St. Joseph’s College, Visakha Vidyalaya overall swim champions

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Boys’ overall champions St. Joseph’s College, Colombo

Girls’ overall champions Visakha Vidyalaya

St. Joseph’s College, Colombo and Visakha Vidyalaya emerged boys and girls champions respectively at the 47th Sri Lanka Schools Swimming Championships concluded at the Sugathadasa Swimming Pool Complex on Sunday.

St. Joseph’s finished a clear 211 points ahead of their traditional rivals St. Peter’s who were second with 402 points in the overall boys’ standings.

Ananda College was third with 300 points. In the girls’ section, Visakha Vidyalaya also finished well ahead of their nearest rivals Ladies College securing 475 points to 301.50. Lyceum International School, Wattala was third with 267 points. Over 5,000 children representing over 200 schools took part in the championships that was organised by the Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Sports Association and sponsored by Nestlé Milo.