Chamod Yodasinghe of St.Mary’s college Kegalle and Shelinda Jansen from Gateway international school Rajagiriya best athletes in the Sir John Tarbat Senior Athletics Championship 2019 concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium.
Yodasinghe , who won the double gold in 100m and long jump ,won the best athlete award for his long jump performance of 7.43m . Youth Olympics star, Jansen clocked seasonal best 24.69 seconds in the 200m to win the best female athlete award while also sealed double gold medals winning the 100m. Yodasinghe , who could not impress in the last year , came back strong clocking personal best in 100m and long jump where he won the Junior Nationals as well as John Tarbat while also been a finalist in the senior Nationals this year.
Jansen who faced unfortunate injury during the senior nationals, came back strong during last week’s junior nationals winning both 100m and 200m including seasonal best in 200m. In John Tarbat, she further lowered that seasonal best to 24.69 seconds while against sealed a sprinting double, winning both 100m and 200m by a considerable margin.
St Peter’s College Colombo clinched the Boys overall title for the second consecutive year while A. Rathnayaka CC Walala sealed the Girls’ overall title for the 21st year.
Gateway sprinter Sadeepa Henderson completed another triple, just as she did in the Junior National championship a week ago, winning the 100m, 200m and long jump events. She also won the champion’s award for field events.
Tharushi Karunarathne of A. Rathnayaka CC Walala, sister of Asian Junior medalist Harsha Karunarathne, also excelled: winning three Gold medals – in the 400m, 800m events and anchoring their Under-16 girls’ 4x400m relay team to a record breaking win.
A total of 15 new meet records were set during the three-day championship. Asian Youth Championship Silver medalist Navishka Sandeesh of St. Sebastian’s College clocked 48.01 seconds in the 400m Under-18 Boys’ event to set a new meet record, shattering the record of Youth Olympic finalist Dilan Bogoda.
Earlier in the day Nadun Bandara of Royal College Colombo clocked an impressive 13.93 seconds to set a new meet record in the Boys’ Under-18 110m hurdles, while Seniru Anuththara of Dharmapala Vidyalaya Pannipitiya clocked 14.63 seconds to set a new meet record in the Girls’ Under-18 100m hurdles.
TROPHY WINNERS – 2019
- Under 16 Girls Championship
- Second Runner-up – Sirikurusa College – Gampaha – 25 Points
- Runner-up – Sumana Balika Vidyalaya – Ratnapura – 28 Points
- Champions – A Rathnayaka CC – Walala – 87 Points
- Under 16 Boys Championship
- Second Runner-up – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 29 Points
- Runner-up – St. Peter’s College – Colombo – 43 Points
- Champions – Sir John Kothalawala M. V. – Kurunegala – 60 Points
- Under 18 Girls Championship
- Second Runner-up – Sumana Balika Vidyalaya – Ratnapura – 40 Points
- Runner-up – Sirikurusa College – Gampaha – 48 Points
- Champions – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 92 Points
- Under 18 Boys Championship
- Second Runner-up – St. Benadict’s College – Negombo – 35 Points
- Runner-up – Lyceum International School – Wattala – 38 Points
- Champions – St. Peter’s College – Colombo – 84 Points
- Under 20 Girls Championship
- Second Runner-up – Gateway International School – Rajagiriya – 33 Points
Second Runner-up – Taxila CC – Horana – 33 Points
- Runner-up – Newsted Girls College – Negombo – 45 Points
- Champions – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 125 Points
- Under 20 Boys Championship
- Second Runner-up – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 40 Points
- Second Runner-up – St. Benadict’s College – Negombo – 40 Points
- Runner-up – St. Peter’s College – Colombo – 44 Points
- Champions – Marisstella College – Negombo – 47 Points
- Field Event Championship – Girls
- IAAF Points 929 – U20 Long Jump 19M Sadeepa Henderson – Gateway I. S. – Rajagiriya
- Field Event Championship Boys
- IAAF Points 1014 – U20 Long Jump 43M Y.C.M. Yodasinghe – St. Mary’s College – Kegalle
- Track Event Championship – Girls
- IAAF Points 970 – U20 200M 69Sec Shelinda Jenson – Gateway I. S. – Rajagiriya
- Track Event Championship – Boys
- IAAF Points 980 – U20 400M 48.01sec Kavishka Sandeesh – St. Sebastian College
- Relay Championship-Girls
- Second Runner-up – Lyceum International School – Wattala – 20 Points
- Runner-up – Sirikurusa College – Gampaha – 39 Points
- Champions – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 70 Points
- Relay Championship-Boys
- Second Runner-up – Sir John Kothalawala M. V. – Kurunegala – 30 Points
- Runner-up – St. Benadict’s College – Negombo – 44 Points
- Champions – St. Peter’s College – Colombo – 59 Points
- Best Long Jumper
- IAAF Points 1014 – U20 Long Jump 43M Y.C.M. Yodasinghe – St. Mary’s College – Kegalle
- Best High Jumper
- IAAF Points 967 – U20 High Jump 06.M W inura Kawishan – Rajasinghe C. C. – Hanwella
- Best 400 M Runner
- IAAF Points 980 – U20 400M 48.01sec Kavishka Sandeesh – St. Sebastian College
- Best Athlete – Girls – of the year 2018
- IAAF Points 970 – U20 200M 69Sec Shelinda Jenson – Gateway I. S. – Rajagiriya
- Best Athlete – Boys- of the year 2018
- IAAF Points 1014 – U20 Long Jump 43M Y.C.M. Yodasinghe – St. Mary’s College – Kegalle
- Out Station Overall Championship – Girls
- Second Runner-up – Newsted Girls College – Negombo – 59 Points
- Runner-up – Sumana Balika Vidyalaya – Ratnapura – 78 Points
- Champions – Sirikurusa College – Gampaha – 100 Points
- Out Station Overall Championship – Boys
- Runner-up – Marisstella College – Negombo – 68 Points
- Runner-up – Lyceum International School – Wattala – 68 Points
- Champions – A Rathnayaka C C – Walala – 85 Points
- Over all Runner Up – Girls
- Sirikurusa College – Gampaha – 100 Points
- Over all Championship – Girls
- A Rathnayake MMV Walala – 304 Points
- Over all Runner Up – Boys
- Benadict’s College – Negombo – 95 Points
- Over all Championship – Boys
- St Peter’s College Colombo – 171 Points