Joes and Mahamaya triumph with splashing victories!
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- Category: swimming
- Published on Monday, 27 June 2011 10:24
- Written by Charit Tissera
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The 38th Sri Lanka Age Group Aquatic Championships came to a conclusion yesterday at the Ananda College Swimming pool complex, as defending champions St. Joseph’s College and Mahamaya College projecting themselves as Champions, yet again in the Schools aquatic arena.
With yesterday’s win, the Josephians would be stamping their stance in the waters, as the 9th in a row since 2003, while the mighty Mahamaya girls from the hills, would be boasting of a 13th win, in a row!
The end of final day and fourth day of the schools aquatic meet saw Josephians topping the overall points table with an aggregate 609.5 points to win the boys’ title, while Mahamaya Girls’ School, Kandy with 567 points to retain the girls’ overall title.
Josephians were followed by the lads from Reid Avenue, who had 539.5 points ahead of them while Ladies’ College, Colombo were the runners-up in the girls’ category with a total of 394 points.
The fourth and final day also saw ten new Sri Lanka schools records being established. The exceptional significance of this year’s tournament to that of others is, the tournament had set the platform for 44 new meet records, during the four-day time period. A key stand out in yesterday’s relay event was the Josephian swimmers renewing the under 19 medley relay record by 5 seconds. The team included Shashike Perera (back stroke), Praneeth Udumalagala (breast stroke), Sahan Rupesinghe (butterfly) and Shaan Dias (freestyle).
A proud Josephian camp walked away with both the Senior and Junior trophies in the Boys category. e Ladies College grabbed the Senior trophy in the Girls category, while Mahamaya Girls’ school walked away with the Junior Trophy in the same category.
The 38th Sri Lanka Age Group Aquatic Championships which was conducted by the Sri Lanka Schools Swimming Association with the patronage of Nestle Lanka PLC’s MILO, produced the following results.
Team Rankings:
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Boys |
Girls |
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(1) St. Joseph’s College |
609.50 |
(1) Mahamaya Girls’ School |
567 |
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(2) Royal College |
539.50 |
(2) Ladies College |
394 |
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(3) Trinity College |
340 |
(3) Musaeus College |
350 |
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(4) Ananda College |
319 |
(4) Visakha Vidyalaya |
288 |
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(5) S. Thomas’ College |
218 |
(5) St. Bridget’s Convent |
195 |
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(6) D. S. Senanayake College |
177 |
(6) Lyceum International (Wattala) |
129 |
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(7) St. Peter’s College |
139 |
(7) Anula Vidyalaya |
128 |
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(8) Asian International School |
120 |
(8) Hillwood College |
125 |
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(9) Lyceum International (Nugegoda) |
112 |
(9) Lyceum International (Nugegoda) |
114 |
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(10) Lyceum International (Wattala) |
102 |
(10) Girls High School |
83 |
Age group rankings:
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Boys |
Girls |
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Under 9 |
(1) S. Thomas’ College (2) Ananda College (3) D.S. Senanayake College |
58 55 39 |
(1) Anula Vidyalaya (2) Mahamaya Girls’ School (3) Ladies College |
99 78 51 |
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Under 11 |
(1) Lyceum International (Wattala) (2) St. Peter’s College (3) Lyceum International (Nug) |
86 77 54 |
(1) Mahamaya Girls’ School (2) Lyceum International (Nugegoda) (3) Hillwood College |
114 90 55 |
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Under 13 |
(1) St. Joseph’s College (2) Trinity College (3) D.S. Senanayake College |
109 84 55 |
(1) Mahamaya Girls’ School (2) Musaeus College (3) Visakha Vidyalaya
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157 73 70
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Under 15 |
(1) Royal College (2) Trinity College (3) St. Joseph’s |
139.5 125 108.5 |
(1) Musaeus College (2) Ladies College (3) Visakha Vidyalaya
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106 68 61 |
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Under 17 |
(1) Royal College (2) St. Joseph’s College (3) S. Thomas’ College |
129 122 76 |
(1) Mahamaya Girls’ School (2) Visakha Vidyalaya (3) St. Bridget’s Convent |
114 95 94 |
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Under 19 |
(1) St. Joseph’s College (2) Royal College (3) Ananda College |
231 181 98 |
(1) Ladies College (2) Musaeus College (3) Mahamaya Girls’ School |
168 125 77 |
Junior Division team scores:
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Boys |
Girls |
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(1) St. Joseph’s College - 148 |
(1) Mahamaya Girls’ School - 349 |
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(2) D.S. Senanayake - 129 |
(2) Lyceum International School, Nugegoda - 114 |
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(3) Trinity College - 127 |
(3) Musaeus College - 109 |
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(4) St. Peter’s College - 109 |
(4) Hillwood College and Anula Vidyalaya - 104 |
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(5) Lyceum International School, Wattala - 102 |
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Senior Division team scores:
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Boys |
Girls |
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(1) St. Joseph’s College - 461.5 |
(1) Ladies College - 303 |
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(2) Royal College - 449.50 |
(2) Musaeus College - 241 |
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(3) Ananda College - 261 |
(3) Mahamaya Girls’ School - 218 |
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(4) Trinity College - 213. |
(4) Visakha Vidyalaya - 200 |
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(5) S. Thomas’ College - 158. |
(5) St. Bridget’s Convent - 131 |
Individual Age Group Champions:
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Girls |
Boys |
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Under 9 |
Manuthi Peiris (Anula Vidyalaya) |
30 |
Sandev Senarathne (Ananda College) |
35 |
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Under 11 |
Kavindi Sumathiratne (Lyceum International, Nugegoda) |
38 |
Akalanka Peiris (St. Peter’s College)
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40 |
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Under 13 |
Vinoli Siriwardena (Mahamaya Girls School)
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40 |
Imesh Chathuranga (DS Senanayake College) |
40
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Under 15 |
Ridmi Rankothge (Musaeus College) Hashini Mathew (Visakha Vidyalaya) |
33 33 |
Chandula Fernando (Royal College) |
45 |
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Under 17 |
Gihara Amarasinghe (Southlands Girls School, Galle) |
40 |
W. Kalana S. Wickramaarachchi (Royal Central College, Polonnaruwa) |
40 |
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Under 19 |
Methma Jayawardena (Musaeus College) |
40 |
Sahan Rupasinghe (St. Joseph’s College) |
35 |
Read the exclusive review of Day 1, 2 and 3 of the tournament
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