Trinity Swimming Captain 2022, Mast. Senuja Samarasinghe was recently selected to the Sri Lanka National Swimming Pool 2023.
Senuja took to the pool at a young age of 8 in 2012, and since then has enjoyed every minute in it. He left for England in 2013, where he started competitive swimming. This kickstarted a career that was sure to be a successful one.
He returned back to Sri Lanka and College in 2015 and represented Trinity at Swimming under the guidance of his coach Mr.U.H. Pemlath until today.
Senuja displayed tremendous talent in his first meet in 2020. He placed 7th Overall in the Pentathlon Short Course Swimming Championship, and placed 3rd in the Backstroke.
Afterwhich his momentum was hit hard, as the Covid Pandemic meant that all meets were halted, and Senuja and his team had to cut short on practice.
But as soon as his opportunities arose, he went all out and bagged many medals and accolades at the meets that followed.
National Age Group Open Trial 2022
● 50m Backstroke – 2nd Place
● 100m Backstroke – 2nd Place
● 200m IM – 2nd Place
● 100m Butterfly – 4th Place
National Age Group 2022
- 50m Butterfly – 2nd Place
- 100m Butterfly – 2nd Place
- 50m Backstroke – 2nd Place
- 100m Backstroke – 2nd Place
- 200m IM – 3rd Place
Pentathlon Long Course Swimming Championship 2022
3rd Place Overall
National School Games 2022
- 50m Backstroke – 1st Place
- 100m Backstroke – 2nd Place
- 200m IM – 1st Place (NMR)
Senuja broke the record in the 200m Individual Medley at the National School Games 2022, where he clocked in at 2.22.30s, as the entire Sugathadasa Stadium applauded his commendable feat.
Sri Lanka Schools Aquatic Championship 2022
- 100m Backstroke – 1st Place
- 200m Backstroke – 2nd Place
- 200m IM – 2nd Place
Short Course Nationals 2022
- 100m IM – 3rd Place
- 200m IM – 3rd Place
After taking to the pool at the tender age of 8, Senuja has worked his way up to now be a part of a legacy that the entire Trinity Family could be proud of. This is a remarkable achievement for Senuja, as he will be amongst the likes of the best of the best in Sri Lanka. We wish him all the best!
