The National and Junior National Swimming Championships for the year 2014 organized by the SLAASU was held on the 2nd of November at the Sugathadasa Stadium Aquatic Complex. Rear Admiral Ravindra Wijeguneratne, Chief of Staff of the Sri Lanka Navy, graced the award ceremony after the completion of the events.
The performance of the Sri Lanka navy in the Men’s Senior Nationals Division was spectacular, since they won the Championship with 331 points. It should also be mentioned that the Sri Lanka Navy emerged as the 2nd runners-up in the Women’s Senior National Division. They also won all the relay events in the Men’s Senior Division. The swimmers also broke many several records both Relay and National.
In the tight competition between Musaeus College and Visakha Vidyalaya in the Women’s Senior Nationals Division, Musaeus College triumphed as the Over-all Champions with 189 points, while the latter lost it by 8 points.
In the Women’s Junior National Division, Mahamaya College, Kandy emerged as the Over-all Champions with 202.05 points, followed by Visakha Vidyalaya (121) and Harischandra College, Negombo (88).
Men’s Junior National division was won by Killer Whale Aquatics Club (205). Lyceum International School, Wattala (145) and Gateway College (106) emerged as the 1st &2nd runners-up respectively.
Royal College (149) and Killer Whales Aquatic Club (133) won the 2nd and 3rd places in the Men’s Senior Nationals Division respectively.
It was a day of victories for many swimmers, especially the Raheem sisters and the Abeysinghe brothers who won many awards and broke National records for the Killer Whales Aquatic Club.
Swimmers were ranked according to the points they received for their events.
Given below are the highest scoring swimmers of the event.
|
Division |
Swimmer |
Team |
Point |
|
Women – Senior Nationals |
1st – Machiko Raheem 1st – Kimiko Raheem 3rd – Shenali Senanayake |
Killer Whales Aquatic Club Asian International School Srimavo Bandaranayake Balika |
25 25 21 |
|
Men – Senior Nationals |
1st – Matthew Abeysinghe 2nd – Dillon Abeysinghe 3rd – Cherantha De Silva |
Killer Whales Aquatic Club Killer Whales Aquatic Club Ananda College |
25 19 18 |
|
Women – Junior Nationals |
1st – Hiruni Perera 2nd – Uththama Silva 3rd – Hansi Perera |
Harischandra College Negombo Mahamaya College Kandy Harischandra College Negombo |
23 18 15 |
|
Men – Senior Nationals |
1st – Kyle Abeysinghe 2nd – Dimuth Peiris 3rd – Kavindra Nugawela |
Killer Whales Aquatic Club St. Peters College Killer Whales Aquatic Club |
25 21 14 |
Below are the results of the Junior & Senior National events.
JUNIOR NATIONALS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
|
Event |
Winners |
Team |
Timing |
|
Boys Under-15 50M Breaststroke |
1st – Diluk Jayathilaka 2nd – Radush Sathasivam 3rd– Prithviraj Kalyanasundaram |
LISW LISW LISW |
34:89 35:29 35:95 |
|
Girls Under-15 50M Breaststroke |
1st – Shenaya Dias 2nd – Chenuri Fernando 3rd – Dasuni Udugama |
GCN BC MUE |
39:82 40:10 40:58 |
|
Boys Under-15 100M Butterfly |
1st – Kyle Abeysighe 2nd – Dimuth Peiris 3rd – Abdurrahman Hishan |
KWA SPC KWA |
