Army athletes establish new Sri Lanka record
Despite inclement weather on day two of the Relay Carnival at the Diyagama Stadium it did not prevent athletes from establishing new records in the final events that were held for the day.
In all one Sri Lanka record and three new meet records were established.
There new Sri Lanka national established was in the open event by athletes from Army which was in the 4 x 1500m. Army athletes also set a new meet record in the 4 x 800m event. The other two new meet records came in the girl’s and boy’s categories with athletes from Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna establishing them.
The Army quartet finished the 4 x 1500m event with a new timing of 15.52.99secs which eclipsed the existing record of 15.55 also set by Army ten years ago in 2003.
Maris Stella winning the boys 4 x 100m Under-16 relay event. - Pic by Ranjith Perera
The record that tumbled in the boy’s category was in the under 18 4 x 1500m where athletes from Walala A. Ratnayake CC broke their own record of 17.42.12 set in 2012 with a new timing of 17.21.07.
The record in the girl’s category was in the under 20 4 x 1500m where the girl’s from Walala A. Ratnayake CC set a new time of 20.49.33 to erase the previous record of 21.32.30 set way back in 2002.
Meanwhile Walala A. Ratnayake CC dominated the proceedings with their athletes grabbing the honours in most of the events in both the categories while in the open events Army shone in two of three of the four events that were worked with Air Force winning the other event.
The completion of the final events saw a heavy downpour hindering the afternoon proceedings which saw a delay in conducting the 4 x100m relay events. However under trying and soggy conditions the organizers managed to get on with the proceedings.
The curtains of the Relay Carnival conducted by the Athletics Association of Sri Lanka will come down today with D.P.K. Gunasekera, Deputy General Manager of Bank of Ceylon gracing the awards ceremony as the chief guest.
Results:
Girls:
4 x 100m U14: 1. Musaeus College (54.6). 2. Ave Maria Convent Negombo (66.9). 3. Newstead BV Negombo (56.1). 4 x 100m U16: 1. Holy Family Convent Kalutara (52.67). 2. Maliyadeva BV (53.19). 3. Mahamaya Kandy (54.34). 4 x 100m U18: 1. St Joseph’s BV Kegalle (50.68). 2. Ladies College (51.37). 3. Newstead BV Negombo (52.72). 4 x 100m U20: 1. Sumana BV Ratnapura (51.65). 2. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (53.38). 3. St Joseph’s BV Kegalle (56.32). 4 x 100m (Open): 1. Army ‘A’ (41.02). 2. Navy 41.13). 3. Army ‘B’ (41.37). 4 x 800m U16: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (10.02.36). 2. Central College Welimada (10.29.58). 3. Janadhipathi Vidyalaya Welimada (10.37.43). 4 x 800m U18: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (10.09.67). 2. Ambagamuwa Central (10.29.03). 3. Sumana BV Ratnapura (10.44.26). 4 x 800m U20: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (9.50.39). 2. Sumana BV Ratnapura (10.37.79). 3. Central College Welimada (11.19.36). 4 x 800m (Open): 1. Army (9.09.04). 2. Air Force ‘B’ (9.36.53). 3. Navy (9.44.16). 4 x 1500m U18: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC (21.38.36). 2. Sumana BV Ratnapura (22.32.95). 3. Lunuwatte MMV (22.55.96). 4 x 1500m U20: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC (20.49.33 – New Meet Record). 2. Sumana BC Ratnapura (22.34.09). 3. Central College Welimada (23.47.28). 4 x 1500m (Open): 1. Air Force ‘A’ (18.48.46). 2. Army (19.00.51). 3. Navy (19.19.77).
Boys:
4 x 100m U14: 1. Maris Stella Negombo (51.63). 2. Royal Colombo (51.20). 3. St Anthony’s Kandy (51.91). 4 x 100m U16: 1. Maris Stella Negombo (46.07). 2. Trinity Kandy (46.34). 3. Dharmaraja Kandy (46.74). 4 x 100m U18: 1. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa (44.13). 2. Maris Stella (44.27). 3. St Peter’s Colombo (44.56). 4 x 100m U20: 1. Trinity Kandy (43.34). 2. Ananda Colombo (43.72). 3. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa (43.76). 4 x 100 (Open): 1. Air Force (46.82). 2. Navy (47.02). 3. Air Force ‘B’ (48.05). 4 x 800m U16: 1. Dharmaraja Kandy (8.51.34). 2. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna – 1. 9.04.20). 3. Trinity Kandy (9.07.68). 4 x 800m U18: 1. Trinity Kandy (8.18.06). 2. Central College Welimada (8.20.63). 3. Sri Rahula Katugastota (8.30.46). 4 x 800m U20: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (8.01.42). 2. Joseph Vaz Wennappuwa (8.20.66). 3. St Sylvester’s (8.23.54). 4 x 800m (Open): 1. Army ‘A’ (7.33.13 – New Meet Record). 2. Army ‘B’ (7.38.76). 3. Air Force ‘A’ (7.43.50). 4 x 1500m Under 18: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (17.21.67 – New Meet Record). Sri Rahula Katugastota (17.24.99). 3. Pushpananda MV Ambathenna (17.52.45). 4 x 1500m U20: 1. Walala A. Ratnayake CC Menikhinna (17.18.54). 2. Lunuwatte MMV (17.20.19). 3. St Sylvester’s (18.18.54). 4 x 1500m (Open): 1. Army ‘A’ – (15.52.99 – Sri Lanka Record). 2. Army ‘B’ (16.18.97). 3. Air Force ‘A’ (16.20.18).
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