British School trio bag swimming gold medals
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Dr. John Scarth, Principal of the British School in Colombo
congratulates medal winners (from left) Azquiya Usuph, Gavin
Karunaratne and Siwoo Lee
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Gavin Karunaratne of the British School in Colombo stole the
limelight at the recently concluded inter-International Schools Swimming
Championships as he established two new meet records.
The Championship was organised by the Asian International School and
held at the Sugathadasa Swimming Complex.
The British School finished in sixth place out of 21 schools that
competed while Karunaratne clocked an impressive 2:07.38 secs in the
boys Under 14/15 200m freestyle to set up his first record of the
championships. He clinched the 100m butterfly with a record time of
1:02.30 secs and also won the 200m individual medley with a time of
2:26.0 seconds to finish with three gold medals.
In the boys Under 12/13 age group, Siwoo Lee won the 200m Individual
medley, 50m and 100m breaststroke gold medals. He returned a time of
2:24.00 in the Individual medley, 36.84 secs in the 50m backstroke and
1:21.00 secs in the 100m breaststroke.
In the girls Under 14/15 age group Azquiya Usuph also recorded a
hat-trick of gold medals including a new meet record as she won the 50m
backstroke, 100m backstroke and 50m freestyle in 1:07.00 secs, 34.34
secs (new meet record) and 30.10 secs respectively. |
