well in the Asian Open Swimming and Diving Championship held recently at Thammasat University in Pathumthani, in Bangkok, Thailand.
Team Royal emerged champions in the diving competition, winning four gold, seven silver, and eight bronze medals, while the swimming team became fifth out of 10 teams with three gold, 12 silver, and 15 bronze medals.
Competing with highly competitive peers from Thailand, China, and Malaysia, the Sri Lanka’s top school for sports showed fighting capability to win medals.
In diving, Yusuf Shihar won two gold medals, while Revan Abeyratne and Mikhail Jayaweera won a gold medal each for their school, In swimming, Sulaiman Shihar won two gold medals in the Under-9, 50-metre Backstroke and Butterfly Stroke events. The other swimming gold medal was won by the Under-11 Freestyle 4×50 Relay team.
Both teams excelled at the 2019 National Age Group Games and National Schools Games.
Royal College divers and swimmers
The swimming team is coached by 1991/1993 SAF Games gold medalist Nishantha de Costa while former Sri Lanka and Dharmashoka College champion swimmer
Kingsly Bandula is the assistant coach.
The diving team is coached by Chanaka Wickremesinghe, an Asian Games bronze medalist, while D.A. Jayantha Gunasekara was the manager of the team. They were backed by Royal College Senior Games Master, Riyaz Aluhar.
Results:
Diving
- 1M Springboard:
Under-12: 2nd place: Seniru Rodrigo (134.7 points); 3rd place: Mikhail Jayaweera (132.85 points)
Under-14: 1st place: Yusuf Shihar (172.65 points); 2nd place: Revan Abeyratne (168.1 points); 3rd place: SenithaWeerasekera (126 points)
Under-16: 3rd place: Matheesha Marambe (243.9 points)
- 3M Springboard:
Under-12: 1st place: Mikhail Jayaweera (147.9 points); 3rd place: Seniru Rodrigo (133.75 points)
Under-14: 1st place: Yusuf Shihar (194.7 points); 2nd place: Revan Abeyratne (190.45 points); 3rd place: SenithaWeerasekera (148.4 points)
Under 16: 3rd place: Matheesha Marambe (234.8 points)
- 5M Platform:
Under-12: 2nd place: Mikhail Jayaweera (121.1 points); 3rd place: Seniru Rodrigo (108.45 points)
Under-14: 1st place: Revan Abeyratne (146.1 points); 2nd place: Yusuf Shihar (119.1 points)
Under-16: 2nd place: Matheesha Marambe (210 points); 3rd place: Induwara Gunawardena (191.05 points)
Swimming
Freestyle
- 50metre
Under-9: 2nd place: Sulaiman Shihar (37.92 sec); 3rd place: Daham Marambe (41.84 sec)
Under-11: 2nd place: Senupa Rathnayake (35.68 sec)
- 100 metre
Under-9: 2nd place: Sulaiman Shihar (1:25.56)
Under-11: 2nd place: Senupa Rathnayake (1:21.39)
- 4x50m Relay
Under-11: 1st place: Sulaiman Shihar, Kuvindu Silva, Daham Marambe, Tehan Gunathilake (2:38.02)
Under-13: 3rd place: Hithesh Jayawardene, Yusuf Shihar, Suvindu Garusinghe, Senupa Rathnayake (2:25.02)
Under-15: 3rd place: Vidmal Indiketihewge, Delshan Lasindu, Thisul Fernando, Vimath Nahallage (2:06.23)
- 4x100m Relay
Under-15: 3rd place: Vidmal Indiketihewge, Thisul Fernando, Delshan Lasindu, Vimath Nahallage (4:54.97)
Butterfly
- 50 metre
Under-9: 1st place: Sulaiman Shihar (43.70 sec); 3rd place: Daham Marambe (48.99 sec)
Under-11: 2nd place: Senupa Rathnayake 11 (43.02 sec); 3rd place: Kuvindu Silva (43.94 sec)
Under-17: 3rd place: M. Nabeel (30.64 sec)
- 100 metre
Under-11: 2nd place: Senupa Rathnayake (1:41.36 sec)
Breaststroke
- 50 metre
Under-9: 2nd place: Daham Marambe 9 (54.32 sec)
Under-11: 2nd place: Tehan Gunathilake (53.34 sec); 3rd place: Emika Batepola (54.62 sec)
- 200 metre
Under-17: 3rd place: M. Nabeel (2:48.71)
Backstroke
- 50 metre
Under-9: 1st place: Sulaiman Shihar (44.73 sec)
Under-11: 2nd place: Kuvindu Silva (45.96 sec)
- 100 metre
Under-15: 3rd place: Vidmal Indiketihewge (1:16.96)
Medley
- 200m Individual
Under-9: 1st place: Daham Marambe (4:05.33)
Under-11: 3rd place: Senupa Rathnayake (3:25.76)
Under-17: 2nd place: M. Nabeel (2:41.41)
- 4x50m Medley Relay
Under-11: 2nd place: Sulaiman Shihar, Tehan Gunathilake, Kuvindu de Silva, Daham Marambe (3:07.40); 3rd place: Emika Batepola, Kevaan de Costa, Thisas Sanuga, Thinal Jayasinghe (3:23.61 96)
Under-13: 3rd place: Suvindu Garusinghe, Yusuf Shihar, Hithesh Jayawardene, Senupa Rathnayake (2:45.25)
- 4×100 Relay
Under-13: Hithesh Jayawardene, Yusuf Shihar, Suvindu Garusinghe, Senupa Rathnayake (6:45.39)
Under-15: 2nd place: Vidmal Indiketihewge, Delshan Lasindu, Thisul Fernando, Vimath Nahallage (5:27.28)