Gampaha snatches lead over Colombo
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Malinda Madushanka of Puttalam established a new meet record in the Boys Under-20 Shot putt, with an effort of 16.13 metres
National Youth Sports Festival
By Susil Premalal reporting from Badulla
Defending champions Gamapaha Division snatched the overall lead from Colombo Division on the penultimate day of the 28th National Youth Sports Festival which continued at the Vincent Dias Stadium in Badulla yesterday.
Gampaha were in front with a total of 87 points while Colombo were placed second with 86 points followed by Kurunegala (65) in third place.
Meanwhile, Jaffna won the Men’s netball title defeating Moneragala 43-32 in the final with Balakrishnan Sathinathan of Jaffna winning the Most Outstanding Player Award. In addition, Kandy took the Women’s netball title with a 62-33 win over Kalutara in the final. Thilini Wattegedera was named as the Most Outstanding Player.
Kegalle won the Men’s volleyball tournament defeating Gampaha 3-0 in the final. Kegalle also won the Women’s volleyball crown overcoming Matara 3-0 in the final.Yesterday, D. M. Y. Dulanjali of Nuwara Eliya set up a new meet record in the Under-20 Girls 400 metres while clocking 50.50 seconds. She erased the previous record of 57.00s held by P. D. N. Madushika of Galle in 2014.
On Friday, Malinda Madushanka of Puttalam established a new meet record in the Boys Under-20 Shot putt, with an effort of 16.13 metres.
He bettered the previous record of 15.13 metres held by R. Nimalendra in 2012.
Results
U-20 Girls 400M: 1. D.M.Y. Dulanjali (Nuwara Eliya) 56.5 sec *NMR 2 F.S Yamick (Kandy) 59.1 sec 3. Dewmini Tharushika (Matara) 1:00.6 secs
O-20 Women 5000M: 1. T.H. Dinusha Dilhani (Galle) 25:44.6 Sec 2. J.K.K.M.C. Damayanthi (Moneragala) 29:01.01 Sec 3.H.A.N.S. Jayarathna (Kegalle) 30:28.7 Secs
U-20 Girls 5000M: 1. K. Kanakeswary (Vavuniya) 30:41.1 Sec 2. S.A.E. Seneviratne (Badulla) 31:02.1 Secs 3. A.M.D. Lakshika (Kurunegala) 32:19.3 Sec
U-20 Boys 10000M: 1. K.K.D.N. Theekshana (Badulla) 33:29.5 Secs 2. M.S. Ramesh (Colombo) 33:52.2 Sec 3. I.M.S. Priyanjana (Anuradhapura) 34:48.1 Sec
O-20 Men High jump: 1. K. Shehan Lakshitha (Hambantota) 2.03 M 2. P.M.D. Chanuka (Kurunegala) 2.03 M 3. A.P.G.D.K.K. Guruge (Ampara) 1.90 M
O-20 Women Long jump: 1. Anjani Pulwansa (Colombo) 5.48 M 2. H.A.N. Navodani (Puttalam) 5.22 M 3. D.V.C.M. Tillakaratne (Kurunegala) 5.18 M
U-20 Girls Shot-put: 1. H.G.C.R. Dayarathna (Moneragala) 10.54 M 2. R.A.O. Wickremasinghe (Kurunegala) 9.01 M 3. N.G.Y.H. Jayarathna (Matale) 8.43 M
U-20 Boys Javelin Throw: 1.W.R.L.De Silva (Galle) 58.55 M 2. Tharindu Ranaweera (Colombo) 54.50 M 3. M.R.R.C. Fernando (Ratnapura) 54.00 M
Shot putt U-20 boys: 1.W.M.A.M.Madusanka (Puttalam) 16.13 metres * NMR 2. N.P.L.K. Pathirana (Ratnapura) 13.46 metres 3.H.Ravindu Shehan (Kaluthara) 12.56 metres
High jump O-20 Women’s: 1. R.P.G.W.P. Harischandra (Kaluthara) 1.65 metres 2. J. Sukiththa (Kilinochchi) 1.40 metres 3 G.S.P. Gunaratna (Ampara) 1.40 metres
200m. O-20 men: 1. P.A.C.L. Kumara (Anuradhapura) 21.9 sec 2. K.H.A.C. Viduranga (Gampaha) 22.1 sec 3.W.Sathira Shanuka (Matara) 22.3 sec
200m O-20 women’s: 1. S.L. Widanadurage (Badulla) 25.0 sec 2 W.P.M.I. Rangani (Gampaha) 26.9 sec 3 D.D. Senaviratne (Colombo) 27.5 sec
200 m U-20 Girls: 1.N. Shemila Jan (Colombo) 25.1 sec 2.F.S.yamick (Kandy) 25.2 sec 3 W.H.M. Fernando (Puttalam) 26.2 sec
800 m U-20 boys: 1. P.D. Pasindu Mihiranga (Colombo) 1:56.9 sec 2. H.L.S. Madushan (Hambantota) 1:57.8 sec 3.P.D.Gayan Lasantha (Badulla) 1:57.9 sec
800 m O-20 Women’s: 1. B.M.N.K. Senanayake (Kurunegala) 2:31.0 sec 2.A.M.D.Rathnamali (Badulla) 2:32.2 sec 3 K.S. Shashikala (Gampaha) 2:40.5 sec
* New meet record (NMR)