Back-to-back athletic titles for St. Peter’s
Lyceum, Wattala emerge Girls’ overall champions
St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya clinched their third major title within three months while Lyceum, Wattala secured the Girls’ overall title at the 49th Sir John Tarbat Junior Athletics Championships concluded at the Public Grounds in Anuradhapura yesterday.
The Peterites won the Boys’ overall championship by collecting a total of 84 points following their recent success at the All-island School Games held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
Earlier, they had emerged overall champions in the Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championships which was also held at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
St. Peter’s also edged-out their traditional rivals St. Joseph’s College, Colombo who emerged runners-up in the overall championship with 79 points.
Meanwhile, Lyceum, Wattala took the Girls’ overall title with a total of 45 points while pushing Gateway College, Colombo (40) into second place.
Nipun Ransika of St. Rogers Junior School, Ambakadawila was named as the Best Athlete in the meet for his performance of 6.23 metres in the Boys’ Under-15 Long Jump event.
Dinara Bandara of Gateway College, Rajagiriya won the Best Athlete Award in the Girls’ Championship following her effort of 12.8 seconds in the Girls’ Under-15, 100m event.
The three-day event also produced seven new meet records while one record was equalled.