Track & Field Signs South Asian U20 High Jump Champion Lesandu Gammanage
June 17, 2026 - 04:29 PM +0 BATON ROUGE, La. 鈥� The LSU men鈥檚 track and field program signed jumper Lesandu Gammanage, Head Coach Dennis Shaver announced on Wednesday. Gammanage spent his high school days attending D.S. Senanayake College in Sri Lanka and will join senior Justine Jimoh in the men鈥檚 high jump room. Last year he recorded a personal-best leap of 2.22 meters (7-3.25) at the Sri Lanken Open Stage II meet in March to finish first. He closed his 2025 season finishing fourth at the South Asian Athletic Championships. In 2024, Gammanage was crowned Sri Lanken and South...
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