Dillon Abeysinghe of Asian International School dominated Day One of the Junior National Short Course Swimming Championships.
The meet started off yesterday March 27 at the D. S. Senanayake College Swimming Pool and will continue today with another 14 events set to be held. This is the third consecutive year that the meet has been held which sees the cream of junior national swimmers participating which is held in the Under 14 age group.
Dillon Abeysinghe in action at the Junior National Short Course Swimming Championships. – Pic by Sanka Vidanagama |
Fourteen events were held yesterday and the results are as follows:
Hiruni De Zoysa of Hillwood College, Kandy was placed first with a time of 5:17.13 in the 400 Meter Freestyle. She was also placed first with a time of 2:46.19 in the 200 Meter Individual Medley.
Trinity College, Kandy saw their swimmer S. T. M. Auwardt being placed first in the 400 Meter Freestyle as well as the 100 Meter Butterfly with a time of 4:57.82 and 1:09.93, respectively.
Dillon Abeysinghe of Asian International School was placed first in all his events which included the 100 Metre Backstroke, the 200 Meter Individual Medley as well as the 100 Metre Freestyle events with a time of, 1:10.24, 2:33.40 and 1:02.49, respectively.
The 100 Metre Breast Stroke saw Thisari Karunathilake of Girls High School, Kandy being placed first with a time of 1:26.04 while for the boys, M. A. Induruwa of S. Thomas’ College, Mt. Lavinia was placed first with a time of 1:19. 83.
Githmi Rajasinghe of Southland College participated in the 100 Metre Butterfly and was placed first with a time of 1:18.21. Mahamaya College, Kandy’s Vinoli Siriwardana was placed first in the 100 Metre Back Stroke with a time of 1:18.63. Amanda Jayasekara of Musaeus College, Colombo won the 100 Metre Freestyle event with a time of 1:08.09.
The medley relays saw Mahamaya College, Kandy for the girls and Asian International School, Colombo in the boy’s category being placed first. The team from Mahamaya College consisted of Mindula Rowel, Pawani Costa, Tilini Tennakoon and Irushi Mahanthe and their time was that of 2:29.10. While Sheran Rajapakse, Gowthaman Thayapparan, Ramith Samayamanthri and Dillon Abeysinghe represented Asian International School and their time was 2:23.17.
This has been the fist meet for the year organized by the Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union (SLASU). The meets which have still not been held this year are the Novices Aquatic Championship and the National Age Group Relay Championship, which has been due to the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool still being under repairs. |
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