Dinali Karunadasa of Visakha Vidyalaya took the spotlight on the fourth day of the 49th MILO-sponsored All Island Schools Aquatic Championship at the Sugathadasa Stadium Swimming Pool Complex yesterday, where seven new meet records were exhausted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karunadasa overdrawn the Under-20 Girls 800m Freestyle meet record, clocking 10:15.93 and surpassing the previous record of 10:19.05 set by South Asian Games medalist Sandu Savindi of Visakha Vidyalaya in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Karunadasa also set a new meet record in the Under-20 Girls 200m Individual Medley, winning the silver medal with a time of 2:37.42, breaking the previous record of 2:37.94 held by Sandu Savindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hiruki de Silva of Gateway College Colombo gained the gold medal in the Under-20 Girls 200m Individual Medley, setting a new meet record and erasing the previous record held by Sandu Savindi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Binura Thalagala of Lyceum International School set a new meet record in the Under-20 Boys 200m Individual Medley, clocking 2:17.17 and outstanding the previous record of 2:17.43 set by P Arukshan of S Thomas\u2019 College in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jessie Seneviratne of Holy Family Convent Bambalapitiya recognised a new meet record in the Under-18 Girls 50m Butterfly final, winning the gold medal with a time of 30.15, breaking her own record of 30.25 set last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MF Muhammed of Zahira College finalized the gold medal and set a new meet record in the Boys Under-18 100m Breaststroke, clocking 1:07.62, his personal best. He surpassed the previous record of 1:10.29 held by Chris Pavithra of St Peter\u2019s College since 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Newanjana Siriwardana of Lyceum International School Wattala made her mark in the Girls Under-20 Breaststroke final, setting a new meet record with a time of 1:20.15. She broke the previous record of 1:21.91 set by T Weerasinghe of St Bridget\u2019s Convent back in 1994.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chris Pavithra of St Peter\u2019s College sustained the record-breaking trend in the Boys Under-20 100m Breaststroke, clocking 1:10.15. He erased his own previous record of 1:10.39 set last year, securing another gold medal for his school in this prestigious swimming championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In total, 11 new meet records have been recognised by the end of the fourth day of the six-day championship.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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