Gateway swimmers establish 11 new meet records and win 6 age group championships

The swimmers of Gateway College achieved great success at the recently concluded International Schools Swimming Championship that was held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex. Gateway swimmers established eleven new meet records and won six age group championships.

The Swimming Championships organised by the Asian International School saw the participation of twenty one reputed International Schools from across the Country. The top swimmers for Gateway were Alvin Arulmaran who was the Under 12 Boys Champion (with 3 new meet records), Araliya Gunasekara who was the Under 12 Girls Champion (with 3 new meet records), Stephan Perera who was the Under 14 Boys Champion (with 1 new meet record), Gavin Karunanayake who was the Under 16 Boys Champion (with 2 new meet records), Hiruni De Soyza who was the Over 16 Girls Champion (with 1 new meet record), Seniya Ariyananda who was the Over 16 Boys Champion and Vihanga Perera who established a new meet record.

Gateway finally ended up as runners-up with a total score of 984 points raising their standard further in comparison to their previous year's record.

The level of competition witnessed at this meet was extremely high and it is commendable for TISSL (The International Schools of Sri Lanka) with comparatively fewer number of schools to organise such a contest where over 2000 swimmers took part.

This no doubt augurs well for TISSL and also the country as it projects itself as an international sports destination.