At the end of the 5-day aquatic battle between schools island-wide, St. Josephs College – Colombo clinched their 18th consecutive Sri Lanka School Swimming Championships title with 570 total points, while Visakha Vidyalaya Colombo dominated the pool by becoming the Girls’ Overall Champions for the 3rd time in a row with 423 points.
The overall mixed team championship was secured by Lyceum International School – Wattala, with a total of 557 points. All three of these schools topped their categories with massive leads of more than 100 points over the rest of the teams. St. Peters’s College were the Runners-up in the Boys’ category with 317 points and Mahamaya College Kandy finished 2nd in the Girls’ category.
At the closing ceremony of the 48th Annual Sri Lanka Schools All Island Age Group Aquatic Championships 2023, which was organized by the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports Association and powered by Nestle–Milo, a total of 37 trophies were given away, acknowledging individual champions, age group team champions, junior and senior champions, and overall champions in both swimming and diving.
The Swimming individual champions are:
Under 14
- Girls’ – Yunaya Perera from Lyceum International School – Gampaha
- Boys’ – A.I.M. Haathim from St. Peter’s College
Under 16
- Girls’ – Yahanmi Kariyawasam from Sangamitta Balika Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – M. F. Muhammad from Zahira College
Under 18
- Girls’ – Jessie Senevirathne from Holy Family Convent
- Boys’ – Aakash Prabashwara from St. Joseph’s College
Under 20
- Girls’ – Tricia De Rose from Stafford International School
- Boys’ – Chris Pavithra from St. Peter’s College
The Swimming Age Group Team Champions are as follows,
Under 10
- Girls’ – Lyceum International School, Gampaha
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
Under 12
- Girls’ – Visakha Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
Under 14
- Girls’ – Lyceum International School, Gampaha
- Boys’ – St. Peter’s College
Under 16
- Girls’ – Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
Under 18
- Girls’ – Ladies’ College
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
Under 20
- Girls’ – Visakha Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – Ananda College
The Swimming Junior and Senior titles are as follows,
Junior
- Girls’ – Visakha Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
Senior
- Girls’ – Visakha Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – St. Joseph’s College
In addition to the above, 12 new individual records were established and 2 relay records were broken during the last 5 days.
Boys’ Under 14 400 LC Meter Freestyle Junior
D Y Malawara Arachchi – S. Thomas’ College, Mt Lavinia – 4:49.98R
Boys’ Under 14 100 LC Meter Butterfly Junior
A I M Haathim – St.Peter’s College – 1:02.89R
Boys’ Under 14 200 LC Meter IM Junior
A I M Haathim – St.Peter’s College – 2:26.50R
Boys’ Under 14 50 LC Meter Butterfly Junior
A I M Haathim – St.Peter’s College – 28.61R
Girls’ Under 18 50 LC Meter Butterfly Senior
Jessie Seneviratne – Holy Family Convent – 30.25R
Girls’ Under 20 50 LC Meter Butterfly Senior
Nabhashie Perera – Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya – 30.79R
Boys’ Under 16 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Senior
M F Muhammad -Zahira College – 1:11.13R
Boys’ Under 20 100 LC Meter Breaststroke Senior
Chris Pavithra – St.Peter’s College – 1:10.39R
Girls’ Under 20 200 LC Meter Butterfly Senior
Tricia De Rose – Stafford Int. School – 2:46.28R
Boys’ Under 16 400 LC Meter Freestyle Senior
Yashith Wijesundara – D S Senanayake College – 4:26.87R
Boys’ Under 16 200 LC Meter Breaststroke Senior
M F Muhammad – Zahira College – 2:34.82R
Girls’ Under 18 100 LC Meter Butterfly Senior
Jessie Seneviratne – Holy Family Convent – 1:07.54
Boys’ Under 20 4×100 LC Meter Medley Relay Senior
Ananda College A 4:19.84R
- M. D. G. Perera
- D N Hettiarachchi
- D K G Silva
- L H T K Himanjith
Boys’ Under 20 4×100 LC Meter Freestyle Relay Senior
Ananda College A 3:47.94R
- P H Nagodage
- L H T K Himanjith
- S N Pathirathne
- D K G Silva
At the same time, the diving boards were dominated by Royalists with 242 total points and Bishop’s College with 197 points. S. Thomas’ College Mount Lavinia and St. Bridget’s Convent saved the runners-up positions with 53 and 75 points respectively.
Also, 8 diving individual age group champions were crowned last evening.
Under 14
- Girls’ – Manudi Gunarathna from St. Bridget’s Convent
- Boys’ – Ruel Wickramarathne from Royal College
Under 16
- Girls’ – Akeesa Hewavitharana from Sirimavo Bandaranaike Vidyalaya
- Boys’ – Mikhail Jayaweera from Royal College
Under 18
- Girls’ – Kisara Ranawaka from St. Bridget’s Convent
- Boys’ – Yusuf Shihar from Royal College
Under 20
- Girls’ – Kithmi Marambe from Bishop’s College
- Boys’ – Matheesha Marambe from Royal College
The next aquatic event in line is the time trial in September for the Asian Age Group Aquatic Championships 2023 to be held in the Philippines in December.
