Killer Whale Aquatics - Sri Lanka

The last day of White Gate. 7 painful rounds. 7 reasons why we are DIFFERENT. Embrace the pain.

Did the famous 40x50 Grant Hackett set while suited up at Training Camp!

First Training Camp of ‘24

A peaceful and very happy Vesak to all in celebration on this joyous day!

Killer Whale Aquatics is looking for passionate, energized and highly motivated individuals to join our crew of squad coaches! You will have the opportunity to work with one of Sri Lanka’s most accomplished swim teams, coach some of the best swimmers in the country and learn from the most experienced coaches. Place of work will be primarily in Colombo 07 at the CR&FC Sports Complex. Be sure to contact us at (011) 205 5529 if interested!

The Junior Girl’s team accepting their prize money for winning the Gold March Single Age Group Junior Swimming Championship! Well done girls! And a huge thank you to the Gold March organizers for coming in person to hand this over, a much appreciated gesture.

A huge performance by our juniors swimmers at the Gold March Single Age Group Swimming Championships this past weekend! One of the very few meets where our swimmers get to swim as a united front under the KWA banner. What an experience it was for our young athletes! Here’s a recap of their performance:

Winner of the Girl’s Overall Team Championship
1st Runner Up of the Boy’s Overall Team Championship

Deehein Alvitigala - Individual Champion in the 11 Year Old Boy’s Category
Hashel Senarath - Individual Champion in the 12 Year Old Boy’s Category
Danudi Wickramarathne - Individual Champion in the 14 Year Old Girl’s Category

Not listed above are all of the Gold, Silver and Bronze medalists, the first time medal winners, the swimmers who achieved personal bests, and most importantly, something that is simply impossible to quantify; the joys and jubilations of competing alongside your teammates, the camaraderie fostered through the challenge of competition, and the pride one takes in representing their team. Way to go Killer Whales!

A small Sinhala and Tamil New Year/Eid celebration organized by the KWA parents for our Killer Whale Junior and Senior Squad swimmers. What a wonderful morning! Thank you to everyone who made this happen. Wishing everyone good company, good health and a prosperous year ahead!

➡️ KWA has fielded a team of 12 swimmers to represent Sri Lanka at the Asian Age Group Swimming Championships in New Clark City, Philippines. Congratulations on your selection everybody! Good luck, make Sri Lanka proud! 🇱🇰

Competing on the world stage after a four and a half year break from the sport, Kyle Abeysinghe made an emphatic statement by swimming a fast 50.99 in the 100m Freestyle.
It is even more impressive, considering he swam this time without competition in Lane 9 of Heat 3. Congratulations Kyle, you have put your hand up to be counted for the Paris Olympics 2024!

A PB for Hiruki in the 200m Freestyle! She dropped exactly half a second off her previous best. Like her teammate did yesterday, she also posted the fastest time by a South Asian swimmer at these World Championships. Way to go Hiruki! Congratulations on a new best time! 👏

In the first swim for Sri Lanka at the 2024 World Championships, Ganga Senavirathne swims a 1:04.93, just a little bit off her best time. After struggling for the past 6 months to get back to the form she had attained in early 2023, this was a “much needed personal win for me,” Ganga says. This was also the fastest time posted by a South Asian at World Championships. Well done Ganga! 🇱🇰

Three KWA athletes— Kyle Abeysinghe, Ganga Senavirathne and Hiruki De Silva, have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in Doha, Qatar! 🇱🇰|🇶🇦

This competition will serve as a World Aquatics sanctioned qualification meet for the upcoming Paris Olympics. Congratulations on your selection, you guys! And good luck from the entire KWA and SwimAmerica family. Make Sri Lanka proud!

- Kyle will be competing in the 100m and 50m Freestyle on the 14th and 16th of February.
- Ganga will be competing in the 100m and 200m Backstroke on the 12th and 16th.
- Hiruki will be competing in the 200m and 100m Freestyle on the 13th and 15th.

Two more Bronze Medals won by Killer Whales in the Men’s and Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relays! Manuja Gamage, Binura Talagala and Dinali Karunasena secured themselves a spot on their respective relay teams and struck Bronze as a result! Well done, you guys!

A big shout out to the other participants on the relaysas well— Kaveesha Silva and Chris Pavithra on the Men’s relay and Jessie Seneviratne, Tevindee Methlini and Chanudi Kumarapperuma on the Women’s relay. Well done everybody, you’ve all made your country proud! 🙌🇱🇰

Killer Whales, Christina Perumal and Dinali Karunadasa, win the first two medals for Sri Lanka at the BIMSTEC Yourh Aquatic Sports Championships! This is Christina’s first time representing Sri Lanka on the international stage and Dinali’s second. Well done girls, what a way to perform under the bright lights! 🇱🇰🙌

Also of note, Sithuki Yonara finished fourth in the Women’s 100m Backstroke, Neoma Kahandawa got a fourth place finish in the Women’s 200m Breaststroke and a fifth place finish in the 200m Breaststroke, Binura Talagala ended day one with two fifth places finishes in the Men’s 200m IM and 100m Backstroke, Anusara Abeygoonawardane got fifth in the Men’s 200m Freestyle, Aasif Imran got another fifth place finish in the Men’s 200m Breaststroke and Adeetha Siriwardena was sixth in the Men’s 100m Backstroke. Well done everyone! A big first day for KWA!

