Trinity, Rainbow swim champs

by S.M. Jiffrey ABDEEN, Kandy Sports corr.

SWIMMING: Trinity College in the competition for boys and Rainbows Aquatic in the contest for girls became champions at the first ever Trinity, Rainbows, Mahamaya Triangular swimming championship held at the Hillwood College Swimming pool in Kandy.

This triangular contest was a roaring success with a very large number of events being worked off which gave good exposure to the young swimmers. Credit should go to the organising Committee headed by Julian Bolling, Janaka de Silva, Naresha Perera, U.H. Sugath, U.H. Pemlath and others.

In the competition for boys, Trinity swimmers hold sway accumulating 711 points against 633 by the Rainbow Aquatic.

In the competition for girls the Rainbow Aquatic hit back by winning the championship aggregating 742 against 551 points by Mahamaya Girls college.

But individually the Mahamaya swimmers excelled by winning the Age Group championships in all five age groups. Trinity had five age group champions while Rainbow Aquatic had one.

The Age Group Champions

boys were:

Under 10 : Sapumal Senanayake (Trinity)

Under 12 : Migara Hulangamuwa (Trinity)

Under 14 : Shehan de Silva (Trinity)

Under 16 : Heshan Unamboowe (Trinity)

Under 16 : Enoch Jayasundera (Rainbow Aquatic)

The Age Group Champions among the girls were:

Under 10 : Thilini Tennakoon (Mahamaya Girls College)

Under 12 : Ayeshika Jayawardena (Mahamaya Girls College)

Under 14 : Sunethra Wijeratne (Mahamaya Girls College)

Under 16 : Madhavee Weeratunga (Mahamaya Girls College)

Under 16 : Hansani Weeratunga (Mahamaya Girls College)

The swimming sisters Hansani Weeratunga and Madhavee Weeratunga won five events each to remain unbeaten and so did Heshan Unamboowe for Trinity College.

Results:

Girls:

Under 10 Freestyles:

50 metre Freestyle 1. Thilini Tennakoon (Mahamaya), 2. Inushi Majanthe (Mahamaya), 3. Mindula Rowel (Mahamaya). Under 10 : 50 metre BackStroke: 1. Thilini Tennakoon (Mahamaya), 2. Kaushlya Ratnayake (Mahamaya), 3. Dilini Premaratne (Mahamaya), Under 10: 200 metre Individual Medley: 1. Thilini Tennakoon (Mahamaya), 2. Mindula Rowel (Mahamaya), 3. Kaushalya Ratnayake (Mahamaya). Under 12: 50 metre Freestyle: 1. Ayoshika Jayawardena (Mahamaya), 2. Ridmi Rankothge (Bows), 3. Imani Abeykoon (Mahamaya). Under 12: 50 metre back stroke: 1. Ridmi Rankothge (Bows), 2. Dithmi Warnasuriya (Mahamaya), 3. Parami Ranawaka (Bows). Under 12: 200 metre Individual Medley: 1. Ayeshika Jayasundera (Mahamaya), 2, Ridmi Rankothge (Bows), 3. Imani Abeykoon (Mahamaya). Under 14: 50 metre Freestyle: 1. Suhaila Perera (Bows), 2. Nurani Karunanayake (Bows), 3. Rachel Prins (Bows). Under 14 : 50 metre Backstroke: 1. Sunethra Wijeratne (Mahamaya), 2. Hurani Karunanayake (Bows) 3. Shomani Retwatte (Bows). Under 14: 100 metre Backstroke: 1. Sunethra Wijeratne (Mahamaya), 2. Nurani Karunanayake (Bows), 3. Shomani Ratwatte (Bows). Under 14: 100 metre Breast Stroke: 1. Kaushalya Rowel (Mahamaya), 2. Andrea Jelinek (Bows), 3. T. Nethmee Gunadasa (Bows). Under 14: 100 metre Butterfly: 1. Sunethra Wijeratne (Mahamaya), 2. Derani Kularatne (Mahamaya), 3. Rachel Prins (Bows). Under 14: 200 metre Individual Medley: 1. Sunethra Wijeratne (Mahamaya), 2. Nurani Karunanayake (Bows), 3. Rachel Prins (Bows). Under 16: 50 metre Free Style: 1. Madhavee Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Thilini Abeykoon (Mahamaya), 3. Cindy Nanayakkara (Bows). Under 16: 50 metre Backstroke: 1. Thilini Abeykoon (Mahamaya) 2. Roshika Udugampola (Bows), 3. Dinithi Perera (Bows). Under 16 : 50 metre Breaststroke: 1. Nineka Karunratne (Bows), 2. Imesha Malalasekera (Mahamaya), 3. Shehani Mediwaka (Bows). Under 16 : 50 metre Butterfly : 1. Reshika Udugampola (Bows), 2. Dinithi Perera (Bows), 3. Heshani Madigasekera (Mahamaya). Under 16: 100 metre Butterfly : 1. Madhavee Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Roshika Udugampola (Bows), 3. Nethma Jayawardene (Bows). Under 16 : 200 metre Individual Medley: 1. Madhavee Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Cindy Nanayakkara (Bows), 3. Nineka Karunaratne (Bows). Over 16: 50 metre Freestyle : 1. Hansani Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Nabihah Marikkar (Bows), 3. Keshia Perera (Bows). Over 16: 100 metre Freestyle: 1. Hansani Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Minoshala Nissanaka (Bows), 3. Kumari Wickremanayake (Bows). Over 16 : 50 metre Backstroke : 1. Kumari Wickremanayake (Bows), 2. Minoshala Nissanaka (Bows), 3. Umaya Perera (Bows). Over 16 : 100 metre Back Stroke: 1. Kumari Wickremanayake (Bows), 2. Minoshala Nissanka (Bows), 3. Umaya Perera (Bows). Over 16: 50 metre Breast Stroke: 1. Nabinah Marikkar (Bows), 2. Louise Alexander (Bows), 3. Alexandria Delima (Bows). Over 16: 100 metre Breast Stroke : 1. Nabihah Marikkar (Bows), 2. Louise Alexandra (Bows), 3. Alexandria de Lima (Bows). Over 16 : 50 metre Butterfly: 1. Hansani Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Nabihah Marikkar (Bows), 3. Keshia Perera (Bows). Over 16 : 100 metre Butterfly: 1. Keshia Perera (Bows), 2. Alexandria de Lima (Bows), 3. Dhanushika Jayaweera (Bows). Over 16 : 200 Metre Individual Medley: 1. Hansani Weeratunga (Mahamaya), 2. Kumari Wickremanayake (Bows), 3. Dhanushika Jayawardena (Bows).

(Boys results on Monday)