Dhinal dominates

Dhinal Weerasinghe of Colombo International School became the under 12 all island swimming champion at the pentathlon swimming meet held at the Ananda College Swimming Pool, organized by the Sri Lanka schools Aquatic Sports Union and Swimming Association recently.

He secured the championship by winning all the five events, securing lowest average timing taking part in the 50 metre Dolphin in 33.67 secs, Back stroke in 39.12 secs, Breast stroke in 50.23 secs, Free style in 31.57 secs and 200 metre individual medly event in 2 minutes and 57 secs.

He thanks his Coach, Manoj Abeysinghe, Assistant Coaches. Thilak Dhammika and Priyadharshana for their dedication and the systematic coaching and practising schedules through which he was able attain the above victory.

He also thanks the Principal, M J Chappel, Head of Junior School Mrs Thamara Perera, Mrs Kurumbuklaptiya and the School Swimming Coach Conderd Francis for the greatest support for his achievement.

A win for a medal to Sri Lanka at the Commonwealth Games 2018 is his future hope with the help of the above individuals and his dedication to the sport.