Himani and Sarthak adjudged best athletes in the Graphic Era’s Annual Athletics meet

Himani and Sarthak adjudged best athletes in the Graphic Era’s Annual Athletics meet

Dehradun, March 7

Himani and Sarthak won the best athlete title in the girls and boys sections respectively during the two day annual Athletics Meet of the Graphic Era University held here.

During the prize distribution function held on the second day of the meet, today, Graphic Era Group of Institutions Chairman Dr. Kamal Ghanshala said that sports are important for mental and social development.

Addressing the students, Dr. Ghanshala said that students should be aware of sports along with studies so that their personality can develop. He said that to maintain the sports spirit, sports meet should be organized during every semester. This will keep the students interested in sports. Dr. Ghanshala said that in the coming time, infrastructure will be created for other indoor games including swimming so that students can excel more and more in every sports. He called upon the students as well as the teachers to participate in the games. More than 2500 students participated in various competitions in the athletics meet.

In these events, Sneha Jasrotia came first in 800 meters girls race, Isha Sajwan came second and Divya Mandoli came third. In long jump, Mevlin Pari came first, Srishti Bhandari came second and Anshika Karki came third. In shot put, Ananya Dwivedi got the first place, Lucky Waskeye got the second place and Laxmi Rawat got the third place. In 100 m race, Himani got the first place, Sonia got the second place and Ishani was placed third. In the 200 meters race, Sneha Thapa came first, Kanika Pujara came second and Ishani Nautiyal came third.

In the 400 meters race, Himani came first, Kritika Kukreti came second and Sneha Jasrotia came third. In 400 meters. Relay race, Sneha Thapa, Swati Thapliyal, Himani and Srishti Bhandari got first place. On the other hand, Krish Gurung came first in long jump boys, Dishav Kumar came second and Ashutosh Kumar came third. In shot put Himanshu Gusain came first, Aditya Tyagi came second and Vishal Singh Bhandari came third. In the 800 m race, Sarthak Umesh Tarate got first place, Vasu Topwal got second place and Ayush Tiwari got third place. In the 1500 m race, Himanshu got first place, Sarthak Umesh Tarate got second place and Rishabh Sharma got third place. In the 100 m race, Ayush Saini got first place, James Awer  Arow got second place and Harshit Rawat got third place. In the 400 m. Race, Aditya Tyagi came first, Michael Ally Mulungu came second and Aryan Singh came third. In the 200 m. Race, James Awer Arow came first, Ayush Saini came second and Harshit came third. B.Tech CSE won the overall department winner. In the playground, students were seen boosting the morale of their classmates by clapping. Graphic Era Deemed University Vice Chancellor Dr. Narpinder Singh, Graphic Era Hill University Vice Chancellor Prof. Rakesh Kumar Sharma, deans, directors, teachers and students were present in the program.