Four new meet records on the third day

Jagath Gunawardena

The third day of the All Island Schools Athletic Meet saw four new meet

records being set up at Mahinda Rajapaksa International Sports Complex Diyagama yesterday.

St Joseph’s Convent, Kegalle dominated the under 19 and 15 relays by

setting up two new meet records. In the under 19 girls 100 x 4 metres relay, they erased their three year old own record, a timing of 49.47 seconds by finishing the race in less than 1.13 seconds. The under 15 relay team bettered the previous record of Ladies College, Colombo which they set up in 2006 (51.28 seconds) when they reached the finish line in 51.20 seconds.

In the boys’ 110 metre hurdles event J N Randeniya of Ranabima Royal

College, Gannoruwa entered the record book by finishing the race in 14.41 seconds. He erased Mahesh Perera’s ( St Peter’s College, Bambalapitiya ) timing of 14.46 seconds, recorded nine years ago.

Another promising athlete Nadeeshani Henderson of Gateway International

College finished the girls under-19 400 metres, 70 points less than the earlier recorded timing of Chandrika Subashini of Senanayake Central, Madampe to set up a new meet record.

So far 17 new meet records have been established while one was equalled. Today is the final day of the meet and the award ceremony will be presided over by President Mahinda Rajapaksa who will be the chief guest.