23rd International Schools Athletics Championship: Lyceum Wattala’s Harshana, Jithma crowned Best Athletes

Overall Champions Lyceum Wattala Athletic Squad

Best Athlete Boys’ Harshana Chamod, along with Gateway College Chairman, Dr. Harsha Alles, and Chief Guests

Best Athlete Girls’ Jithma Wijethunga

Pix by Kushan Pathiraja​

By Susil Premalal

Harshana Chamod and Jithma Wijethunga, both from Lyceum, Wattala, won the Boys’ and Girls’ Best Athletes Awards, respectively, at the 23rd International Schools Athletics Championship (ISAC), which concluded at the Sugathadasa Stadium in Colombo yesterday.

Harshana won the Under-18 Boys’ 110m hurdles event with a time of 14.51s, while Jithma won the Under-20 Girls’ 200m event with a time of 24.26s.

In addition, Jithma was also awarded the Best Performance at ISAC 2025.

Meanwhile, the defending champion Lyceum Wattala retained the Overall Championship with a score of 834 points while setting 32 new meet records.

This is also the 16th time that Lyceum Wattala has won the Overall Championship.

Gateway College Colombo emerged as the Overall Runners-up with a score of 741 points.

The third place in the tournament went to Lyceum Panadura with a total of 420 points.