The fourth day of the 2024 All Ceylon School Athletics Championship took place today (21) at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo.
It is special that several more match records were created today.
Here, Ashen Thevarapperuma, representing Colombo Gateway College, managed to show a performance of 6.23 meters representing the under-14 long jump event. This was recorded as a new match record, and it is special that this was recorded as the third match record recorded by him in this championship.
Meanwhile, GDL Achintha of St. Aloysius College, who represented the under-18 men’s 800m event, managed to set a new competition record with a time of 1.58.62 minutes. Meanwhile, Shavindu Avishka of Natthandia Dammissara Vidyalaya, who represented the under-20 800m event, managed to set a new competition record with a time of 1.52.00 minutes.
Meanwhile, Tarushi Abhishekah, who managed to perform excellently in the 1500m event, managed to renew the previous record of the under-18 800m event by recording a time of 2.11.00 minutes.
