Swimmer Shehan going great guns
S.M. Jiffrey Abdeen - Kandy Sports correspondent
Trinity College swimming captain Shehan de Silva is enjoying his best
ever season breaking records after records at all levels.
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Shehan de Silva |
At the Central Province Swimming meet organised by the CEPASA he
broke five records and won five gold medals. At the National Short
Course swimming championship he broke the existing records for 50 metres
Butterfly stroke. At the Festival of Games he established a new record
in the 100 metres free style event timing 56.53 second erasing the
earlier record of 56,.65 seconds held by Sri Lanka's swimming captain
Heshan Unamboowe representing Trinity College.
Then came the National Schools Swimming championship where he
established three records to end as the champion swimmer last week.
In the 400 metres Individual Medley he timed 5.13.27 minutes to
eclipse the previous records of 5.15.85 minutes held by Pathum
Edirisinghe for Ananda College.
In the 200 metres Individual Medley he clocked 2.24.82 minutes to
break the record of 2.29.56 minutes held by Pradeep Wanigasekera of
Trinity College.
Thirdly in the 200 metres Free Style event he registered a timing of
2.2.81 minutes to erase the earlier record of 2.59.93 minutes held since
1999 by SAF Games swimmer Sean Lee. |
