Mahamaya Kandy and Ananda emerge overall swim champs

Mahamaya Girls College, Kandy and Ananda College, Colombo emerged Overall Champions in the Girls and Boys categories at the Junior (Under 19) Aquatic Championship 2017 held at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Complex recently.

The Individual Championships J. U. I. Silva of Mahamaya College, Kandy and P. Arukshan of Killer Whales Aquatics were adjudged Champion swimmers in the Women’s and Men’s events with 22 and 19 points respectively.

Mahamaya Girls College scoring 251 points qualified to win the Overall Championship in the Girls section ahead of Sirimavo Bandaranaike Balika Vidyalaya ( 221 points) and Visakha Vidyalaya, Colombo (209 points) while Ananda College, Colombo scoring 249 points finished at the top in the Boys section ahead of St. Joseph’s College, Colombo ( 207 points) and Lyceum International School, Wattala (129 points).

J.U.I. Silva for her outstanding performances in winning the Girls Under 19 400 Metre Freestyle, 1500m Freestyle, 800m Freestyle and 400m IM won the Girls Individual Championship and Pavalachandran Arukshan emerged the Individual Championship in the Men’s category for winning Boys Under 19 200m IM and Under 19 400 LC metre IM events.

Sri Lanka Aquatic Sports Union ( SLASU) rearranged its age group structure to be in line with the international events structure. Keeping with the new age group structure, an event titled ‘Junior National under 19 Championship was introduced this year. With the intention of increasing the overall standard of the competition, only swimmers who obtained the National Qualification cut-off time were allowed to participate in this event. – LR; Pix AG