59:33 01:02:66 01:05:27 |
|
Girls Under-15 100M Butterfly |
1st – Hiruni Perera 2nd – Hansi Perera 3rd – Maheshika Hewage |
HCN HCN MCK |
01:10:62 01:10:83 01:16:96 |
|
Boys Under-15 200M Freestyle |
1st – Kavindra Nugawela 2nd – Joshua Jesuthasan 3rd – Gavin Karunanayake |
KWA KWA GIS |
02:06:82 02:08:25 02:11:00 |
|
Girls Under-15 200M Freestyle |
1st – Uththama Silva 2nd– Nethmi Mahakumara 3rd – Shehanthi Gunawardane |
MCK MCK VV |
02:24:84 02:27:23 02:27:81 |
SENIOR NATIONALS – INDIVIDUAL EVENTS
|
Event |
Winners |
Team |
Timing |
|
Men 50M Butterfly |
1st – Cherantha De Silva 2 – K.A.Munasinghe 3rd – K.P.Manawadu |
AC SLN SLN |
25:68 25:77 26:73 |
|
Women 50M Butterfly |
1st – Kimiko Raheem 2nd – G.S.Amarasinghe 3rd – Ridmi Rangkothge |
AIS SLN MUE |
30:54 30:84 31:53 |
|
Men 100M Backstroke |
1st – Matthew Abeysinghe 2nd – Chandula Fernando 3rd – Shehan Kaushalya |
KWA RC RC |
59:09 01:01:26 01:03:51 |
|
Women 100M Backstroke |
1st – Kimiko Raheem 2nd – Dilekha Goonewardena 3rd – Himani Vithanage |
AIS LC MUE |
01:05:08 01:14:92 01:16:60 |
|
Men 200M Freestyle |
1st – Matthew Abeysinghe 2nd – K.P.De Silva 3rd – Dilanka Shehan |
KWA SLN NC |
01:59:27 01:59:87 02:03:79 |
|
Women 200M Freestyle |
1st – Machiko Raheem 2nd – Avishi Samarasinghe 3rd – Chamodi De Fonseka |
KWA MUE LISW |
02:21:66 02:23:97 02:26:13 |
JUNIOR NATIONALS – RELAY EVENTS
|
Event |
Winner |
Timing |
|
Girls 400M Freestyle Relay |
1st – VV 2nd – MCK 3rd – SBBV |
04:38:71 02:44:19 02:51:97 |
|
Boys 400M Freestyle Relay |
1st – KWA 2nd – LISW 3rd – SPC |
04:00:26 04:15:16 04:18:66 |
|
Boys 200M Freestyle Relay |
1st – LISW 2nd – KWA 3rd – GIS |
01:49:20 01:49:81 01:52:91 |
|
Girls 200M Freestyle Relay |
1st – VV 2nd – MCK 3rd – SBBV |
02:04:20 02:05:23 02:11:27 |
|
Boys 200M Medley Relay |
1st – KWA 2nd – LISW 3rd – SPC |
02:01:33 01:03:92 01:04:46 |
|
Girls 200M Medley Relay |
1st – MCK 2nd – VV 3rd – BC |
02:21:59 02:22:77 02:25:29 |
SENIOR NATIONALS – RELAY EVENTS
|
Event |
Winners |
Timing |
|
Men 400M Medley Relay |
1st – SLN 2nd – RC 3rd – AC |
04:10:07 04:14:54 04:21:88 |
|
Women 400M Medley Relay |
1st – MUE 2nd – SLN 3rd – VV |
05:10:02 05:13:17 05:15:71 |
|
Men 800M Freestyle Relay |
1st – SLN 2nd – RC 3rd – TCK |
08:24:84 08:37:02 08:51:21 |
|
Women 800M Freestyle Relay |
1st – VV 2nd – SLN 3rd – LC |
10:13:20 10:23:49 10:41:95 |
|
Men 200M Freestyle Relay |
1st – SLN 2nd – AC 3rd – SLN |
01:39:90 01:41:40 01:43:10 |
|
Women 200M Freestyle Relay |
1st – MUE 2nd – SLN 3rd – VV |
02:02:50 02:04:12 02:04:99 |
Following are the National Records by the swimmers the of the Senior Division
|
Event |
Record Breaker |
Timing |
|
Men 200M Medley Relay |
SLN |
01:51:32 |
|
Women 50M Freestyle |
Machiko Raheem – KWA |
26:76 |
|
Women 200M Butterfly |
Machiko Raheem – KWA |
02:30:91 |
|
Men 400M Freestyle Relay |
SLN |
03:39:86 |
|
Men 400M IM |
Matthew Abeysinghe – KWA |
04:42:22 |
|
Women 100M Backstroke |
Kimiko Raheem – AIS |
01:05:02 |
|
Men 200M Freestyle Relay |
SLN |
01:39:90 |
|
Men 50M Backstroke |
Matthew Abeysinghe – KWA |
26:94 |
|
Women 400M IM |
Machiko Raheem – KWA |
05:21:77 |
