Sadeepa, Shelinda shine for Gateway

Sprinters Sadeepa Henderson and Shelinda Jansen of Gateway College, Colombo dazzled the track with record breaking performances in the 19th International School Athletic Championship (ISAC) continued for the day two at Sugathadasa stadium on saturday .

Jansen, who created a new wave in Athletics last year with her mesmerizing run in the Youth Olympic Games in Argentina, gave a glimpse of that run again yesterday when she clocked 24.83 seconds, her best time in Sri Lanka. The 18 year old was fast out of the block and ran her signature bullet phase run in the bend where she was so far ahead when she came to the straight and it’s racing against wind from then onwards. In doing so she erased the Under-20 200M record of 25.29 seconds set by her schoolmate Sharmila Jan.

Meanwhile, Sadeepa shone with two individual gold medals within the day as she leapt a record breaking distance in the Long Jump before sprinting to win the Girls’ Under-18 200M. The youngster, who is set to represent Sri Lanka in the forthcoming Asian Youth Championship, leapt 5.40M in the Under-18 Girls’ Long Jump, bettering her own record of 5.32M set last year. Soon she was back to the track for the 200M, which she also won with a time of 25.41 seconds.

The day commenced with the ceremonial opening of the competition. Managing Director of Gateway College, Rohini Alles and Executive Director of the Ceylon Newspapers, Ramantha Alles escorted the Principals and Directors of all 25 participant schools. The events for the day began at 9.00 a.m. with extravagant performances on the track and field.

The final series of events of the day, the 4 x 100M was one of the main highlights of the evening. A consistent number of wins were registered by the teams of Gateway College Colombo (GCC), Lyceum International School Wattala (LISW) and Lyceum International School Panadura (LISP) in both the Boys’ and Girls’ categories.

Lyceum International School Wattala broadened their lead with 22 gold medals, 17 silver medals and 10 bronze medals, summing up a total of 49 medals. Gateway College Colombo placed 2nd with 32 medals, including 12 gold, 11 silver and 9 bronze medals, while Lyceum International School Nugegoda followed closely with 31 medals, including 7 gold, 12 silver and 12 bronze medals. Lyceum International School Panadura dropped from 2^nd to 4^th place in the medal count.

Second day records

Shelinda Jansen (Gateway College Colombo) Girls’ U-20 200M – 24.83 sec

Imashi Weerakkody (Lyceum Wattala) Girls’ U-18 High Jump – 01.51M

Sadeepa Henderson (Gateway College) Girls’ U-18 Long Jump – 5.40M

Thuthimal Madugalla (Colombo International School Kandy) Boys’ U- 18 Long Jump – 06.91M

Kamalraj Elroy (Lyceum Wattala) Boys’ U-20 Long Jump – 6.97M

Sandi Hettiarachci (Colombo International School Colombo) Boys’ U-12 High Jump – 1.65M

Maleeka Amith (Gateway College Colombo) Girls’ U-18 800M – 02.38.14 min

Isali Malkethmi (OKI) Girls’ U-16 Shot Put (3.0Kg) – 09.89M

Nisini Samarasekara (Lyceum Nugegoda) Girls’ U-12 High Jump – 01.29M

Poornima Perera (Lyceum Wattala) Girls’ U-18 Shot Put (3.0Kg) – 10.19M

Dulanjali Perumal  (Colombo International School Colombo) Girls’ U-12 Long Jump – 04.15M

Nelini Samarasekara (Lyceum Nugegoda) Girls’ U-12 60M – 08.96 sec

Sathyimoorthy Abhileshkar (Lyceum Wattala) Boys’ U-12 Long Jump – 04.67M

Sathyimoorthy Abhileshkar (Lyceum Wattala) Boys’ U-12 60M – 08.78 sec

Kavindu Mallawarachchi (OKI) Boys’ U-20 Discus Throw (1.75Kg) – 37.33M

Filzah Farouk (Gateway College Colombo) Girls’ U-20 800M – 02.38.83 min

Thimesha Gamage (Lyceum Rathnapura) Boys’ U-16 800M – 02.18.67 min

Lahiru Krishan (Lyceum Wattala) Boys’ U-20 800M – 02.03.28 min

Dilu Perera (Lyceum Wattala) Girls’ U-20 Shot Put (4.0Kg) 09.05M

Dulyana Suludagoda (Lyceum Nugegoda) Girls’ U-16 200M 26.18 sec

Navin Perera (Lyceum Wattala) Boys’ U-18 200M – 22.66 sec

Kavindu Bandara (Lyceum Nugegoda) Boys’ U-20 200M – 22.08 sec

Lyceum Nugegoda Relay Team – Nethmi Ranasinghe, Nisini Samarasekara, Virada Gomis, Nelini Samarasekara Girls’ U-12 Relay (4X50M) – 30.28 sec