82nd Sir John Tarbat Senior Championship:

Jaffna schoolboy sets pole vault record

SAJEEWA JAYAKODY

Eighteen-year-old B Lavanan of Arunodaya College, Jaffna set a new meet

record in the under-18 Pole Vault event in the 82nd Sir John Tarbat Senior

athletics Championship, which commenced yesterday at the Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium, Diyagama, Homagama.

Lavanan broke the previous record of 3.71m set by R Saparamadu of Ananda

College, Colombo in 2008. The competition will continue today and conclude on September 30 (Sunday).

Boys Under-18 Pole Vault: B Lavanan (Arunodaya College, Jaffna) 3.77m, 2 S. Eranga (Maris stella College, Negombo) 3.40m, 3 D S Dinsuha (A Ratnayake MMV, Walala) 3.30m.

Boys Under-20 5000m: 1 Dushen Hemantha 16.13.05 (St Peter's Colombo), 2 I P Ambepitiya 16.29.14 (Devananda MMV, Meegahakiwula), 3 L S Jayasundera 16.35.80 (Lunuwatta MMV, Welimada).

Boys Under-16 Long Jump:1 R Wickramaratne 6.60m (Maristela, Negombo), 2 I Keerthiratne 6.55m (D S Senanayake College, Colombo), 3 S N Chathuranga 6.53m (Maliyadeva College, Kurunegala).

Boys Under-20 Discuss Throw: 1 Malik Dilshan (Ananda College) 41.45m, 2 S Sumanaweera (Royal Institute, Colombo) 40.89m, 3 D B Ratnayake (A Ratnayake MMV, Walala) 38.58m

Girls Under-20 5000m: Madushani (Polpithigama National School) 18.47.2, 2 S N Wickramasuriya (A Ratnayake MMV, Walala) 19.19.1, 3 G S Sewwandi

(Rajapaksa CC, Weeraketiya) 19.28.3.

Girls Under-18 High Jump: W P Harischandra (Dheerananda MMV, Pilimathalawa) 1.60m, 2 T Y Udangamuwa (Presbyterian Girls National School) 1.55m, 3 A D Jayaratne (Sumana Balika Vidyalaya, Matara) 1.55m.

Girls Under-20 Triple Jump: 1 A L Nilaweera 10.84m (St Maris Convent, Matara), 2 N T Maduwanthi 10.71m (Newstead Balika Vidyalaya, Negombo), 3 P Jayamanna 10.55 (Good Shepeard Convent, Kotahena).

Girls Under-20 Shot Putt: 1 9.822m, 2 M R Priyadarshani (Rajapaksa CC, Weeraketiya) 9.34m, Layangi Jayasekera (Holy Cross College, Gampaha) 8.80m.