Swimming: Killerwhale and Visakha Colombo win National Short Course Championship

Killerwhale Aquatic Club 245.5 points and Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo, 273 points, emerged Overall Men and Women Champions respectively, at the National Short Course Swimming Championship 2018, concluded at the Isipathana College Swimming Pool Complex.
 
Dilanka Shehan of Nalanda College (Nalanda) was adjudged Best Men's Swimmer for winning 5 events, while Sandu Savindi of Visakha was adjudged Best Women's Swimmer for also winning 5 events. 

Winners of Individual events: 

400m Freestyle 
Women- E. Senanayake (Sri Lanka Army) 4:40.53 Men- B. Dilanka Shehan (Nalanda) 4:14.59 

50m Breaststroke 
Women- Monali Weerakkodi [Gateway College, Colombo (Gateway)] 36.26 Men- Chathusha Dalpathadu (Ananda College, Colombo) 31.58 

200m Individual Medley (IM) 
Women- Thimali Bandara (Killerwhale) 2:32.11 Men- Dilanka Shehan (Nalanda) 2:14.58 

200m Backstroke 
Women- Ganga Seneviratne (Visakha) 2:29.58 Men- Shevinda De Silva [St. Joseph’s College, Colombo (SJC)] 2:10.50 

100m Butterfly 
Women- Sandu Savindi (Visakha) 1:07.04 Men- Sandev Senarathne [Ananda College, Colombo (Ananda)] 57.91 

400m IM 
Women- Thimali Bandara (Killerwhale) 5:18.56 Men- B. Dilanka Shehan (Nalanda) 4:47.24 

200m Breaststroke 
Women- Pulvini Vihara Jayatilleke (Vihara Maha Devi, Kiribathgoda) 2:53.89 Men- Lahiru Lihinikadu (Killerwhale) 2:28.07 

100m Freestyle 
Women- Sandu Savindi (Visakha) 1:00.91 Men- Stephan Perera (Gateway) 52.91 

50m Backstroke 
Women- Ganga Senevirathne (Visakha) 31.34 Men- Shevinda De Silva (SJC) 27.35    

50m Butterfly 
Women- Sandu Savindi (Visakha) 29.87 Men- R. De Silva (Lyceum, Wattala) 25.79 

200m Freestyle 
Women- Thimali Bandara (Killerwhale) 2:11.57 Men- Dilanka Shehan (Nalanda)1:54.59 

100m Backstroke 
Women- Ganga Senevirathne (Visakha) 1:08.94 
Men- Shevinda De Silva (SJC) 59.72 

1500m Freestyle 
Men- B. Dilanka Shehan (Nalanda) 17:00.50) 

100m IM 
Women- Sandu Savindi (Visakha) 1:12.55 Men- Pavalachandran Arukshan (Killerwhale) 1:02.04 

200m Butterfly 
Women- Pulvini Vihara Jayatilleke (Vihara Maha Devi, Kiribathgoda) 2:42.52 Men- Sandev Senarathne (Ananda) 2:10.90 

50m Freestyle 
Women- Sandu Savindi (Visakha) 27.33 Men- R. De Silva (Lyceum, Wattala) 24.21