Fourteen-year-old Dilni Nehara Rajapaksha\u2019s outstanding long jump feat towered above the performances of seniors to be granted with the best athlete title of the Athletics Championship of the Western Province Schools Games, which finished at Diyagama yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even though Omel Shashintha of St. Sebastian\u2019s College, Kandana received the best athlete title in the boys\u2019 category for his 47.1 seconds performance in the Under 18 boys\u2019 400 metres, Dilni\u2019s outstanding 6.26 metres feat in the Under 16 girls\u2019 long jump dwarfed the rest of the performances in the girls\u2019 category where some of the medallists from the in recent times held South Asian Junior Athletics Championship showcased their talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The South Asian Junior Athletics Championship participants Jithma Wijetunga and Sandun Kosala, both from Lyceum and Sri Sumangala Girls School Panadura athlete Dilki Nehara were declared the most outstanding athletes in their particular age categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wijetunga clocked 55.8 seconds in the Under 20 girls\u2019 400 metres while Kosala won the 110 metres hurdles in a time of 14.0 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ashen Thewarapperuma of Gateway College Rajagiriya (U14 boys 100m \u2013 12.4 secs) and Dhamuki P Wekadapola of Ave Maria Convent Negombo (U14 girls\u2019 60m \u2013 78 secs) were the winners of the best athlete awards in the Under 14 age category<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the meantime, Maris Stella stunned Lyceum (163) aggregating 179 points to win the overall boys championship. In the girls category Lyceum won 280 points to win the championship while Ave Mariya accumulated 136 points to be placed second.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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