LYCEUM WATTALA RETAINS ISAC TITLE
Lyceum International School Wattala retained the overall title for the second successive year at the 17th International Schools Athletic Championship (ISAC) which concluded at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex in Diyagama yesterday.
Lyceum Wattala collected a massive 1,443 points to finish on top and well ahead of their rivals and runners-up Gateway College Colombo who managed only 984 points.
Last year also these two schools battled for the overall title and on that occasion the difference at the end of the meet was a mere two-point margin.
But this time, Lyceum Wattala were far superior to all other opponents and went on to bag the title in a more convincing manner.
Lyceum Nugegoda took the third place in the overall championship with 774 points.
However, Gateway College Colombo had the satisfaction of producing the Best Athlete in the Boys’ category with Asiri Wijesekera taking the honours for his effort of 21.8s in the 200m final.
Purnima Gunarathna of Leeds International School Panadura won the Best Athlete award in the Girls’ category and also the award for the Best Performance of the meet for her record breaking effort of 1.75m in the high jump final.
Meanwhile, the third and final day of the meet produced a total of 16 new meet records while bringing the total number of records to 30 during the entire meet.
Although 24 schools were expected to participate in the meet, seven schools pulled out in the eleventh hour following rumours of a bomb threat at the Diyagama Stadium.
Minister of Sports Dayasiri Jayasekera was the Chief Guest and distributed the awards.