British School excel in swimming

Gavin Karunanayake of the British School in Colombo put up a dazzling performance as he clinched three gold medals at the 42nd Sri Lanka Schools Age Group Aquatic Sports Championships concluded last week at the Sugathadasa pool.

Competing in the U-15 age category, the promising swimmer won 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly and the 200m individual medley.

He clocked 1 minute 03.42 seconds in the 100m butterfly, 2 minutes 27.99 secs in the 200m butterfly and 2 minutes 29.57 secs in the individual medley to grab a triple crown. In the U-13 age group Si Woo Lee finished second in the 100m breaststroke with a time of 1 minute 22.32 secs. Lee also returned a time of 37.61 secs in the 50m breaststroke to finish third. Meanwhile in the girls U-15 age group Azquiya Usuph finished third in the 200m individual medley with a time of 2 minutes 49.56 secs. She also competed in 100m backstroke and 50m backstroke and was placed fourth in events.

Amber Tappin, Randi Chandrasena Swaarthi Ramanan and Samantha Tappin combined well to finished second in the girls U-11 400m medley relay. They returned a time of 6 minutes 30.82 seconds.