Sri Lanka Army Woman Soldier, Sachini Perera was the star on the second day of the National Athletics Championships which continued at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.
Perera setup a new Sri Lanka record while clearing the bar with a height of 3.56m in the Women’s Pole Vault.
Meanwhile, S. B. S. Dissanayake who represented the Kandy District Athletic Association was able to achieve a comfortable victory in the Women’s Pentathlon, securing 3,526 points.
Sri Lanka Army Men and Women were well ahead in the points table with Sri Lanka Air Force athletes also in contention.
Day two results:
3,000m Steeplechase: 1. S. C. H. M. I. E. U. B. Herath (Army) 9:00.22, 2. R. M. S. Pushpakumara (Army) 9:08.49, 3. A. B. N. Alwis (Army) 9:19.59.
5,000m Women: 1. A. N. L. Ariyadasa (Air Force) 17:13.24, 2. K. M. Malindu (Air Force) 17:39.12, 3. A. S. N. Bandara (Army) 18: 24.08.
Pole Vault Women: 1. K. L. S. K. Perera 3.56m (Army) (New Sri Lanka record), 2. K. A. L. C. Kodituwakku (Air Force) 3.10m, 3. S. D. Ranasinghe (Air Force) 3.00m.
Discus Throw Women: 1. P. A. I. M. P. Perera (Navy) 38.69m, 2. Sonali Weerasekera (Army) 38.28m, 3. H. A. M. Dirukshi (Army) 37.42m).
800m Women: 1. K. G. D. M. S. Kumarasinghe (Army) 2:02.80, 2. W. K. L. A. Nimali (Air Force), 3,G. T. A. Abeyratne (Navy) 2:03.53.
800m Men: 1. G. R. Chathuranga (Army) 1:49.82, 2. W. A. D. Kumara (Army) 1:53.34, 3. L. S. D. Maduranga (Army) 1:53.58.
High Jump Women: 1. S. M. M. Madushani (Air Force) 1.6m, 2. S. B. W. S. A. W. M. S. M. Sooriyan (Air Force) 1.55m, 3. Randi Cooray (Schools).
Discus Throw Men: 1. Z. T. M. Aazic (Army) 44.78m, 2. S. M. A. M. P. Saparamadu (Army) 43.59m, H. M. P. A. D. A. Ratnayake (Air Force) 43.47m.
100m Hurdles Women: 1. R. A. I. S. Rajasinghe (Army) 13.85, 2. W. V. L. Sugandi (Army) 13.89, 3. Senuri Anuththara (Schools) 14.60.
110m Hurdles Men: 1. R. R. D. Ranatunga (Army) 14.33, 2. Anurudda Srimal (Kandy DAA) 14.44, 3. I. G. J. I. Lakvijaya (Schools) 14.63.
Pentathlon Women: 1. S. B. S. Dissanayake (Kandy DAA) 3,526, 2. H. P. D. H. Maduwanthi (Air Force) 2,800, 3. H. H. I. B. Bandara (Air Force) 1,666.
