Two schoolboys in athletic team to Thailand

Sampath Bandara

Two schoolboys Peterite sprinter Ranil Jayawardena and Royalist Discus Thrower Charitha Kapukotuwa have been selected along with six other promising athletes to represent Sri Lanka at the Thailand Open Athletic Championships which will be held in Bangkok, Thailand from April 26 to 29, 2009.

The National Selection Committee of the Amateur Athletic Association of Sri Lanka comprising Dunstan Fernando (Chairman), K.P. Sahabandu and G.G.U. Saman Kumara selected the eight member team for the Thailand Open Athletic Championships.

The team will leave the island on April 24 morning, Chairman of the National Athletics Selection Committee Dunstan Fernando told the ‘Daily News’.

Men: Ashan Hasaranga (Track Master) 100m and 200m Ranil Jayawardena (St. Peter’s) 100 metres 200 metres R.M.S.G. Rathnayake (Army) 400 metres Nayana Prasad Dharmarathne (Army) long jump Charitha Kapukotuwa (Royal) Discus Throw D.D.N. Nishantha (Army) 800 metres.

Women: (R.M. Chandrika Subashini (Track Master) 400 metres, N.A. Dilrukshi (Army) 800 metres (Nimal Dharmarathne has been approved as the manager of the team.