One new meet record set up

by Sajeewa Jayakody

One new meet record was set up on the second day in the Sri Lanka Athletics Association Relay Carnival held at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama, Homagama yesterday.

Representing Sri Lanka Army Sports Club in the men’s 4x800m relay event, Sri Lanka Army ‘A’ team established a new meet record clocking 7:33.13 as the solitary record on the second day.

On day one, Sri Lanka Army ‘A’ team recorded a stunning 15:52.99 time in the 4x1500m event to set a new Sri Lanka record. In the Boys Under-18 4x1500m event, Walala A Ratnayake Central College timed 17:21.67 with a new meet record while Sri Rahula College, Katugastota bettered the previous record clocking 17:24.99 in the same event securing the second place.

Walala A Ratnayake Central College, which has showed outstanding performance throughout the meet so far, had already established a new meet record in the Girls Under-20 4x1500m event with a superb timing of 20:49.33 on the first day.

Several final events are scheduled to be held today starting from 8am.

2nd Day Final Results:

[Boys]

Under-14 4x100m: 1 Maris Stella College, Negombo 51.03, 2 Royal College, Colombo 7 51.20, 3 St Anthony’s College, Kandy 51.91.

Under-16 4x100m: 1 Maris Stella College, Negombo 46.07, 2 Trinity College, Kandy 46.34, 3 Dharmaraja College, Kandy 46.74.

Under-18 4x100m: 1 Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa 44.14, 2 Maris Stella College, Negombo 44.27, 3 St Peter’s College, Colombo 4 44.56.

Under-20 4x100m: 1 Trinity College, Kandy 43.34, 2 Ananda College, Colombo 10 43.72, 3 Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa 43.76.

Under-16 4x800m: 1 Dharmaraja College, Kandy 8:51.34, 2 Walala A Ratnayake CC 9:04.20, 3 Trinity College, Kandy 9:07.68.

Under-18 4x800m: 1 Walala A Ratnayake CC 8:15.69, 2 Trinity College 8:18.06, 3 Welimada Central College 8:20.63.

Under-20 4x800m: 1 Walala A Ratnayake CC 8:01.42, 2 Joseph Vaz College, Wennappuwa 8:20.66, 3 Sylvester’s College, Kandy 8:23.54.

Men (club) :

4x800m: 1 SL Army ‘A’ 7:33.13 NMR, 2 SL Army ‘B’ 7:38.76, 3 SL Air Force ‘A’ 7:43.50.

4x100m: 1 SL Army ‘A’ 41.02, 2 SL Navy 41.13, 3 SL Army ‘B’ 41.37.

[Girls ]

Under-14 4x100m: 1 Musaeus College, Colombo 7 54:6, 2 Ave Maria Convent, Negombo 55.9, 3 Newstead Balika Vidyalaya, Negombo 56.1.

Under-16 4x100m: 1 Holy Family Convent, Kalutara 52.67, 2 Maliyadeva Girls College, Kurunegala 53.19, 3 Mahamaya Girls School, Kandy 54.43.

Under-16 4x800m: 1 Walala A Ratnayake CC, Menikinna 10:02.36, 2 Welimada Central College 10:29.58, 3 Welimada Janadhipathi Vidyalaya 10:37.43.

Under-18 4x800m: 1 Walala A Ratnayake CC 9:50.39, 2 Sumana Balika MV, Ratnapura 10:37.79, 3 Welimada Central College 11:19.36.

Under-18 4x100m: 1 St Joseph’s Balika MV, Kegalle 50.68, 2 Ladies’ College, Colombo 7 51.37, 3 Newstead Balika Vidyalaya, Negombo 52.72.

Under-20 4x100m: 1 Sumana Balika MV, Ratnapura 51.65, 2 Walala A Ratnyake CC 53.38, 3 St Joseph’s Balika MV, Kegalle 53.48.

Women (Club) :

4x800m: 1 SL Army 9:09.04, 2 SL Air Force ‘B’ 9:36.53, 3 SL Navy 9:44.16.
4x100m: 1 SL Air Force ‘A’ 46.82, 2 SL Navy 47.02, 3 SL Air Force ‘B’ 48.05.