55th Junior National Athletic Championships:

Kaveri sets pole vault record

Thushan Jayasuriya

The opening day of the 55th Junior National Athletic Championships was a quite productive day as R.Kaveri from Sri Lanka Navy set up a new meet record at Sugathadasa Stadium, Colombo yesterday.

The 22 year old Sailor R.Kaveri cleared 3.10 metres in the womens under-23 pole vault event to erase the previous meet record of 3.00 metres, held by S.D.Liyanage.

Victories by the participants from Northern and Eastern Provinces were notable during this year’s championship.

Several victories by Makandura Central College also made the day very significant when H.N.Thilini Madushika from Makandura CC won the first place in the under 18 girls 5000 metres race walking event while H.H.Subodha Hansika from the same school secured the second place.

K.N.D Prabath Kulasuriya from Kuliyapitiya Central College won the under 18 boys 10000 metres race walking by clocking 53 minutes 23.06 seconds. P.A.V.A.S. Nadeesh from Makandura CC secured the silver medal, clocking 55 minutes 41.2 seconds while B.G.C.Sadeepa from same school became third in 55 minutes 58.9 seconds. Chathuranga Bangamuwage was the winner of the under 20 boys 10000 metres race walking. The competition will continue at Mahinda Rajapaksa Stadium in Diyagama from today and the 55th Junior National Athletic Championships will conclude on May 19.

Winners:

Boys under 20 10000 metres race walking
S.Chathuranga Bangamuwage- Makandura CC- 51minutes 58.0 seconds

Boys under 23 10000 metres race walking
M.D.Sampath-Sri Lanka Navy-52 minutes 43.4 seconds

Girls under 20 10000 metres race walking
J.K.G.M.P.Damayanthi-Detagamuwa Junior School Katharagama-1 hour 00 minutes 48 secs

Girls under 23 10000metre race walking
U.V.K.Madirika-SL Army-1hour 00 minutes 22 secs

Boys under 20 Hammer Throw
D.M.Ranaweera-Rahula College Matara- 31.23 m

Girls under 23 Pole Vault
R.Kaveri-SL Navy-3.10 m

Girls under 20 Pole Vault
K.Dilakshana-Arunodaya College Jaffna-2.60m

Girls under 18 Pole Vault
S.W.H.S.K.Dharmaratne-Walala A.Ratnayake-2.90m

Girls under 20 Hammer Throw
R.Tharshika-Vavuniya DAA-16.51m

Girls under 23 Hammer Throw
Manojee Amarasinghe-Lanka Lions-36.77m

Boys under 23 Hammer Throw
M.A.C.Rangana-Mahinda College Galle-29.85m

Girls under 16 3000 metres race walking
K.Kanakesvari-Vavuniya DAA-20 minutes 00.4 seconds

Boys under 18 Pole Vault
Sachin Eranga- Maris Stella College Negombo- 3.70m

Boys under 16 Race Walking 3000 metres
J.R.Nadeera Maduranga-Detagamuwa School Katharagama-17 minutes 04.0 seconds

Girls under 18 5000m Race Walking
H.N.Thilini Madushika-Makandura CC-30 minutes 00.6 seconds

Boys under 18 10000m
K.N.D.Prabath Kulasuriya-Kuliyapitiya CC-53 minutes 23.6 seconds