Lion flag 🇱🇰 is flying high at KWA!! 14 selected, 12 competing, many for the 1st time. What can be better?

Congratulations and all the best guys!

Twelve swimmers from Killer Whale Aquatics have been selected to represent Sri Lanka at the BIMSTEC Youth Aquatics Championships in New Delhi, India. In total, fourteen Killer Whales were meant to participate, however, due to conflicting schedules with other upcoming competitions, neither Hiruki De Silva nor Sheraya Amarasekera will be taking part. KWA Captain, Anusara Abeygoonawardane, will also captain the Sri Lankan Men’s Team on this tour. Congratulations everyone! Good luck, and have a safe flight this evening! Make Mother Lanka proud! 🇱🇰 🏊‍♂️

May the essence of freedom, unity and pride fill your hearts and homes this Independence Day! 🇱🇰

A few more captures from the Golden Goggle Awards! Full album will be coming soon and posted on the Killer Whale Aquatics page.

▫️The Annual Golden Goggle Awards Ceremony— an evening to celebrate the achievements of our remarkable young athletes. Congratulations to all of the nominees and winners of the night! And always remember; we are a team, a family even, therefore a win for one is a win for all. Thank you to everyone who made this evening possible, all members of the KWA Parents Committee in particular, whose hard work and commitment to celebrating our swimmers was the backbone of organizing this event.▫️

Member of KWA Elite Group, Hiruki De Silva, wins the award for Most Outstanding Swimmer at the SportUnleash School Sports Awards 2024. Congratulations Hiruki!

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🏆 THREE-PEAT! KWA finishes off 2023 on the highest of notes! Yet another National Championship win in the history books. This win marks the third consecutive time KWA has won the Men’s and Women’s National Championship and the 22nd combined win overall! ▫️

Here is a recap of our performance at the 2023 Short Course National Championships at Hillwood College in Kandy! ⬇️

- Men’s Team Overall Championship
- Women’s Team Overall Championship
- Girl’s Jr. National Champion (Vandani Fernando)
- Women’s National Champion (Hiruki De Silva)
- Men’s National Champion (Kyle Abeysinghe)
- 3 new National and Junior National records established in the Men’s 4x50m Medley Relay (Matthew Abeysinghe, Vinul Senanayake, Anusara Abeygunawardane and Kyle Abeysinghe), the Boy’s 1500m Freestyle (Muaaz Bary) and the Boy’s 800m Freestyle (Lithum De Silva).
- 10 Gold medals in each of the 5 relays in the Men’s and Women’s categories, including and additional 3 Silver and 1 Bronze by our Men’s B team!

▫️ Amongst all of these accolades were a myriad of breakout performances by our swimmers, several of whom were first time medalists at the National and Junior National level. What a way to end the season. The heart, the spirit and the unity that each of you showed at this meet was incredible and has to be commended. A huge congratulations to all of our athletes for their remarkable performances and a massive thanks to our parents for their passionate commitment to the team. Without all of you, this would not have been possible! Thank you! And a Happy New Year to everyone from the entire KWA Family! 🎉

And a huge shoutout to the Swimming Association of Maldives for providing us with stiff competition and energy throughout the meet! I think we can speak for the entire Sri Lankan swimming community when we say it was an amazing experience to have you with us at Nationals this year!

Merry Christmas to you and yours from the KWA and SwimAmerica Family! 🎄💚

Diyatalawa is a place that challenges not only your physical ability, but your mental fortitude. It is a place that forges children into adults. It separates the wheat from the chaff. To succeed in an environment where you are constantly tested, pushed and pulled, broken down, and torn apart— you must find places inside yourself you didn’t know existed. This adaptation is what leads to improvement. For 13 years, Diyatalawa has served as a foundry for these tools to be cast and developed in KWA athletes.

Thank you to Sri Lanka Army and the Sri Lanka Air Force for being a reliable partner over these 13 years, this year being no exception. We greatly appreciate the sense of social responsibility to aid in the development of the young sportsmen and women of Sri Lanka that is displayed by the SLA and SLAF.

And a special thanks to all of the parents who helped organize camp. We wouldn’t have been able to accomplish this if not for your efforts!

Photo Dump: a few moments from training camp so far

KWA Parents enjoying the free babysitting service while their kids are at camp! 😂

We greatly appreciate the efforts of the parents who helped organize this and make camp possible. Swimming isn’t just about the dynamic between the coaches and the swimmers, parents play a crucial role in the development of our athletes too. One Team, One Family. 💙