Petes, Ratnayake Central emerge champs
Defending champions St. Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya and A. Ratnayake Central, Walala retained the Boys’ and Girls’ overall titles respectively at the All-island Schools Relay Championship which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.
In fact, Ratnayake Central retained the Girls’ overall title for the fourth successive year and they also retained the overall Mixed Schools Championship title.
St. Peter’s dominated the three-day meet and accumulated a total of 82 points while A. Ratnayake Central came in second with a total of 55 points and St. Benedict’s College secured the third spot with a total of 45 points.
In the Girls’ category, A. Ratnayake Central finished well ahead with a total of 180 points. Dharmapala MV, Panniptiya were placed second with a total of 55 points followed by Sir John Kotelawala MV, Kurunegala in third place with a total of 53 points.
Meanwhile, in the Mixed Schools Championship A. Ratnayake Central retained the overall title for the third year while collecting a total of 125 points.
Holy Cross College, Gampaha were placed second with a total of 79 points and Dharmapala MV, Pannipitiya were placed third with a total of 43 points.
A total of 34 new meet records were established with 17 each in the Boys’ and Girls’ categories.
Ratnayake Central stole the limelight with six new meet records while St. Peter’s accounted for four meet records. Age Group Champions: (Boys’ U-12): 1. Science College, Mount Lavinia (20). 2. St. Joseph Vaz, Wennappuwa (14). 3. Maris Stella, Negombo (5).
(Boys’ U-14): 1. Rahula College, Matara (30). 2. D. S.
Senanayake, Colombo (17). 3. Anuradhapura Central (14). (Boys’ U-16): 1. Sir John Kotelawala MV, Kurunegala (40). 2.
A. Ratnayake Central (15). 3. St. Benedict’s (14).
(Boys’ U-18): 1. St. Benedict’s (39). 2. A. Ratnayake Central
(28). 3. St. Peter’s (24).
(Boys’ U-20): 1. St. Peter’s (32). 2. Maris Stella (25). 3.
Rajasinghe MMV, Hanwella (20).
(Girls’ U-12): 1. Our Lady of Victories Convent, Moratuwa (20). 2. Dharmapala MV, Panniptiya/girls High School Kandy/vijyayapura Primary School, Thanamalwila (10). (Girls’ U-14): 1. Dharmapala Mv/ambagamuwa MMV, Udabulathgamuwa (12). 2. Musaeus Colombo/sir John Kotelawala Mv/ratnavali Girls’ School, Gampaha (10). (Girls’ U-16): 1. A. Ratnayake Central (40). 2. Holy Cross, Gampaha (22). 3. Holy Family Convent, Bambalapitiya (15).
(Girls’ U-18): 1. A. Ratnayake Central (44). 2. Holy Cross,
Gampaha (36). 3. Lyceum, Rajagiriya (27).
(Girls’ U-20): 1. A. Ratnayake Central (41). 2. Gateway,
Rajagiriya (32). 3. Holy Cross, Gampaha (21).