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SWIMMING

With the completion of the swimming pool in 1986, serious swimming was introduced. Initially there were no awards of Colours and Lions. However by 1988, swimmers took part in Zonal and All-Island Competitions.  

 In 1990 Trinity entered the National Schools Games and outstation meets. Hence awarding of colours was initiated. 

In 1991, college was ready with strong swimmers to contest in the novices meet.   

Swimming became an integral part of education at Trinity. It was taught from an early age at kindergarten. A swimming period was allocated from grade 1 to 5 as part of the student's co-curricular activities.   

In the years to come, swimmers took part in various traditional meets and swimming and diving championships such as   

  • Commonwealth Games
  • South Asian Games
  • Asian Games
  • Asian Youth Games
  • National Short Course Swimming Championships
  • National Pentathlon Championships
  • National Sports Festivals
  • Novices Swimming Championships   

Age groups at present that take part in tournaments are as follows:

  • Under 11  
  • Under 13  
  • Under 15   
  • Under 17  
  • Under 18   
  • Under 19  

ACHIEVEMENTS

In the year 1991 A Wickramaratna established a new record at the Outstation School Championship.   

In 1999 H.T.A Perera and S.DE Silva were selected to represent the Sri Lankan team in International Tournaments.  

In 2005 following members were selected to the SAAF pool.  

  • H.B Hullugalla   
  • C.L.B. Wijeratne  
  • C.B.Wickremasinghe   
  • D.D.Dissanayake  
  • H.B Unamboowa  

Chetiya Wijeratne was awarded school colours, Sri Lanka Aquatic School Colours and was awarded Trinity Lion. He was rewarded with Central Province Colours as well. 

In 2008 and 2009 Heshan Bandara Unamboowa, Captain 2010, Lion, Olympian brought honour to Sri Lanka and Trinity College by winning a medal at the Asian School Swimming Championships for the 1st time in Sri Lanka history.  

He also captained the Sri Lankan Team. Further Heshan captained the Sri Lankan team at the 13th FINA World Championships in 2009 held in Rome, Italy and established two new National Records.  

 In the same year Heshan won the National Age Group Championship under 19, for the 10th consecutive year, establishing seven new National Age Group records.  

He won the Best Sportsman award for the year 2011, at the National School Colours Award Ceremony.   

S.K.A Hulangamuwa was awarded the Swimming Lion in 2010.   

Sineru Auwardt, Aishwarya Shiek, Travers Edussuriya and Migara Hulangamuwa won National Level Championships.  

T. E.Edussuriya and M.Hulangamuwa won National School Colours for the year 2011.  

In 2018 there were notable achievements at all Island levels. H.O.C.Hiripitiya, T.K.Karunathilake, M.Jayasinghe won the Central Province Colours.

 

SWIMMING NEWS

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Reviewed by Sharukh Fairooz, Reshan Odayar and Thehas Dayarathne. (Web Content Team)  The Inter-House Swimming meet, held at the College Swimming Complex on the 2nd and 3rd of November 2023, united passionate swimmers in pursuit of victory for their houses. Sahayam House triumphed among the junior houses, while Simithraaratchy House emerged victorious among the senior
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Read more +04 February 2023 By Website Admin in College, News, Sports, Sports News, Swimming

Senuja Samarasinghe selected to the Sri Lanka National Swimming Pool

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
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Junior School Inter-House Swimming Meet – 2022

The thundering roar of the immensely enthusiastic young fans and the fanatic parents came to a sudden halt. For a breathtaking second, the Trinity Swimming Complex was swept with a wave of silence. The whistle blew breaking the spell of silence as the swimmers leaped into the still blue waters. The Inter-House Meet for the

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