SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY EMERGE OVERALL ATHLETICS CHAMPIONS
Sabaragamuwa University bagged the overall athletics championships title with 249 points at the Inter-university Athletics Championships held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Sports Complex, Diyagama last week. The championships was conducted by the Sri Lanka University Sports Council.
Fourteen university athletes from Sri Lanka participated at the meet and ten new meet records were established. Sri Jayewardenepura University emerged overall runners-up with 134 points.the overall third place went to Colombo University securing 95 points.
This event served as the final selection trial for the 29th World University Games from August 19 to 31 in Chinese Taipei. The team to represent the Sri Lanka University team will be based on the performances at this meet. Sri Lanka is scheduled to take part in seven sports. To date three athletes each have been selected for swimming events.
Sri Jayewardenapura and Sabaragamuwa Universities emerged men’s and women’s athletics champions. Men’s champions Sri Jayewardenepura secured 101 points while the women’s champions Sabaragamuwa collected 158 points.
In the men’s division Sabaragamuwa were the runners-up with 91 points and third place was taken by Colombo University. Kelaniya University were the men’s runners-up with 56 points. Peradeniya University were third with 36 points.