Milwaukee Athletics

Wanniarachchi's Track & Field Bio

2015 (Senior)
Did not compete.

2014 (Junior)
Helped Milwaukee finished runners-up at the Horizon League Championships, taking 47th overall with a season-best time of 23:50 ... came in 28th to start the season in 18:14.2 at the UIC Opener Aug. 30 ... had a season-best 5k time of 20:07.82, scoring fifth for UWM and taking 48th overall at the College of DuPage Invite Sept. 26 ... posted a time of 20:36.17 at the national Louisville Classic Oct. 4 ... two weeks later, came in 234th at the large Bradley Classic in 24:23.4.

2013 (Sophomore)
Consistently a top-three finisher for Milwaukee as a sophomore, scoring all six times on the season ... was the second Panther and 151st runner overall at the NCAA Great Lakes Regional ... finished 39th at the Horizon League Championships Nov. 2 ... posted a 6k personal-best time of 22:24 for 68th place at the Bradley Classic Oct. 18 ... posted a career-best time of 19:21.9 at the Lucian Rosa Invitational for 70th place overall ... crossed the line 101st at the massive Louisville Classic Oct. 5 ... made her season debut at the College of DuPage Invitational, taking seventh overall and second for UWM in 19:45.7.

2012 (Freshman)
Ran in six races and scored in five as a freshman ... took 45th at the Horizon League Championships ... Milwaukee's second finisher and 22nd overall at the Falcon Invitational ... posted a season-best time of 19:57.82 at the Louisville Classic ... was 28th in collegiate debut at UIC and 32nd at Midwest Invite.

High School
Ran track and cross country all four years ... named team captain as a junior and senior in both track and cross country ... qualified for the state meet in the 1600 as a senior ... holds the school record in the 3200 ... second-team all-conference in cross country ... won the athletic director team award.

Personal
Daughter of Saman and Ama Wanniarachchi ... chose UWM because of its diversity and the culture of the city ... was on the high honor roll all four years of high school and was a member of the National Honor Society ... also helps our at school track camps ... originally from Colombo, Sri Lanka ... born Feb. 2, 1994.

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