Musaeus oarswomen take home Higgins Trophy
Musaeus College defeated traditional rivals Ladies’ College with a score of 37-15 to win the Marie Musaeus Higgins Trophy in the annual rowing encounter at the 19th LC-MC Regatta, held at Beira Lake in Colombo yesterday.
The prestigious Boat Race was the highlight of the event, where Musaeus excelled, earning a total of 12 points. Their victories included the ‘B’ Four (8 points), ‘B’ Pair (4 points), ‘A’ Double Scull (7 points), and ‘A’ Scull (6 points).
Ladies’ managed to secure 15 points, with wins in the ‘A’ Pair (8 points), ‘B’ Double Scull (5 points), and ‘B’ Scull (2 points). Despite their efforts, they could not match the overall dominance of Musaeus College in this year’s regatta.
| Results | |
| ‘A’ Scull: Sheraya Perera 4:37.52 (Ladies) beat Sanindhie Mendis 4:26.19 (Musaeus) ‘A’ Pair: Sanindi de Silva (S) adn Turanya Basnayake (B) LC 4:10.53 beat Thara Caldera (B) and Yenushka Premaratne (S) 4:19.77 (Musaeus) ‘B’ Pair: Sahanya Rajapaksha (B) and Sarah Martino (S) MC 4:15.97 beat Hayaa Hassen (S) adn Letara Munipura (B) 4:29.22 (Ladies) ‘B’ Scull: McKaella Karunratne 4:36.70 (Ladies) beat Binuli Edirisooriya 4:49.22 (Musaeus) ‘B’ Double Scull: Janumi Weragama (S)/Sheraya Perera (B) 4:15.13 (Ladies) beat Nikini Aluthge (B)/Isini Rajapakse (S) 4:21.35 (Musaues) ‘A’ Double Scull: Sanindhie Mendis (B)/Senumi Hewavitharanage (S) 4:16.6 (Musaeus) beat Hayaa Hassen (S)/Sanindi de Silva (B) 4:20.50 (Ladies) ‘C’ Four: Anika Perera (S), Meha Balendra (2), Chantelle Perera (3), Ranithi Samarasooriya (B), Jessica Sivapragasam (Cox) 4:26.18 (Ladies) beat Nethumi Rajapakse (B), Hansalee Collure (2), Senudi Mendis (3), Venudi Peiris (S), Senola Shridharana 4:32.51 (Musaeus) ‘B’ Four: Shamaali Ellawala (S), Vinugi Jayasinghe (2), Kehansa Madugalle (3), Iyannah Karunaratne (B), Ananya Kirtisinghe (Cox) 4:03.16 (Ladies) beat Hesandi Perera (B), Thara Caldera (2), Sahanya Rajapaksha (3), Sarah Martino (S), Sineli de Silva (Musaeus) 4:07.12. ‘A’ Four: Sithesh Sundararaj (B), Senumi Hewavithanage (2), Sanindhie Mendis (3), Yenushka Premaratne (S), Inaya Jayakody (C) 4:03.82 (Musaeus) beat Letara Munipura (3), Hayaa Hassen (2), Sanindi de Silva (S), Turanya Basnayake (B), Tanisha Cooray (Cox) 4:06.53 (Ladies) |