Lyceum Wattala International clinches overall C’ship
Lyceum International School, Wattala clinched the overall championship for the fourth consecutive year at the Inter- International Schools Athletic Championship 2012 which was held at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama, Homagama recently. Lyceum Wattala amassed 1008 points and came clearly ahead of Gateway College Colombo by a margin of 110 points to take major honours at the 12th annual athletic meet for international schools.
Gateway who emerged runnersup in the three- day competition accumulated 898 points while Lyceum Nugegoda collected 646 points to win the third plaace. OKI School, Asian International, Colombo International Colombo, Royal Institute, Leeds International, Gateway Kandy and Stafford International finished respectively one after another in the list of top 10. Other schools that took part in the competition were Alethea International, Leighton Park, CIS Kandy, Regent International, Wycherley International, British School, Belvoir College, St. Nicholas, Elizabeth Moir School, Burhani Serendib School, Ikra International and College of World Education.
Nadeeshani Henderson of Gateway College was adjudged the best female athlete for her record breaking performance of 25.48sec in the Under-20 girls 200m event while the same performance helped her in clinching the best performer of the meet award. Lakshan Theishan of Gateway College won the best male athlete’s award for his performance in the Under- 20 boys 200m event where he clocked 22.65sec. Lyceum Wattala also bagged the Under-15 boys, Under- 17 girls individual championships and the Under-13, 15 and 17 overall championships while claiming a few meet records.